Work Experience and Internship Opportunities
Information on internship opportunities at the partner universities universities:
In recent years, IMESS students have enjoyed internships in the following organisations:
Organisation Field of Work Website Location | |||
African Union Commission Head Office | Economic Affairs | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | |
Austrian Embassy | International Affairs | link | London |
Belgian Embassy | International Affairs | link | Kiev |
Camden LGBT Forum | LGBT Affairs | link | London |
Center for Strategic and International Studies | International Affairs | link | Washington, DC |
Cold War History Research Center at Corvinus University of Budapest | History | link | Budapest |
Creative Centre Carnation | Creative Industry | link | Tartu |
DAPD News Agency | Media | link | Various in Germany |
European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) | Minority Rights | link | Various |
German Federal Foreign Office | International Affairs | link | Berlin |
Hill+Knowlton | Consultancy | link | The Hague and Amsterdam |
Information Office of the Land of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Regional development | Brussels | |
International Centre for Democratic Transition | Democracy promotion | link | Budapest |
Marks and Spencer China | Retail | Shanghai | |
PBN Moscow | Communications Consultancy | Moscow, Washington, Kiev, Almaty | |
Redgate Capital | Asset Management and Investment Banking | link | Tallinn |
The Risk Advisory Group | Risk Management Consultancy | Various, inc. London and Moscow | |
Romany Museum | Ethnic minority issues | Brno | |
Study China Programme | N.A. (a short study programme that may include an internship) | link | China |
UCL Institute of Child Health | Health | link | London |
United Nations Development Programme, Bratislava | Public Policy | link | Bratislava |
United Nations Development Programme, Montenegro | Public Policy | link | Podgorica |
United Nations Global Compact | Sustainable and responsible business | link | New York |
Urban Green Energy | Renewable Energy | link | UK and other |
Verification Research, Training and Information Centre | International cooperation | London | |
Women for Women | Women’s Affairs | link | London |
Selected internship programmes of potential interest to IMESS students:
Organisation | |||
ABA Rule of Law Initiative (Europe & Eurasia Division) | Public Service Project of the American Bar Association | link | Various |
Adam Smith Institute | Economic and Social Policy | link | London |
Amnesty International | Human Rights | link | London (Geneva, New York) |
Article 19 | Human Rights | link | London |
Asian Development Bank | Economics, Energy, Infrastructure | link | Manila or world-wide |
BBC | Media / Broadcasting | link | UK-wide |
Belgrade Open School | Education NGO | link | Belgrade |
Blackstone Group | Finance | link | London, New York and world-wide |
British Council | Education, culture and society | Various | |
British Embassies in the Region – check individual embassy websites for updates | International Affairs | link | Various |
British Embassy in Prague | International Affairs | link | Prague |
Business Monitor International | Risk Assessment | London | |
Centre for Enterprise | Business and Economics | link | London and Leicester |
Center for the Study of Democracy | Politics | Sofia | |
Centre for Economic and Social Development | Economics | link | Baku |
Centre for Economic Policy Research | Economics | London | |
Centre for Policy Studies | Public Policy | link | London |
Centre for Social and Economic Reform (CASE) Ukraine | Economic Affairs | link | Kiev |
Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation | Finance | London | |
CentreForum | Public Policy | link | London |
Chatham House | International Affairs | London | |
Civitas: The Centre for the Study of Civil Society | Public Policy | London | |
Control Risks | Risk Management | link | London |
Counterpoint | Global Think Tank | link | London |
Demos | Political Science | link | London |
EastWest Initiative | Global Think Tank | link | Various |
EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction & Development) | Economics, Finance, Banking | link | London |
Ecologia Youth Trust | Youth and Environmental Charity | link | Russia |
EIB (European Investment Bank) | Economics, Finance, Banking | link | Luxembourg and world-wide |
Ernst&Young | Tax, Assurance, Audit | link | London and world-wide |
ESRC Internship Scheme | Economics and Society | link | Various within UK |
Eurasia Foundation | Communications, Public Policy | link | Washington D.C., USA |
European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) | Minority Rights | link | Flensburg, Germany, or Tblisi, Prishtina, Skopje |
European Commission Traineeships | International Affairs | link | Brussels / Luxembourg |
European Council on Foreign Relations | Pan-European Think Tank | link | Berlin / London / Paris |
European Council on Refugees and Exiles | Human Rights | link | London and Brussels |
European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC) | Human Rights | link | London |
European Parliament | International Affairs | link | Luxembourg |
European Union Delegation to NYC | Politics | link | New York City |
European Union Delegation to Washington | Politics | link | Washington, D.C. |
Fabian Society | Public Policy | link | London |
Human Rights Watch (HRW) | Human Rights | link | London (Brussels, Berlin, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., New York City) |
ILO (International Labor Organization) | Law, Economics, Political Science | link | Geneva and world-wide |
Institute for Fiscal Studies | Finance | link | London |
Institute for Public Policy Research | Public Policy | link | London or Newcastle |
Institute of International Affairs in Prague | International Affairs | link | Prague |
Institute of Public Affairs (Warsaw) | Public Policy Think Tank | Warsaw | |
International Atomic Energy Agency | Energy | link | Vienna |
International Crisis Group | Conflict Prevention | London (and Brussels) | |
International Institute for Strategic Studies | Strategic Studies | London (and Washington D.C.) | |
Joseph Rowntree Foundation | Poverty, Society | link | London |
KAS (Korad Adenauer Stiftung) | Political science, Economics | link | Sankt Augustin, Germany and world-wide |
Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center | Everything | link | Washington, D.C. |
Marker Global | Risk Assessment | link | London |
Minority Rights Group (MRG) | Minority Rights | link | London |
National Centre for Social Research | Social Research | link | London and Edinburgh |
National Institute of Economic and Social Research | Economics, Social Research | link | London |
NATO Defence College | Politics, Security | link | Rome, Italy |
NATO Headquarters, Supreme Allied Command Transformation | Politics, Security | link | Norfolk, VA, USA |
NATO HQ | Politics, Security | link | Brussels |
NATO Parliamentary Assembly | Politics, Security | link | Brussels |
NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe | Politics, Security | link | Mons, BE |
Nera Economic Consultancy | Economics | link | London |
New Economics Foundation | Economics | link | London |
New Local Government Network | Government | link | London |
New Policy Institute | Politics, Society | link | London |
OAS (Organization of American States) | Politics, Economics, Development | link | Washington, D.C. |
Open Society Foundation | Society | link | London |
Open Society Initiative | Society | link | Budapest |
Open Society Institute | Public Policy | link | Various |
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) | Regional Security | link | Prague and Vienna |
Overseas Development Institute | International Development | link | London |
Partners for Democratic Change (Europe & Eurasia) | Conflict and Change Management | link | Various |
Policy Exchange | Policy Development | London | |
Policy Network | Public Policy | link | London |
PriceWaterhouseCoopers | Tax, Assurance, Audit | link | London and world-wide |
Psychologists for Social Responsibility | Society | link | Washington, D.C. |
Pushkin House | Culture | link | London |
Regulatory Policy Institute | Economic Policy | link | London |
Royal United Servies Institute for Defence Studies | Defence | link | London |
Rule of Law Initiative | Law | link | Belgrade, Kiev, Baku, varies |
Runnymede Trust | Minority Rights | link | London |
Smith Institute | Social Policy, Economics | link | London |
Social Market Foundation | Economic and Social Policy | link | London |
The BEARR Trust | Health NGO | link | London |
The British Council – check individual country websites for updates | Education and Culture | link | Various |
The Delegation of the European Union to Russia | International Affairs | Moscow | |
The Finnish Institute | Education, Cultural and Social Affairs | link | London |
The Foundation for the Relief of Disabled Orphans (FRODO) | Charity with focus on Central Europe and the Balkans | link | Various |
The German Marshall Fund of the United States | Public Policy, International Affairs | Various | |
The Great Baikal Trail | Environmental NGO | link | Lake Baikal region, Russia |
The World Bank | Various | link | Worldwide |
The Young Foundation | Public Policy | link | London |
UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) | Economics, Social science, Development | Everywhere | |
UNDP Turkey | Economics, Social science, Development | link | Turkey |
UNDP China | Economics, Social science, Development | Beijing | |
UNDP Azerbaijan | Economics, Social science, Development | Baku | |
UNDP Georgia | Economics, Social science, Development | link | Tbilisi |
UNESCO | Education / Culture / International Affairs | link | Paris and worldwide |
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation | International Development | Paris and world-wide | |
United Nations | Politics | Everywhere | |
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | International Affairs / Economics | link | Geneva |
United Nations Headquarters | Politics | New York City | |
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights | Human Rights | link | Geneva |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Refugees | link | Geneva and world-wide |
Unlock Democracy | Politics, Democracy | link | London |
Wilton Park | Executive agency of the Foreign Office – foreign affairs and public policy events | link | West Sussex, UK |
Women’s Democracy Network | Politics, Social Policy | link | Washington, D.C. |
Woodrow Wilson Center | Everything | link | Washington, D.C. |
World Trade Organisation | Economics | Geneva |
Useful internet search portals
EURES – The European Job Mobility Portal | http://ec.europa.eu/eures/ |
Europlacement | http://www.europlacement.com/ |
UCLU Volunteers | http://uclu.org/volunteers/ |
w4mp (Working for an MP) | http://www.w4mpjobs.org/ |