Hey #AcademicTwitter! @HannahLebovits and I are creating a list of opportunities for students in public policy and administration. This is our initial list. We would really appreciate any input you might have to add to it: docs.google.com/document/d/1…@PhDForum
The University of Kansas seeks an on-site postdoctoral researcher to conduct quantitative research on women’s health and maternal health records.
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Penn State seeks a one-year health policy fellow to provide nonpartisan science and technology expertise to the Pennsylvania House Health Committee:
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Penn State seeks a postdoctoral scholar to conduct advanced quantitative research on how scientific evidence is translated into policymaking:
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The Sustainability, Transparency, and Accountability Research (STAR) Lab at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University invites applications for its postdoctoral fellowship.
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The Department of Public and Community Service Studies (PSP) at Providence College invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor position for the 2026-2027 academic year.
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Boston Univ’s School of Medicine seeks a policy director to lead health and medicine policy research, data analysis, research translation, and strategic communications for work connected to VA clinical, research, and operational audiences.
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Postdoctoral opportunity with the Better Government Lab (BGL), a collaboration between Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy and the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy.
The lab is hiring a full-time Post-Doctoral Fellow to support empirical, field-based research on measuring and reducing administrative burden in safety net programs.
The fellow will work closely with Sebastian Jilke, Jeremy Barofsky, Eric Giannella, and the broader BGL team on research involving public management, program evaluation, civic tech, digital governance, and responsible AI.
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The Johns Hopkins University School of Government and Policy invites applications from highly qualified, recent PhD graduates who possess a demonstrated interest in studying the topics, issues and challenges faced by cities and communities in the United States and globally.
The Department of Political Science in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami invites applications for a full-time Lecturer position with teaching specialization in public administration.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio College for Health Community and Policy and Department of Public Administration invites applications for the Fixed-Term Track (FTT) Assistant Professor of Instruction/Practice position.
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The American Academy of Arts & Sciences seeks a Civic Science Fellow to lead research on how institutions respond when scientific understanding shifts in public view.
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The Department of Government at Claremont McKenna College invites applications for a tenure-track position at the early assistant professor level, in public policy. The position will begin on July 1, 2027.
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The UNDP is hiring research assistants who will work remotely. Take a look & throw your hat into the ring if you are a recent graduate (within last year), a final year student, or enrolled in a Masters or PhD program. Deadline is September 30, 2026, and the link to what is a very mobile unfriendly website is provided below:
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We’re hiring two LSE Fellows in Public Policy
A two year fixed term role for early career scholars (post PhD or close to completion) to teach on the MPP and join LSE’s research community
📅 Deadline: 21 May
Apply: jobs.lse.ac.uk#LSEPublicPolicy