Organisational internships:

Duration

4 months during term time with 8 hours per week

Fields of activity

  • Event management
  • Public relations
  • Drafting reports and summaries

Requirements

  • Very good German and good English

Advantages

  • Varied tasks
  • Good working atmosphere in a collegial team
  • Getting to know the processes in a independent research institute
  • Acquisition of practical knowledge and skills in the above-mentioned fields of activity

Unfortunately, the internship cannot be remunerated, but a certificate or letter of recommendation will of course be issued.

The next possible date is March to June 2023.

For those interested: please send your CV and a short letter of motivation to info@oiip.ac.at.

Project-related internships:

Duration

  • 4 months during term time with 16 hours per week

Fields of activity

  • Literature research
  • Preparation of data for reports, policy-briefs working papers
  • Preparation of minutes of workshops and events
  • Preparation of summaries
  • Organisation and hosting of events
  • Support in coordination activities

Requirements

  • Enrollment in a Master program or completed MA degree in political science, international relations, or related fields
  • Very good English; German and other languages desirable
  • Ability to work independently

Advantages

  • Practice-oriented personal supervision
  • Deepening understandings of topics and theories of international politics
  • Training in research methods, analytical skills and their application
  • Participation in the conceptualisation and preparation of academic papers, reports, policy-briefs, and analyses, as well as the organisation of events
  • Integration into the oiip research team and networks

This internship offers a great opportunity to get to know a research institute in practice and to take the first steps towards an academic or policy consultancy career.

Unfortunately, the internship cannot be remunerated, but a certificate or letter of recommendation will of course be issued.

The next possible date is October 2022 to January 2023.

For those interested: please send a CV, a letter of motivation and an example of a self-authored academic paper (in German or English) with details of the desired field of expertise in which the internship is intended (see homepage) to info@oiip.ac.at.