Below is a regularly updated list of internship opportunities for students of political sciences and international studies.
Work experience allows you to apply and contextualise your studies in an organisational environment and gain a competitive edge in the job market. This will help you discover workplace processes and communication, build your interpersonal skills and expose you to a new professional network. Check out the UQ website for additional information on internships https://employability.uq.edu.au/work-experience.
If you have any queries, please feel free to contact polsis.gradcentre@uq.edu.au.
Internship |
Organisation |
Applications Close |
Truman Center | Ongoing | |
For-Credit and Not-For-Credit R2P Internships | Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Internships | Ongoing |
Innovation & Evaluation Program Intern | Ceres | Ongoing / Early January |
Internship Program | Asia Society Policy Institute | Ongoing |
Research and Communication Intern | United Nations Development Programme | 15 January 2021 |
Intern — Programs and Research | Asia Society Australia | 17 January 2021 |
Gender Equality Intern | UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub | 20 January 2021 |
Capacity Building Intern | International Centre for Migration Policy Development | 20 January 2021 |
New Urban Agenda Implementation Intern | United Nations Human Settlements Programme | 20 January 2021 |
Global Communications Service Intern | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | 21 January 2021 |
Storytelling and Strategy Intern | Ashoka | 23 January 2021 |
Peacebuilding Internship | Concordis International | 24 January 2021 |
Impact Investment Summer Associate (Environmental Finance) | Quantified Ventures | 31 January 2021 |
Impact Investment Summer Associate (Health and Human Services) | Quantified Ventures | 31 January 2021 |
Programme Management Intern | United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism | 1 February 2021 |
Monitoring and Evaluation Intern | Trickle Up | 6 February 2021 |
Political Affairs Intern | United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs | 7 Feburary 2021 |
Security Institutions Intern | United Nations Department of Peace Operations | 9 February 2021 |
Humanitarian Affairs Intern | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs | 11 April 2021 |
Programme Management Intern | UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific | 30 June 2021 |
Public Information (Knowledge Management) Intern | United Nations Department of Operational Support | 8 July 2021 |
Research and Communications Intern | United Nations Office at Geneva | 31 August 2021 |