Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a political scientist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a political scientist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Political scientists study political behaviour, activity and systems, including the elements that fall therein. Their study of the field ranges from the origins and evolution of various political systems to topical matters such as decision-making processes, political behaviour, political trends, society, and power perspectives. They advise governments and institutional organisations on governance matters.

Professionals 76 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: religion scientific researcher, 77%

religion scientific researcher 77% covered sociologist 77% covered communication scientist 74% covered demographer 73% covered seismologist 73% covered political scientist You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from political scientist. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a political scientist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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political scientist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a political scientist already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.