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December 3, 2024

The Roger Perry Internship Program

Pioneer has established the Roger Perry Internship Program to support college-age students who seek opportunities to enhance their educational experience with practical training in an energetic and creative public policy environment.
Transportation
June 10, 2021

Urban Cyclist Fatalities: Improving the Safety of Our Commuters

Pioneer set out to compare fatality data, miles of bike lanes, and cyclist commuter statistics in the five largest cities in the Northeast to develop recommendations for what urban areas can do to improve dangerous riding conditions. 
American Citizenship, Opportunity
June 3, 2021

Putting in the Extra Hours: The Spike in Mass. Department of Public Health Overtime Pay during COVID-19

During the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic, Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) payroll data presented a 29.09% increase in the average employee’s overtime pay from the previous year. Pioneer wanted to dig deeper into the Department’s compensation trends to put the $5M bump in 2020 DPH overtime pay into perspective.
Opportunity
July 8, 2016

Addressing Greater Boston's Housing Crunch

Greater Boston’s housing crisis has emerged as one of the most pressing policy challenges for the region.  Building enough homes for the growing workforce and retiring baby-boomers has proven challenging.  In 2004, I conducted a study for Pioneer Institute of residential land...
American Citizenship
November 18, 2014

Research Fellow in U.S. History

Pioneer Institute is seeking a Research Fellow in U.S. History Duration: Start as soon as possible, end June 2015 Location: 185 Devonshire St, 11th floor, Boston, MA Compensation: Stipend available About Pioneer. Pioneer Institute is an independent, non-partisan, and privately-funded research organization...
November 12, 2013

Policy Research Internship: Better Government Competition

Opportunity: spring internship Duration: flexible in the range January 2014-May 2014 Location: 185 Devonshire St, Boston, MA Pay: uncompensated About Pioneer. The Pioneer Institute is an independent non-partisan privately funded research organization that seeks to improve the quality of life in Massachusetts...
May 13, 2013

Better Government Competition Internship

BETTER GOVERNMENT COMPETITION INTERNSHIP Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research Job type: fall internship Duration: flexible in the range September 2013-January 2014 Location: 85 Devonshire St, Boston, MA Pay: n/a About Pioneer. The Pioneer Institute is an independent non-partisan privately funded research...
March 14, 2013

Development Internship

Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research DEVELOPMENT INTERN Pioneer Institute is an independent, non-partisan, privately funded research organization that seeks to improve the quality of life in Massachusetts through civic discourse and intellectually rigorous, data-driven public policy solutions based on free market...
December 12, 2012

Internships and Research Assistantships

Learn about Pioneer's Internships and Research Assistantships! Students and young professionals from a wide variety of academic backgrounds have already been taking advantage of the career opportunities we provide year-round. Select candidates can join us in one of two roles - as interns or as research assistants.