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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Forwarded message from MIT GECD*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">PhD Careers in Think Tanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">March 6-10, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Humanities and Social Science PhDs can positively impact society by working in&nbsp;&#8220;think tanks,&#8221; non-academic research organizations that influence public policy around an important&nbsp;issue or cluster
 of issues. Think tanks hire PhDs to conduct and evaluate studies&nbsp;and help develop policy recommendations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Versatile PhD will host a free AMA-style panel discussion on PhD Careers in Think&nbsp;Tanks, March 6-10. All panelists are PhDs or ABD in humanities or social science disciplines&nbsp;and all are currently
 employed in think tanks, making a difference on a variety of issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Free discussion, open to all (tell friends!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Takes place in Humanities/Social Science forum on the VPhD site<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&#8226;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Panelists introduce themselves Monday March 6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Q&amp;A rest of week thru Friday March 10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Asynchronous - participate anytime that week<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Start here: <a href="http://vphd.info/upcoming-panels">
http://vphd.info/upcoming-panels</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Versatile PhD is a service provided to MIT PhDs and postdocs through a subscription at MIT GECD. For more info:
<a href="https://gecd.mit.edu/resources/mit-only-resources">https://gecd.mit.edu/resources/mit-only-resources</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">*Additional information on Career Services for MIT Postdoctoral Scholars: https://gecd.mit.edu/explore-careers/services-alumni-and-postdocs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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