Research Assistant, Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility (Safety-Net Programs)

The Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility (COSM) at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) seeks a full-time research assistant to work with Senior Fellows Matt Weidinger and Howard Husock. The research assistants may also support COSM Deputy Director Kevin Corinth and Director Scott Winship and assist COSM generally with research projects. The new research assistants will begin no later than summer 2026, ideally earlier.Launched at the beginning of 2023, COSM seeks to shrink opportunity gaps facing disadvantaged Americans and strengthen social mobility by publishing rigorous research and developing innovative policy solutions.The research assistant will conduct extensive research on US safety-net programs and their associated outcomes, including poverty, food insecurity, and...