Employment

Employment Opportunities

Current job opportunities at the ISRDI and its centers are listed below.

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant (ID 367699) We are seeking undergraduate research assistants for Summer 2025 with the potential to continue into the 2025-2026 academic year and beyond. Assistants will work on either IPUMS NHGIS (National Historical Geographic Information System) or IPUMS IHGIS (International Historical Geographic Information System). Assistants on the NHGIS project (nhgis.org) will work on spatial data editing to construct mapping files for 1970 and 1980 census blocks, and assistants on the IHGIS project (ihgis.ipums.org) will work on processing and documenting census tables and boundaries from a wide range of countries. Learn more and apply here.


In accordance with the GA collective bargaining agreement, the current minimum GA rate of pay for the Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation, including IPUMS, the Minnesota Population Center, and the Life Course Center, is $27.99/hour (effective Spring Semester 2025).