<div dir="ltr"><div>---------- Forwarded message ---------</div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">HKS-inequality</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:inequality@hks.harvard.edu">inequality@hks.harvard.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM<br>Subject: Call for Stone PhD Student Visitor Applications<br>To: HKS-inequality <<a href="mailto:inequality@hks.harvard.edu">inequality@hks.harvard.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg5770387270453804375">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Directors of Graduate Studies and Graduate Program Coordinators, we would be grateful if you could please share the following announcement with PhD students in your department: <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Call for Stone PhD Student Visitor Applications</b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Harvard Kennedy School’s Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy seeks to forge connections between its affiliates and PhD students at other institutions. To promote this aim, the program is launching a
<a href="https://inequality.hks.harvard.edu/stone-phd-student-visitors" target="_blank">Stone PhD Student Visitor</a> initiative. Through this initiative, doctoral students in the social sciences at other universities will spend one to two days in residence at HKS. They will
meet with faculty and students, attend a seminar, and share a group meal. Recent seminar speakers include economists Susan Athey, Raj Chetty, and Katy Milkman, political scientists Vincent Hutchings, Paul Pierson, and James Robinson, and sociologists Monica
Bell, David Grusky, and Cecilia Menjívar; further information is available at <a href="https://inequality.hks.harvard.edu/seminar-archive" target="_blank">
https://inequality.hks.harvard.edu/seminar-archive</a>. The purpose of this initiative is to promote intellectual exchange, identify possible research synergies and new collaborators, and generate conversations across disciplines and institutions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Resources</b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Stone Program will provide accommodations and cover travel and meal expenses for visiting students. Students at institutions in the Boston area will not receive accommodations, students at institutions in Massachusetts but outside the
Boston area or in states bordering Massachusetts will receive accommodations for one night, and students at institutions in all other U.S. states will receive accommodations for two nights.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Eligibility</b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Non-Harvard PhD students in the social sciences (especially, but not limited to, economics, political science, and sociology) who study topics related to inequality, wealth distribution, and social policy are encouraged to apply. Applicants
must be currently enrolled at a PhD program at a university in the United States.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>How to Apply</b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Applicants should send (1) their CV, (2) a 1-page description of their motivation for participating in this initiative, and (3) a list of Mondays during the 2025-2026 academic year when the applicant is
<b><u>not</u></b> available to visit HKS; all visits will take place on Mondays. These three documents must be combined into a single PDF document and emailed to
<a href="mailto:inequality@hks.harvard.edu" target="_blank">inequality@hks.harvard.edu</a>. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
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