Think Tank Careers: Policy, Communications, and Project Management
“Think tanks” are policy institutes that conduct research and advocacy on topics such as social policy, politics, economics, security policy, and technology. Most think tanks are nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations. They can provide exciting career opportunities for young professionals to work in a variety of different roles, such as conducting research, engaging in policy advocacy, facilitating communications and publications, and managing projects and programs.
Join us on Wednesday, October 25 at 3:00–4:30 pm HST to learn more about these opportunities first-hand from a stellar line-up of speakers at different stages in their careers: – Elina Noor, Senior Fellow, Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace – Keoni Williams, Information and Publications Officer, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center – Jesslyn Cheong, Senior Program Manager, Pacific Forum The panel will be moderated by Kristi Govella, Director of the Center for Indo-Pacific Affairs at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Govella was previously Deputy Director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, a non-partisan non-profit think tank headquartered in Washington, DC.
This event is part of the Careers in Asia-Pacific Affairs Speaker Series, which is cosponsored by the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Center for Indo-Pacific Affairs, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, East Asia National Resource Center, Center for Pacific Island Studies, and Department of Asian Studies.
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