Ulrike Franke (2012, DPhil International Relations) is Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). She leads ECFR’s Technology and European Power initiative, in which she covers a diverse range of questions covering German and European security and defence, the future of warfare, and the impact of new technologies such as drones and artificial intelligence on geopolitics and warfare.
Ulrike joined us for our most recent Alumni Career Conversation held in Trinity term. Here she shares her advice on how to decide if a career in think tanks is for you, as well as her thoughts on whether a PhD is necessary to get into this field.
A career in think tanks could be perfect for you if you enjoy:
Do you need a PhD to work in a think tank?
The short answer is no, but it does give you certain advantages. Two important advantages are:
However, if you are an MPhil student and are really keen to work in a think tank but you’re not particularly keen to do a DPhil, then you don’t need to do a DPhil in order to get there.
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