Overview

This internship focuses on developing and deploying data science methods to identify and measure harmful speech in peacekeeping settings. The role supports the Information Integrity Unit in addressing mis- and disinformation and hate speech.

Tasks Summary

• - Contributing to the design, development, implementation and evaluation of AI, data science and visual analytics architectures and pipelines to analyze data for supporting decision making;
• Contributing to the development and application of analysis methods to support peacekeeping missions for mis- and disinformation and hate speech analysis;
• Contributing to the exploration of the use of AI Agents and Large Language Models (LLMs) to analyze mis- and disinformation and hate speech;
• Supporting monitoring and analysis and the rapid turnaround thereof, including of country specific and regional trends and patterns;
• Supporting subject experts to visualize and report data findings creatively in a variety of formats, including the design and development of interactive visualizations and dashboards;
• Supporting the team to create efficient data processing pipelines;
• Reviewing and documenting scientific background research on relevant topics;
• Assisting in drafting training materials, other policies, guidelines and doctrine, and analysis report;
• Perform other duties as appropriate.

Experience Requirements

Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience. However, a field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for is required. (The field of study should be computer science, physics, mathematics, statistics, computation social science, or related field. Graduates of social sciences, including international relations, politics, law, anthropology, who have computer science skills will also be considered.) Do you have experience in Python, R or an equivalent programming language? Are you familiar with any AI/ML frameworks and/or Natural Language Processing techniques? Do you have experience in data visualization techniques?

Qualification Requirements

Applicants must meet one of the following requirements: (a) be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); (b) be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (bachelor’s degree). Applicants must be a student in the final year of the first university degree (bachelor or equivalent), Master's or Ph.D. Programme or equivalent, or have completed a Bachelor's, Master's or PH.D. Programme.

Other Details

Languages Required: Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the internship.

Languages Preferred: Knowledge of an additional UN language is an asset.

Contract Duration: 2-6 months.

Work Modality: Flexible (Hybrid, all remote, or in-person)

Remuneration: The United Nations does not financially remunerate interns. Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation, and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions.