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 |