International Policy Research Assistantship
Building research and analysis skills for future career success
The International Policy Research Assistantship (IPRA) program helps students build concrete research and analysis skills, positioning these students for future career success.
What it is: An hourly employment opportunity, pairing in-residence Ford School students with IPC faculty, to conduct international policy-relevant research on campus.
Who can apply: Ford School BA majors and MPPs/MPAs
How to apply: Before Fall and Winter terms, IPC staff will email Ford School students with instructions on how to apply to this competitive program. The number and thematic focus of IPRA positions vary by term. Students may not conduct direct outreach with IPRA faculty affiliates to participate in this program.
IPRA is made possible through the generosity of the Weiser Family.
My work has shown me that policymaking and scholarly research are closely intertwined. In the future, I hope to pursue graduate school, incorporating the lessons I've learned about program evaluation within a policy landscape to real-world action.
Claudia Minetti (BA ‘26)
International Policy Research Assistant, AY 2025-26
IPRA Faculty Affiliate, AY 2025-26
Megan A. Stewart
Associate Professor of Public Policy
Megan A. Stewart is an associate professor of public policy at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Her research interests focus on explaining variation in how changes to social, economic, and political hierarchies—especially across racial, gender, class, or religious/ethnic lines—are attempted and achieved, and how war or political violence is often the context or consequence of such endeavors. She explores questions related to this topic using quantitative, qualitative, and experimental methods.
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