Career Conferences & Special Events

Upcoming Career Conferences

• 2024 MACSS Careers in Computational Social Science (Save the Date! February 1, 2024)
• 2024 MAPSS Student & Alumni Career Conference (Save the Date! April 26, 2024)
• 2024 CIR Alumni Career Symposium (Save the Date! April 2, 2024)

Special Events

How Social Science Research Happens Outside Academia: A MAPSS Alumni Panel | A common question alums get from MAPSS students is what social research actually looks like once they are hired into a research role outside of academia. What are the gaps they need to fill before being a competitive candidate, and how can they position the skills they already have built through their training at MAPSS? In this session, MAPSS alums working in social research professions across industries and roles share experiences that outline the role research plays in their organization, including the nuts and bolts of how it all comes together. Following these shares, there is a short panel discussion and opportunity for Q&A.  (Unfortunately, the first five minutes of this event was not recorded. Apologies for the inconvenience.) Recording

Research Briefing/Being a Researcher at Pew Research Center | Join Pew Research Center and SSD MA Career Services for an exciting event combining cutting-edge research with a brief moderated chat on research careers at Pew! We start with a discussion with Research Associate Kat Devlin of Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project about her career trajectory, what it is like to be a researcher at Pew, and her suggestions to those who aspire to work in research organizations outside of academia. Kat then discusses the Center’s recent work using computational social science and social media to evaluate what lawmakers around the world think about current international affairs. Devlin will discuss the Center’s method for ascertaining this elite audience’s views in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada, using Twitter. You can learn more about Kat here.  Recording

Academic to Applied Research: How Your Social Science Skills Translate After Graduation | Have you ever wondered how your social science research experience might APPLY in the business world? Join us for a panel event, hosted by Ipsos UX and Career Services, and hear from seven former academic researchers about translating their experiences to the applied world, leveraging their academic degrees on the job market, and what it is like to work in UX as a social scientist. Academia and applied research may be different, but they are not as black and white as you might think!  Recording