Our Mission

AMIE’s Mission

Address gender, race, and socioeconomic-based gaps in the economics profession through mentorship, resource provisioning, and a network focused on inclusion. This includes underrepresented minorities (URM), LGBTQIA++, first-generation college, and international students (in the US and outside the US)

AMIE’s Approach

AMIE’s priorities will be demand driven and determined by surveys of Ph.D. students and recent graduates in the economic profession

AMIE’s Values

Respect: Celebrate diversity in thought and background
Equality: Promote equal access to information and opportunities, decreasing dependence on existing networks
Collaboration: Core to AMIE’s internal network and its external outreach (partnerships with like-minded organizations)
Demand-driven: AMIE’s priorities will be determined by surveys of Ph.D. students and recent graduates in the economic profession

AMIE’s Core Functions

Mentorship

One-to-one long term mentorship between rising professional and established mentor
Peer-to-peer mentorship
Establish buddy-system along mentees

Equal access to opportunities

Partner with organizations and individual researchers for opportunities
Partner with universities to create AMIE exchange program
Enable AMIE members to collaborate with each other on research

Professional capability building

Deliver capability building workshops for mentees an high-impact topics
Navigating academia (e.g. applying for funding, referring experience)
Navigating job market (e.g.) presentation skills; transitioning to acadmia; think tank, NGOs, non-academia)
Host workshops for mentors on coaching skills, and internal bias training

Research and thought leadership

Deliver capability building workshops for mentees an high-impact topics
Navigating academia (e.g. applying for funding, referring experience)
Navigating job market (e.g.) presentation skills; transitioning to acadmia; think tank, NGOs, non-academia)
Host workshops for mentors on coaching skills, and internal bias training

Inclusion and outreach

Create and environment where exchange of ideas can flow freely without being judged
AMIE mentors are expected to open their networks to their mentees
Help create and foster a sense of "belonging" for the PhD student and junior scholar community in the discipline

Program and Events

Host workshops focused on providing/receiving feedback on working papers
Networking conference and workshops and match-making events
Host events to raise awareness around mental health and general well being
Expand AMIE's event in countries outside the US