Project Portfolio • Political violence and its relations to ethnic polarization and inequalities. • A study examining the effect of wartime atrocities' memorialization on post-conflict reconciliation and intergroup cooperation and tolerance. • A project on how the youth bulge (see Henrik Urdal 2006) — coupled with economic disenfranchisement and political marginalization — leads to youth mobilization for demonstrations, political violence, and insurgencies even in stable democracies. • A research article on public-private partnerships and the need for a vibrant private sector for post-war economic growth in Liberia. • An evaluation study — ideally through an RCT — on the impact of the Government of Liberia's female guidance counselors program on teenage pregnancy, girls' retention and graduation rates, and the grades and overall academic performance of young girls. Responsibilities may include: • Improving the literature review. • Designing surveys in Qualtrics and/or Google Forms. • Conducting desk research. • Data analysis in R. • Managing online participant recruitment panels. • Carrying out interviews and focus groups in the form of a survey if the student is not on the ground. • In person in future — Liberian colloquial — focusing on Monrovia and Freetown, Sierra Leone. • Shadowing and process tracing.