Building a Career Around Policy, Research, and Public Service

Building a Career Around Policy, Research, and Public Service

Choosing a field of study can feel like trying to predict where you will be ten years from now with information you barely have today. The better question is often simpler: what skills do you want to build, and what kinds of problems do you want to understand? For students interested in government, policy, law, advocacy, research, or public affairs, studying how institutions make decisions can provide a surprisingly versatile foundation. The val…