Overview
This internship supports the thematic expansion of the Smart Parcel Atlas for Resilient Cities (SPARC) initiative to conflict-affected and reconstruction contexts, focusing on how geospatial intelligence can inform recovery and resilience investments.
Key Responsibilities
- Review SPARC materials, reconstruction, and forced displacement use cases, and good practice on remote monitoring, damage detection, displacement tracking, and urban recovery analytics.
- Map relevant conflict-specific (including forced displacement) data sources and methods, including satellite imagery, building footprints, road networks, land cover, nighttime lights, population proxies, hazard exposure layers, and administrative datasets.
- Support definition of SPARC use cases for conflict and post-conflict settings, including reconstruction prioritization, service disruption screening, and remote supervision of recovery investments.
- Contribute to analytical frameworks, prototype analytics, mock-ups, and concise operational materials for selected contexts, subject to data availability and team priorities.
- Prepare notes, briefs, slide inputs, and documentation on data quality, uncertainty, limitations, validation needs, ethical considerations, and appropriate use in sensitive FCV contexts.
Required Experience
1–6 years of relevant professional experience
Qualifications
Currently enrolled in, or in the final year of, a postgraduate master’s or PhD program. Academic background in urban planning, geography, geospatial analytics, data science, remote sensing, international development, public policy, disaster risk management, conflict studies, economics, or a related field.
