To be considered for this role, you must apply directly through our online application. Overview Cato’s Tax Policy Studies research examines how the federal tax code raises revenue, distributes subsidies, and shapes economic incentives—focusing on lowering the tax burden on individuals and businesses, eliminating distortionary tax expenditures, and promoting principled reforms aligned with individual liberty and limited government. Adam Michel‘s work covers individual and corporate income taxes, capital investment policies, international tax, tax expenditure analysis, and state and local fiscal …

To be considered for this role, you must apply directly through our online application. Overview The Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity examines how economic and personal freedoms affect prosperity and human well-being worldwide. Ian Vásquez co-authors the annual Human Freedom Index — the most comprehensive global assessment of personal, civil, and economic liberties — and is a prominent analyst of Latin American political economy, focusing on authoritarian regimes, market reforms, and the region’s ongoing challenges with populism and statism. …

To be considered for this role, you must apply directly through our online application. Overview Cato’s Educational and Talent Programs team identifies, develops, and supports the next generation of leaders, thinkers, and advocates for individual liberty—overseeing the institute’s main educational initiatives, including the Internship Program, the Research Associate Program, Cato University, Cato Courses, and Cato Student Briefings. Interns work across various teams, engaging in data analysis, strategy planning, educational content development, programming support, and outreach and communications. The role combines …

To be considered for this role, you must apply directly through our online application. Overview Mustafa Akyol is a prominent voice on Islam, liberty, and modernity — recognized by Prospect magazine as one of the top 50 thinkers worldwide and the author of several books examining how Islamic thought aligns with individual freedom, human rights, and limited government. His work examines classical Islamic texts, contemporary politics in Muslim-majority countries, and the experiences of Muslim minorities in the West. His newest …

To be considered for this role, you must apply directly through our online application. Overview Cato’s Public Affairs team connects the institute’s research to policymakers at the federal and state levels—preparing materials for congressional hearings, briefing Hill staff, distributing scholarship across policy portfolios, and monitoring legislative and regulatory developments in real time. Interns collaborate with the entire team, assisting both federal affairs directors and the state relations team. The work progresses rapidly, deadlines are tight, and the materials interns prepare …

To be considered for this role, you must apply directly through our online application. Overview Sphere Education Initiatives is a nonpartisan educator professional development program housed at the Cato Institute that provides teachers and administrators in grades 5–12 with viewpoint-diverse resources to strengthen free speech, civil discourse, and civic culture in their classrooms. Sphere’s flagship program is Sphere Summit — a fully funded, five-day in-person event held twice each summer in Washington, DC — alongside Sphere on the Road (school …

To be considered for this role, you must apply directly through our online application. Overview Cato’s Energy and Environmental Policy Studies program examines US energy markets, electricity regulation, federal and state energy subsidies, environmental regulation, and permitting. Most energy issues stem from policy flaws. Subsidies distort investment, utility regulation protects monopolies at ratepayers’ expense, and permitting rules hinder generation and transmission. The team advocates for ending subsidies, reforming utility regulation, and removing barriers to private investment. Travis Fisher — a …

To be considered for this role, you must apply directly through our online application. Overview Cato’s technology policy team analyzes how internet platforms, emerging technologies, and online expression are governed — promoting a policy framework based on free markets, limited government, and First Amendment principles. Jennifer Huddleston‘s work covers AI regulation and governance, platform competition and antitrust, youth online safety, content moderation, data privacy, and the policy environment for entrepreneurial users of technology platforms. David Inserra focuses on online free …

To be considered for this role, you must apply directly through our online application. Overview The Center for Educational Freedom promotes parental choice and limited government in K–12 education, higher education, and early childhood policy. Colleen Hroncich and Andrew Gillen conduct policy analyses, op-eds, books, congressional testimony, and interactive research tools — including the Public Schooling Battle Map, School Choice Timeline, and Cato Courses — focusing on school choice programs, federal education spending, student loan policy, accreditation, alternative methods of …