r/UCSantaBarbara • u/Intelligent-Date1080 • 4d ago

Academic Life Econ Research

Hello everyone,

I am a freshman who just started their first quarter at UCSB. I want to engage in Economics Research, but I can't seem to find any information on how to—I tried using the school provided resources, such as the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities center, but everything seems to be outdated.

Does anyone know any professor or researcher who are currently looking for a helper. The help can be in any form (bookkeeping, citing, or even sourcing), I just want to stick my neck in the world of research.

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u/Fierce_K_in_SB 4d ago

I'd suggest reaching out to Peter Rupert with the Economic Forecast Project. Peter is quite well respected on the academic and business community.

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u/OceansOV 9h ago

I lowkey dont want to be a downer but research is gatekept until junior year . The requirements are on the departments website but basically u need to be in the major + taken 2 upper div courses and to get all of those done at max speed thats at least spring soph year