Research Intern

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Internship Title: Research Intern

Internship Category: Paid

Applicable Academic Field(s): Political Science, International Relations, Public Policy

Requirements: Applicants must have completed an undergraduate degree; applicants must be located in the Washington, DC area.

Internship Period: October 2026 – March 2027

Schedule: Full-time (37.5 per week)

Number of candidates desired: 1

Position

The World Justice Project (WJP) is recruiting one (1) applicant to support its research team in a paid internship for a period of six (6) months. This Intern position will be based in Washington, DC, and will report to WJP’s Manager, Giacomo D'Urbano. This is a current vacancy, with an immediate start.

Primary Responsibilities

The Research Intern will spend most of their time providing crucial support for Environmental Rule of Law assessment which seeks to develop and deploy empirical tools to measure and strengthen environmental rule of law in countries in the Asia Pacific region. The main responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Supporting questionnaire and conceptual framework developments through desk research and literature reviews.
• Assist with the primary data collection process for the Qualified Respondents’ Questionnaire (QRQ) expert surveys. This includes survey design and maintenance, survey administration, large scale outreach efforts, correspondence with expert contributors, and management of online data collection platforms and CRM databases.
• Assist with preparations for meetings and presentations, including producing drafts of Microsoft PowerPoint presentations and handouts, and preparing and assembling outreach materials for external distribution;
• Support projects and activities related to alternative data collection efforts, data presentation, and data visualization.

The candidate chosen for this position might also spend some time providing ge