Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as war researcher, peace researcher, public administration researcher, political analyst, political scholar, political researcher, political studies research scientist, politics scienctist, political studies scientist, political studies scholar, pundit, peace and conflict researcher.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
religion scientific researcher 77% covered sociologist 77% covered communication scientist 74% covered demographer 73% covered seismologist 73% covered political scientist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from political scientist, each one a link to that move’s record. 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.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A political scientist needs 41 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • political ideologies social sciences, journalism and information
  • political economy social sciences, journalism and information
  • politics social sciences, journalism and information
  • political science social sciences, journalism and information
  • government policy social sciences, journalism and information
  • research design generic programmes and qualifications
  • report analysis results information skills
  • government policy implementation social sciences, journalism and information
  • apply statistical analysis techniques information skills
  • apply scientific methods information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a political scientist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a political scientist’s work. 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.