Student Experiences

Generous funding from the Jackson School and other Yale sources allowed our M.P.P. students to pursue a variety of impactful experiences during the summer months.

Data for Summer 2024

Summer 2024

Internship
Financing for Sustainable Development Office, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
New York, NY, USA
Internship
ACDI/VOCA, Imbewu Farmer Development Program
South Africa
Internship
American Samoa Coral Reef Advisory Group
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Internship
Center for Indonesian Policy Studies
Jakarta, Indonesia
Internship
Climate Action Campaign
Washington, DC, USA
Internship
Future of Earth Lab at C Minds
Merida, Mexico
Internship
Institute for Peace & Diplomacy (IPD)
Ottawa, Canada
Internship
International Growth Centre, Rwanda Export Growth Fund Evaluation Project
Kigali, Rwanda
Internship
Koalisi Seni Indonesia and Fukutake Foundation Japan
Jakarta, Indonesia, and Tokyo, Japan
Internship
MacArthur Foundation, Lever for Change
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Internship
Norwegian Defense Research Establishment (FFI)
Oslo and Bergen, Norway
Internship
Pharos Global Health
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Internship
Reliance Foundation
Mumbai, India
Internship
Sanergy Collaborative
Nairobi, Kenya
Internship
The Global Fund, Financing of Integrated Disease and Collaborative Surveillance
Geneva, Switzerland
Internship
Africa Health Business
Nairobi, Kenya
Internship
African Impact Limited
London, UK
Internship
Albright Stonebridge Group
Washington, DC, USA
Internship
Barclays
New York, NY, USA
Internship
Business Bridge Asia
Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Manila, Philippines
Internship
Greenmantle
New York, NY, USA
Internship
Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training
Washington, DC, USA
Internship
FBI Cybersecurity and AI
New York, NY, USA
Internship
Ministerio de Producción, Ciencia e Innovación Tecnológica - PBA
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Internship
Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations
New York, NY, USA
Internship
Senator Richard Blumenthal, National Security Team
Washington, DC, USA
Internship
Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina, Visiting Clerkship
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Internship
U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy Muscat
Muscat, Oman
Internship
U.S. Department of Treasury, International Affairs - Office of Western Hemisphere
Washington, DC, USA
Internship
Virginia Governor's Fellows Program, Department of Commerce and Trade
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Internship
Yamandu Orsi Presidential Campaign
Montevideo, Uruguay
Internship
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Paris, France
Research Project
Analyzing China's Maritime Activity and Devising Potential U.S. Policy Responses
Remote
Research Project
International Competition Policy - Telecom Sector
Remote
Research Project
European Policy Approaches to Artificial Intelligence Regulation and Development
Brussels, Belgium, and London, UK
Research Project
Summer Research on Fiscal Policy of Major Economies During and After the COVID-19
Washington, DC, USA

Summer 2023

Internship
State Department Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Washington, DC, USA
Internship
United Nations, Economics and Social Commission for Asia Pacific
Bangkok, Thailand
Internship
Rockefeller Foundation, Good Food Policy Initiative
Nairobi, Kenya; Accra, Ghana; and Kigali, Rwanda
Internship
The World Bank, Labor and Skills Global Solutions Group within the Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice
Washington, DC, USA
Internship
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Paris, France
Internship
Embassy of the United States of America in South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Internship
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, Switzerland
Internship
The World Bank Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria
Internship
United Nations, Political Affairs and Peacebuilding
New York, NY, USA
Internship
Climate Action Platform for Africa and Renewable Resources Group
Remote
Internship
United Nations World Food Programme, Technical Team of the Food Security Information Network
Rome, Italy
Internship
Embassy of Bangladesh
Washington, DC, USA
Internship
RMI Global South team’s Climate Finance Action Network
Remote
Internship
Progressive International NGO
Multiple cities in Ethiopia; India; and Mexico
Internship
The Labour Party
London, United Kingdom
Internship
United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine and Oxfam Middle East Regional Office
Beirut, Lebanon
Internship
Consulate General of the Republic of Korea
Washington, DC, USA
Internship
The World Bank Liberia and The Reliance Foundation
Monrovia, Liberia; Mumbai, India
Internship
The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Hybrid - Remote and New York, NY, USA
Internship
Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations
New York, NY, USA
Internship
The Ocean Cleanup NGO
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Internship
Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School
Remote
Internship
State Department, U.S. Embassy in Singapore
Singapore, Singapore
Internship
World Food Programme
Rome, Italy
Internship
Climate Action Platform for Africa
Nairobi, Kenya
Internship
New River Gorge Regional Development Authority
Beckley, WV, USA
Internship
DeFi Education Fund
Remote
Internship
Foreign Liaison Office to US ARMY TRADOC
Newport News, VA, USA
Internship
Working Capital
Remote
Internship
Columbia University, Dr. Jennifer Mootz
New York, NY, USA
Internship
Aavishkaar Group
Mumbai, India
Internship
Archer-Daniels-Midland
Chicago, IL, USA
Research Project
Art Collectives and Postcolonial Policymaking in Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia
Research Project
UK Spatial Inequality – Research Assistant to Andy Haldane, CEO Royal Society of the Arts
London, United Kingdom
Research Project
Modeling Instability: Analyzing the Factors of Political Unrest
Remote

Summer 2022

Internship
Nepal Migration, Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE)
Dhangadi, Nepal
Internship
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Affairs
Washington, DC, USA
Internship
Evidence Action
Washington, DC, USA
Internship
FAO: SCALA, Programme in the Office of Climate, Biodiversity, and the Environment
Rome, Italy
Internship
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, Switzerland
Internship
International Army Program Directorate, US Army Training and Doctrine Command
Newport News, VA, USA
Internship
US Embassy in Spain, Office of Defense Coordination
Madrid, Spain
Internship
UN's Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) Business and Human Rights Unit (BHRU)
Geneva, Switzerland
Internship
Sustainability Office of Ithaca
Ithaca, NY, USA
Internship
Align Impact
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Internship
The MITRE Corporation, N446 Strategy and Policy Department
McLean, VA, USA
Internship
U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Stabilization and Peacekeeping Policy
Washington, DC, USA
Internship
BlocPower
New York, NY, USA
Internship
Schmidt Futures, Futures Action Network LLC
Washington, DC, USA
Internship
Chief Economist for World Food Program
Rome, Italy
Internship
Global Energy Alliance, Rockefeller Foundation Initiative
Nairobi, Kenya
Internship
United States Institute of Peace
Washington, DC, USA
Internship
IDInsight Internship
Senegal, Dakar
Internship
Ecosystem in Mexico (INIMA)
Mexico City, Mexico
Internship
Ukraine Conflict Observatory (UCO) and UN Fact-Finding Mission (‘FFM’) for Venezuela
Brazil, Colombia, and Panama
Start-Up
Delph
Paris, France and New York, NY, USA
Internship
World Bank's Social Sustainability and Inclusion, Europe and Central Asia Unit
Delhi, India and Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Internship
CT Greenbank
Stamford, CT, USA
Internship
Project Potential
Kishanganj and Bihar, India
Internship
US Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo
Pristina, Kosovo
Internship
International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), Investments, Business Development, and Government Relations
Democratic Republic of Congo
Internship
Conservation International
Colombia and Ecuador
Internship
United Nations Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization
Remote
Research
The US global policy response to Russian private military company proliferation
Mexico City, Mexico; Bogota, Colombia; Stuttgart, Germany
Internship
Atlantic Council
New York, NY, USA
Internship
Freedom to Marry Global
Remote
Internship
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a Johnson & Johnson Company
New York, NY, USA
Internship
Ukraine Conflict Observatory (UCO)
New Haven, CT, USA
Internship
Ecosystem in Mexico (INIMA)
Mexico City, Mexico
Internship
MicroSave
Jakarta, Indonesia
Internship
Guosen Securities Co. Ltd.
Beijing, China
Research
Supporting Community Resilience and Adaptation to Extreme Weather Events in Latin America and the Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda; Colombia; Dominica; Mexico

Summer 2021

Internship
Open Society Initiative for West Africa
Internship
Risk Governance team at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre
Internship
The Stimson Center
Internship
US State Department Mission to the OECD
Internship
The Sadie Collective
Internship
US Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome
Internship
Gender Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America
Internship
International Red Cross Red Crescent
Internship
"Glasgow Is Our Business," a project co-chaired by David Wade, John Kerry's former Chief of Staff
Internship
AArete
Internship
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Internship
US State Department Embassy in Gambia
Internship
House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, Environment, Cyber
Internship
Yale Genocide Studies Program's Mass Atrocities in the Digital Era Initiative
Internship
Ministry of Water & Land Management, Botswana
Internship
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)'s Project on Nuclear Issues
Internship
IDinsight
Internship
University Impact
Internship
US Climate Alliance
Internship
Turquoise Mountain
Internship
Patrick Radden Keefe of the New Yorker
Internship
Rebellion Defense
Internship
Plan International, Colombia
Internship
World Bank's Africa Region Gender Innovation Lab
Internship
US House of Representatives, Office of Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, Rosenthal Fellow
Internship
IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix
Internship
SupChina
Internship
Junior Fellow at German Marshall Fund, Alliance for Securing Democracy
Internship
OECD, Financing for Sustainable Development Division

Summer 2020

Internship
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs
Internship and Resarch
Total Impact Capital; Macroprudential Policy textbook research with Sigridur Benediktsdottir
Internship
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
Internship
United Nations Development Programme - Colombia
Internship
Miburo Solutions
Internship
International Committee of the Red Cross, Data Protection
Internship
United Nations Development Programme - Georgia
Internship
Institute for Strategic Dialogue
Internship
Internship with the Lobo Institute; Research for Asha Rangappa on her book project: Infrastructure of the Con; Foreign Policy Research Institute National Security Program
Internship
Information Society Project
Internship
ICRC Data Protection Office
Internship
UNHCR: State of the World's Forcibly Displaced
Internship
United Nations, Executive Office of the Secretary General
Internship
Village Capital
Internship
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Internship
World Bank, Health, Nutrition and Population
Internship
Institute for State Effectiveness
Internship
Institute for State Effectiveness, State of the State Initiative
Internship
New Markets Lab
Internship
Strider Technologies
Internship
US Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs
Internship
World Bank, Disaster Risk Management Team
Internship
United Nations: International Organization for Migration: Displacement Tracking Matrix
Internship
Good Society Forum
Internship
Environmental Justice and Health Initiative Summer Research—Mapping Environmental Justice in New Haven with Amity Doolittle; ICRC Data Protection Office
Internship
UNCTAD
Internship
USAID, Development Innovation Ventures, Global Development Lab
Research
Affective Dynamics, Social Media, and Russian Active Measures: A Study of the 2020 US Election with Claire York (International Security Studies and Jackson)
Research
Environmental Justice and Health Initiative Summer Research—Mapping Environmental Justice in New Haven with Amity Doolittle (Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies)
Research
International Migration Trends with Gerald Jaynes (Economics and African-American Studies)
Research
Kanichi Asakawa, the first Japanese Yale professor, with Daniel Botsman (History)
Research
Macroprudential Policy with Sigridur Benediktsdottir (Jackson)
Research
Research for Asha Rangappa (Jackson) on her book project: Infrastructure of the Con
Research
The Vanishing: The Twilight of Christianity in the Middle East with Senior Fellow Janine di Giovanni (Jackson)