Quantitative Research Intern

The International Crisis Group’s eEARTH Project is looking for a quantitative research intern to assist its analysts and fellows in their research activities. This is a desk-based position with a focus on conflict around resources. The internship is an excellent opportunity for someone to learn about conflict and earth observation analysis and advocacy work but also to gain valuable experience in a high-profile international NGO.

Responsibilities

• Prepares data for research, including the data construction, cleaning, and basic analytical tasks with minimal supervision;
• Helps design, implement and evaluate research, and automates research insights, the latter to help building internal data capacities;
• The candidate should be able to write their own summaries of research, perform literature reviews, and retrieve information from the web;
• The candidate will work closely with eEARTH researchers and regional teams within the organization;
• Previous experience working on climate security, infrastructure, or regional focus on the Horn of Africa and the Middle East is a plus.

Requirements:

• Background in economics, computer science, statistics, social sciences, geography, environmental and earth studies, natural sciences or any other discipline using econometrics and data management. Candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and having a Master’s is a plus;
• (Advanced) coding skills in R, Python, or similar;
• Strong writing and research skills;
• Geospatial data skills, preferably in R or Python, as well as ArcGIS/QGIS
• Knowledge of how to work with high resolution data, and data manipulation, especially raster data analysis;
• Data management skills, specifically of large data volumes ;
• Data visualization experience is an advantage, but not a must;
• Experience in scraping information from the web to build a dataset using automated tools is a plus;
• Interest in pursuing (or gaining exposure to) research related to conflict and public policy;
• Based in Nairobi, New York or Brussels.