Summer 2026, Research & Project Coordination Internship, Center for Universal Education, Global Economy and Development (Job ID 2026-3802)

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Interns spend approximately12weeksworking alongsideleading experts in government and academia from all over the world.Brookings also offers students the opportunity to intern in departments such as communications human resources and central operations management.The mission of the Internship Program is to provide students witha pre-professional learning experience that offers meaningful practical work experience related to their field of studyor career interest.Students engage in career exploration and development as well as learn new skills.

Interns will have the opportunity to attend meetings think tank events professional development workshops and public Brookings addition interns will have the opportunity to network with other interns throughout the Institution.

This internship is an opportunity for undergraduate students in their sophomore junior or senior year and graduate students pursuing a masters degree with an interest in international development education and artifical intelligence to apply principles and theory learned in the classroom in a professional environment. PhD students are not eligible for internships; please visitourCareers pagefor current open positions.This internship pays an hourly rate of $18.40 and applicants must be willing to commit to a minimum number of hours per week (no less than20hours per week during regular business hours) with some flexibility around an academic course schedule.

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Position Location: This position is open to hybrid and/or remote applicants.Hybrid work combines regular in-person presence at our WashingtonDCoffice with theoptionof remote work. Remote work applicants may not work from the following states: Alaska California Colorado Hawaii Illinois Maine Michigan Oregon Rhode Island and Washington.Please only apply if you can live and work in states other than those listed above for the duration of the internship.

The Global Economy and Development (Global) program at Brookings aims to shape the policy debate to improve global economic cooperation and fight global poverty and sources of social stress. The intern will join Globals Center for Universal Education a leading policy center focused on universal quality education and skills development around the world. The intern will support the Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education initiative which focuses on identifying the benefits and risks associated with AI in education.

The intern will gain exposure to a broad set of education research and policy topics while developing their project management communication and analytical thinking skills. Applicants should expect a range of responsibilities broadly defined under the following categories:

Administration:The intern will support with preparation and materials for meetings events presentations and publications; and will organize and input data into databases. The intern should be prepared to help with general office support assist with special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

Communications and Social Media: Assist in creating social media and communications content. Intern should know how to utilize Canva and other tools to design engaging social media posts. Intern should understand LinkedIn Instagram TikTok and X as communication platforms.

General Research and Writing: The intern will conduct background research on topics such as education technology and family and community engagement in education and will draft summaries of research findings that may be used in blog posts or reports. The intern will support with dissemination and presentation preparation for a recently released report and associated briefs blogs and other materials.

Education/Knowledge/Skills:

Open to undergraduate students in their junior or senior year completing a degree in a relevant field (i.e. sociology international relations/development/affairs educational psychology data science etc.) or graduate students pursuing a masters degree. Applicants should have a demonstrated interest in public policy education and student learning artificial intelligence and some working knowledge of statistics qualitative and quantitative research and data visualization. Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.

Additional Information:

This internship requires you tobe located inthe U.S. for the duration of the internship.

Successful completion of a background investigation isfor interning at Brookings.

Brookings requires that all applicantssubmita cover letter and resume.Pleasesubmityour resume as instructed and include your cover letter as a separate attachment when you apply.Youare required tosubmit/attach a separate cover letter for each internship application.Your cover letter should highlight your educational experience and skills along with an explanation of how this internship will contribute to your professional goals.Please address your cover letter toHiringManager.

If selected as a finalist for the internship you will be required to submit two letters of recommendation or provide two professional references.

Please note: Applications will be accepted untilFebruary 222026. Applications not completed andsubmittedby the application deadline date will not be considered. Your application is considered complete when you receive an email confirming that your application was successfullysubmitted.

As you are applying please be sure toclick heretolearn more about the Brookings Internship Program deadlines and directions on how to successfully submit your internship application(s).

Brookings welcomes and celebrates diversity in all its forms including diversity of experience thought and personal background. We welcome applications that reflect a variety of backgrounds based on ideology race ethnicity religion national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression disability veteran status first generation college goers and other factors protected by law. Brookings is proud to be anequal-opportunityemployer that is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive selection decisions are based upon merit skillsabilitiesand experience.