Gain real research experience with our faculty
The EURA program lets Economics majors work alongside faculty on cutting-edge research projects while earning academic credit. As a research assistant, you'll apply classroom concepts to ongoing scholarship and develop skills that enhance your academic and professional future.
How to Apply
Securing a research assistantship involves three steps:
- Connect with a faculty mentor: Browse faculty profiles to identify professors whose research interests align with yours. Reach out to them directly to discuss potential projects and availability.
- Develop your project: Once a faculty member agrees to sponsor you, collaborate with them to outline your research project.
- Submit applications: You and your faculty sponsor will both submit the required applications (links below).
For detailed program guidelines, see Guidelines for Economics Undergraduate Research Assistants.
Key Dates
Fall 2026 Application Deadline: September 11
Questions?
Contact Noé Wiener, EURA program director, at @email
Links
Spring 2026 EURA Projects
| Undergraduate Research Assistant | Faculty Sponsor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Fabiana Discenza & Mira Lelchuk | John Clegg | Counterfactual Reparations |
| Seth Ceccotti | Gerald Epstein | Is AI a Bubble? |
| Sarah Dienta | John Clegg | Black Prize Winners Project |
| Narin Choi, Denis Deti & Mahek Prajapati | Kevin Young | Wealthy Families and Corporate Leaders in Comparative Perspective |
| Shashank Edluri & Varisha Shams | Luis Monroy Gómez Franco | Intergenerational Poverty in Mexico: Axes of Stratification |
| Ruo Wu | Gregor Semieniuk | Who Finances Renewable Energy Projects? |
| Ava Ng | Jayati Ghosh | China's EVolution |
| Sophia Deligiannidis | Juan-Camilo Cárdenas | The Cost of a Grade: Experimentally Applying Prospect Theory to Behavioral and Academic Contexts |
Fall 2025 EURA Projects
| Undergraduate Research Assistant | Faculty Sponsor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Anh Bui, Hanah Chow, Aksh Mannem & Evan Washington | Kevin Young | Evolving Elite Communities |
| Thomas Fernandes & Nathaniel Rooney | Michael Ash | Fossil Injustice |
| Nataliia Pavelko | Ina Ganguli | Educational Pathways and Talent Development in Wartime Ukraine: Evidence from the National Multi-subject Test |
| Andrew Shiffler | Gerald Epstein | Youth Attitudes Surrounding Cryptocurrency |
| Nicholas Smith | Jayati Ghosh | Structural Change and Employment in Low and Middle-Income Countries |
| Tanvi Soni | Ina Ganguli | Measuring Scientific Mobility Using Publication Data |
| Li Sutherland | Christopher Boone | Labor Market Shocks and Electoral Outcomes in Apartheid South Africa |
| Adam Zamarripa-Longpre | Luis Monroy-Gómez Franco | Missed Opportunities? Successful Labor Market Predistribution and Limited Redistribution Under Mexico's First Left Wing Government |
Spring 2025 EURA Projects
| Undergraduate Research Assistant | Faculty Sponsor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Parice Bui & Finn Cunniffe | Itai Sher | Paternalism in Economics |
| Will Glass, Anya Lu, Matthew Miranda, Katelyn Patta & Yash Vipani | Kevin Young | Economic Elites in the United States and Their Transnational Connections |
| Mira Lelchuk & Noah Shutts-Cartwright | John Clegg | Counterfactual Reparations: The Effect of Naval Prizes on Life Outcomes of African American Civil War Sailors |
| Kate Moody | Luis Monroy Gómez Franco | Precarious Work in Mexico: A Multidimensional Approach |
| Timothy McGrath | Hendrik van den Berg | New Editions of Economics of Immigration and Economic Growth and Development |
| Ishaan Sahay | Jayati Ghosh | Analyzing Ghana's Economic Development and Debt Dynamics (1990–2020) |
| Pranav Joshi | Naoki Yoshihara | A Mathematical Marxian Analysis of Unequal Exchange in International Trade |
Fall 2024 EURA Projects
| Undergraduate Research Assistant | Faculty Sponsor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Stanley Peng | Kevin Young | Economic and Political Elite Populations Across the World |
| Kylie Byrne | Kevin Young | Network Analysis of Political Elites by University |
| Grace Thompson | Gerald Epstein | Ad Dollars and Crypto Power in 2024 House Campaigns |
| Cleo Torgeson | Kevin Young | Elite Educational Backgrounds and Homogeneity |
| Jay Talwalkar | Gerald Epstein | Artificial Intelligence's Influence on the Global Climate and Environment |
Spring 2024 EURA Projects
| Undergraduate Research Assistant | Faculty Sponsor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Almohssen | Kevin Young | Elite Network Connectivity in the Denver Area in 1964 vs 1974 |
| Julian Zadow & Paisley Gavin | Marta Vicarelli | Recovery, Renewal, and Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World |
| Jia Sharma | Kevin Young | Elite Structures and Debutante Connections: Analyzing Network Patterns in the Southern United States |
| Sol Doeleman | Kevin Young | Comparing Elite Social Networks in Zimbabwe Pre- and Post-Independence |
| Melissa Sun | Marta Vicarelli | Community Choice Energy (CCE) Programs: Opportunities and Challenges |
| Max Freedman | Katherine Moos | Fairly Compensating Teachers |
| Asta Motrenko | Ina Ganguli | War-Torn Innovation: The Development of Military Technologies in Ukraine |
| Hakon Lentz | Kevin Young | Visualizing the Elite Networks of Miami in 1989 |
| Durjoy Maitra | Henrik Van den Berg | Stagflation: The Rise of Neoliberalism |
| Noah Shutts-Cartwright | Luis Monroy Gómez Franco | Model of the Learning Impacts of Educational Disruptions in the Short and Long Run |
Fall 2023 EURA Projects
| Undergraduate Research Assistant | Faculty Sponsor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Max Freedman | Noé Wiener | Investigating Overwork in Massachusetts Schools |
| Anthony Yasan | Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji | Regional Income Inequality in Kenya |
| Ashna Jain | Lenore Palladino | Electric Vehicles: How Corporate Guardrails Can Improve Market Structure |
| Durjoy Maitra | Hendrik Van den Berg | 1970s Stagflation: Is it Happening Again in 2023? A Dialectic Analysis |
| Ayushi Garg | Chris Boone | The Effects of Employee Ownership on Executive Compensation |
| Ria Jain | Ina Ganguli | Labor Market Impacts of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 |
| Samira Alam | Marta Vicarelli | Towards a Green and Inclusive Economic Growth of the Blue Economy and Coastal Communities (RRR-Coast) |
| Camily De Oliveira Sena | Isabella Weber | Constructing Novel Dataset on Firm-Level Pricing |
Spring 2023 EURA Projects
| Undergraduate Research Assistant | Faculty Sponsor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Zara Nip & Barrett Pettine | Kevin Young | Elite Groups and Educational Background |
| Eric Trueswell | Lee Badgett | Quantifying LGBT+ Workforce Inclusion |
| Shreeya Gurav | Hendrik Van den Berg | Uncovering the Dialectics of the Economic Crisis |
| Rudolph Zhong | Noe Wiener | Active Learning in Labor Economics Education |
| Aniket Patil | Noe Wiener | The First Great Migration - Labor Market Effects |
| Jacqueline Liu | Marta Vicarelli | Recovery, Renewal, and Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World |
| Ishaan Sarna | Gregor Semieniuk | Private Equity Ownership of Oil and Gas Business |
| Saniya Jain | Gregor Semieniuk | Industrialization, Resource Demand and Environmental Impact |
Fall 2022 EURA Projects
| Undergraduate Research Assistant | Faculty Sponsor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Riti Jain | Gregor Semieniuk | Oil and Gas Prices in a Time of High Energy Prices |
| Habiba Elfass | Juan-Camilo Cardenas | Can Game-Based Platforms Have More Pedagogical Impact? |
| Anabel Costa & Zachary Arneth | Daniele Girardi | The Effects of Exogenous Fiscal Expansions |
| Aastha Rajani, Sheerag Berejiklan & Saarth Soparkar | Kevin Young | Network Analysis on World Elite Boards |
Spring 2022 EURA Projects
| Undergraduate Research Assistant | Faculty Sponsor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Dylan Jacobs & Charles Dowdell | Daniele Girardi | Did Capital Strike? An Econometric Analysis of the Mitterand Government of 1980s France |
| Jacob Schiering | Gregor Semieniuk | Economic Implications of Stranded Fossil Fuel Assets |
| Sean McQuade | Kevin Young | What Determines the Strength of a Company's Response to the BLM Movement? |
| Nicholas Weiske | Noé Wiener | Worktime Reductions - Possibility and Applications |
| Yazeed Masri | Gregor Semieniuk | Unequal Ecological Exchange During the First Wave of Globalization |
| Dylan Partner | Itai Sher | Freedom, Paternalism, Equality, and Economic Thought |
| Anna Zerwas | Kevin Young | Nuke Industry Power and Diversity |
| Juan Mendoza | Arslan Razmi | The Links Between Macroeconomic Growth and Inequality of Opportunity |
| Zeppo Strauss | Douglas Cliggott | Did Cutting Taxes on the Rich Truly Help the Economy? |
Fall 2021 EURA Projects
| Undergraduate Research Assistant | Faculty Sponsor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Calista Amoah | Gregor Semieniuk | Examining the Importance of Energy for Economic Growth |
| George Fox | Michael Ash | An Examination of Equitable Energy Transition |
| Andrew Zhu | Marta Vicarelli | Impact of Covid-19 on Massachusetts Households |
Spring 2021 EURA Projects
| Undergraduate Research Assistant | Faculty Sponsor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Cooper Penniman | Douglas Cliggott | Financial Transaction Tax: A Way to Influence Retail Trading Behavior |
| Nathan Deychman | Douglas Cliggott | The Endowment Model of Portfolio Construction |
| Maral Asik | Gerald Friedman | Economic Development and Zoning in Amherst |
| Cecilia Chan | Gregor Semieniuk | Investment Risks and Transition from High to Low Carbon Sectors |
| Katie Chuang | Gregor Semieniuk | Energy and Economic Growth Since the 1960s |
| Salvatore Viola | Ina Ganguli | Location Preferences and Migration of US Doctoral Students |
| Benjamin Hall | Isabella Weber | International Trade and Development |
| Tracy Blagden | Isabella Weber | How China Escaped Shock Therapy |
| Anay Contractor, Bryan Yang & Samuel Mayblyum | Kevin Young | Changing Connections of Global Elites |
| Isaac Gibbons | Lenore Palladino | The Political Economy of Corporations |
| Jordan Stewart | Lynda Pickbourn | Aid Effectiveness in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Water and Sanitation |
| Anna Gishin | Marta Vicarelli | The Impacts of Covid-19 and Its Socio-Economic Fallout in Massachusetts Municipalities |
Fall 2020 EURA Projects
| Undergraduate Research Assistant | Faculty Sponsor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Sophia Chan, Morgan Dipilla & Anmol Makhija | Daniele Girardi | Firm Value and Business Investment During the French Socialist Experiment |
| Alex Smith | Gregor Semieniuk | National Accounting Revisions on GDP Estimates |
| Aishwarya Rajapur | Isabella Weber | Economic Sovereignty in the Past Two Eras of Globalization |
| Cole Lojek | Kevin Young | Global Elites and Their Networks |
| Ajay Dawani | Marta Vicarelli | Challenges and Benefits of Community Choice Aggregation Programs, MA |
| Yu Ya Htut Tin | Marta Vicarelli | Socioeconomic Impacts of Covid-19 on US Households |
| George Fox | Noé Wiener | Global Inequality of Opportunity |
Spring 2020 EURA Projects
| Undergraduate Research Assistant | Faculty Sponsor | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Aseem Prabhakar | Hendrik Van den Berg | Examining Different Schools of Economic Thought to Address Present Economic Issues: Minimum Wage |
| Britney Bourassa | Lenore Palladino | Growth of the Asset Manager Industry |
| Ian Dinnie | Douglas Cliggott | Income Inequality Amongst Races in America |
| Zachary Ettridge, John Stevenson & Nihal Warawdekar | Marta Vicarelli | Challenges and Benefits of Community Choice Aggregation Programs, MA |
| Maya McCollum | Isabella Weber | What Drives Specialization? A Century of Global Export Patterns |
| Reilly Lee | Katherine Moos | Federal Funding for Abortion Access: A Comparative Analysis |
| Samantha Blaney Cuevas | Ina Ganguli | Data Analysis Article from Chinese Universities |
| Saul Bezner | Gerald Friedman | Health Economics and Medicare for All |
| Nicholas Bucchianeri, Sophia Chan & Sophia Chryssanthacopoulos | Daniele Girardi | The Mitterrand Project: The Firm-Level Reaction to the 1981-83 French Socialist Experiment |
| Vikram Sablani | Ina Ganguli | Training for Success? Training Centers and Indian Engineering Entrance Exams |