POSITION DESCRIPTION: Fall Public Policy Intern (paid) NARRATIVE: The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) is a non-partisan public policy organization dedicated to rebuilding domestic manufacturing through legislative and grassroots advocacy. As a highly successful labor-management partnership, AAM sits at the center of a broad coalition focused on domestic manufacturing, labor, and international trade issues. We offer an exciting and dynamic work environment, providing interns with a valuable opportunity to engage with critical policy issues impacting American jobs, economic recovery, manufacturing, …
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Fall Public Policy Intern (paid)
Technology Policy Intern
Description *To be considered for an internship, you must apply directly through our online application here.* Working with Cato’s technology policy scholars, as an intern, you assist scholars on research related to a wide range of technology policy issues including artificial intelligence, content moderation, antitrust and competition policy, youth online safety, data privacy, and much more. Working closely with the team, you will learn about the most important and interesting policy debates on emerging technologies including the impact of various …
Health Policy Research Intern
*To be considered for an internship, you must apply directly through our online application here.* Support health policy research on topics ranging from Food and Drug Administration reform to telehealth expansion to the tax treatment of health care. You will work closely with Michael F. Cannon, director of health policy studies, and Jeffrey A. Singer, senior fellow, on research projects and hopefully gain new perspectives on health care issues during your internship. Responsibilities include collecting research data, tracking state and …
Immigration Policy Research Intern
*To be considered for an internship, you must apply directly through our online application here.* Most Americans are immigrants or descendants of immigrants who sought opportunity and freedom on our shores. They and their children worked hard, assimilated, and contributed to our nation’s prosperity. As a Cato immigration intern, you will assist with research and analysis on significant aspects of US immigration law and its effects. You will work directly with Cato’s immigration policy experts, Alex Nowrasteh and David Bier, …
Latin America Research Intern
*To be considered for an internship, you must apply directly through our online application here.* Interns working on Latin America will prepare daily reports on relevant issues that appear in the region’s press, research economic and personal freedom indicators in the region, help department scholars prepare papers and op-eds for publication in the United States and Latin America, occasionally prepare translations into Spanish for Cato’s Spanish‐language website, elcato.org, and otherwise support the work of Center scholars who focus on Latin …
Educational Policy Intern
*To be considered for an internship, you must apply directly through our online application here.* Cato’s Center for Educational Freedom (CEF) engages in the national debate to expand choice in K–12 education, reduce crippling government “help” in higher ed, and keep pre‑K focused on families, not government dictates. CEF interns will be in the midst of this, digging up data and research on education outcomes and inputs, talking with CEF scholars about the how and why of education policy, and …
Trade Policy Intern
*To be considered for an internship, you must apply directly through our online application here.* As a Cato trade intern, you will help conduct primary research on U.S. and global trade law and economics, provide initial drafts of speeches and articles, and create data visualizations to convey important policy arguments. Working closely with Cato trade scholars, you will learn about trade policy and politics from one of the preeminent trade groups in Washington. Workload Stay on top of trade policy …
Monetary and Financial Economics Intern
*To be considered for an internship, you must apply directly through our online application here.* As a Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives (CMFA) intern, you will work with scholars on projects dedicated to revealing the shortcomings of today’s centralized, bureaucratic, and discretionary monetary and financial-regulatory systems and to identify, study, and promote alternatives more conducive to a stable, flourishing, and free society. Both legal and economics CMFA interns will gain a deeper understanding of not only how the U.S. …
Energy and Environmental Policy Intern
*To be considered for an internship, you must apply directly through our online application here.* Support energy and environmental policy research on topics ranging from freeing up energy production to reforming legislative and regulatory approaches to environmental policy. During your internship, you will work closely with Travis Fisher, director of energy and environmental policy studies, and hopefully gain new perspectives on energy and environmental issues. Responsibilities include collecting research data, tracking state and federal legislation and regulation, and assisting with …