"The Population Council’s Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning (GIRL) Center is seeking a Post-doctoral Fellow focused on adolescent research. The GIRL Center is a cross-cutting research hub that brings together today’s leading scholars in adolescence to generate, synthesize, and translate evidence effectively for decision-making. The Center envisions a gender-equitable world where girls and boys make a healthy and safe transition into adulthood and reach their full potential.

"The Post-doctoral Fellow will conduct innovative, rigorous, and relevant research on one or more of the GIRL Center’s current thematic focus areas: adolescent economic empowerment (including care work), adolescents in the digital world, adolescent mental health, or adolescents in humanitarian settings. The Fellow will work under the leadership of the Director of the GIRL Center and the supervision of a GIRL Center researcher, in collaboration with other Population Council researchers. The fellow will be closely mentored by senior GIRL Center staff to ensure they build pertinent research skills and contribute effectively to the Center’s research agenda. The Fellow will also be involved in disseminating research findings and project development.

LOCATION: New York, NY; London, UK; or Nairobi, Kenya
ASSIGNMENT LENGTH: 1 year, renewable for one additional year by mutual consent and funding availability

APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 15, 2026

See the complete position announcement in the attached PDF or online.