Research internships with the Economist Intelligence Unit

The internship scheme for this year is closed. Details of the 2009 internship scheme will appear in February 2009. If you would like to apply for the 2009 scheme, you will need to apply next year.

Interns are usually attached to one of our regional teams (Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Middle East & North Africa, Latin America, plus Economics/Data Services for those with a particular interest in macroeconomic data and Excel). There are also internship opportunities in Wire Services, which is responsible for generating daily political, economic and market analysis on 203 countries, Country & Economic Research, which is home to our custom publishing and research activities, and Industry & Management Research, which is responsible for our industry and management thinking portfolio.

Applicants should have an interest in economics and should be undertaking undergraduate or post-graduate studies that include economics. Good MS Word and Excel skills are also important.

Intern duties can include:

• assisting editors with the compilation and production of EIU reports
• updating comparative regional data and analysis
• researching sources of relevant microeconomic and industry data
• conducting research and analysis on specific projects and writing up results

Most internships take place during the summer; however, a few internships are also offered at other times of the year.