International Fellowship Program

Type: Internship/Fellowship Program

Compensation: Small stipend that may contribute to housing or food; we encourage candidates to seek outside funding; help finding housing provided

Start: Rolling

Application Deadline: Rolling

Openings: 2-4

Location(s): Tbilisi, Georgia

Duration/Hours: at least 10 weeks; 4 days, 32 hours/week

Qualifications

Eligibility: Applicants must have a strong interest and background in the social sciences (policy-related or think tank experience is a benefit); have completed two years of college course work by the time the internship begins (graduate students are highly encouraged to apply); be familiar with Microsoft programs (knowledge of statistical programs such as SPSS or Stata is desirable); have well-developed communication, teamwork and organizational skills; take initiative and work independently with little supervision; and be able to work in a complex environment in developing countries. Knowledge of Russian or a local language (Armenian, Azerbaijani, and Georgian) and experience in the NIS region is a plus. Candidates who have their own research agenda will be given priority. Applicants must be willing to commit to the internship for a minimum of 10 weeks.

Description

In addition to its core activities, CRRC has a burgeoning number of research projects in which interns in the past have played a pivotal role. Duties may include but are not limited to conducting research (including interviewing local officials and community members and helping manage the questionnaire design process) and helping local researchers publish their findings; organizing social science trainings; updating CRRC’s English language materials; preparing outreach materials; updating and managing databases; and organizing special events and conferences. There is also the opportunity to establish long-term cooperation with local researchers and policymakers, as well as learn Russian and/or a local language and conduct research during the course of the internship.

How to Apply

Your application should include a scanned copy of your transcript, a resume including three references, a short writing sample in English and a cover letter explaining why this position is of interest.

Contact Information

CRRC Georgia: Tamar Khoshtaria, Email: tamuna@crrccenters.org

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Michael Eric Lambert

Michael holds a doctorate (DPhil) in History and International Affairs from Sorbonne University in collaboration with the INSEAD – Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires (BFC’15D), where he focused on political-military affairs in the Eastern Partnership countries. Before joining CRRC, he worked at the French Ministry of Armed Forces as an intelligence analyst (OSINT), the University of Ottawa, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on the CIA (Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room) and the U.S. Department of State involvement in the Caucasus and Central Asia. His research focuses on macroeconomic intelligence and Chinese investments in the South Caucasus, with a particular emphasis on Georgia.

Alexandru Moise

Alex holds a PhD in Political Economy from Central European University. His work investigates how party characteristics, such as ideology and linkages to voters, influenced policy stances and reforms in the health sectors of Eastern and Southern European countries. His current research interests revolve around the social and institutional determinants of health inequalities, as well as individual behavioral determinants of access to healthcare, in Georgia and elsewhere. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Ilia State University’s School of Arts and Sciences, teaching methodology and other topics in Political Science.

Nicholas Barker

Nicholas is a PhD candidate in International Relations at the University of Oxford. His primary research interests are the causes, character and consequences of armed conflict and political violence, and the focus of his doctoral research is the termination and aftermath of separatist armed conflicts in the Caucasus and the Balkans, for which he did field research in Abkhazia, Georgia, Kosovo and Serbia and archival research at the UN. His wider research interests include international security and conflict management, qualitative research methods – in particular field research in conflict-affected areas – and research ethics.

Rowan Baker

Rowan is currently pursuing a B.A. in international development studies and Russian studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Previously, she served as a research intern for the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia, where she conducted policy research and provided recommendations to integrate gender issues into climate change programs for CAMP4ASB, as well as completed field research at the Aral Sea on fisheries and climate change. Collectively, Rowan has spent over twenty months studying, interning, and researching in Moldova, Georgia, and Kazakhstan. Her research primarily concerns climate change policy and development in Eurasia, and she is fluent in both English and Russian.

Meagan Neal

Meagan holds a B.A. in Economics with a minor in Russian from Middlebury College, where she focused on development economics and the post-Soviet context. Prior to joining CRRC, she spent three years at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT, where she summarized and synthesized research results, conducted policy outreach on education issues, supported a RCT in India, and managed a large research fund. Her research interests broadly include education, environmental issues, tourism, gender, and experimental research methods. She speaks English, French, and Russian.

Paramjeet Singh

Paramjeet (Pammi) Singh holds an LL.M. from MIPLC, a union of the George Washington University (US) and Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (Germany). He has studied at institutions like University of Oxford (England) and WIPO Academy (Switzerland). In addition to being a qualified lawyer with extensive experience, he is an invited lecturer at Tbilisi State University and University of Georgia where he teaches EU and International business law. He is a PhD student at the Institute for European Studies and regularly writes for Qrius/The Indian Economist. He founded Inkstone (Policy and Legal Advocacy) and has published research in international academic journals. He was recently invited by the New York based Institute of New Economic Thinking to present his...

Athanasios Kipouros

Thanasi is currently an M.A. candidate in European, Russian, and Eurasian Affairs at the University of Toronto. He holds a B.A. in Political Science, also from the University of Toronto, and has previously worked as a research assistant at the Hellenic Institute for European and Foreign Policy. Currently, his work focuses on infrastructure development in the Balkans and the Caucasus. Specifically, he is spending the second year of his Master’s program examining the future outlook and complications of mass transportation and rail infrastructure development in the regions.

Annika Kastetter

Annika holds a B.A. in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations from Colorado College. She has worked on grassroots-level development and humanitarian aid projects in India and Jordan, and obtained domestic policy experience with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, where she served as an intern in the Office of International Labor Affairs. After completing her undergraduate degree in May 2017, Annika served as an intern for UNDP Georgia’s Governance Reform Fund project.

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