Deadline:
As soon as possible
Location(s)
Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Germany Turkey
Sarajevo/ Brussels/ Berlin/ Istanbul
Overview
Join our team! ESI needs you!
ESI was born during conversations in Sarajevo cafes in 1999, and had its first office in a living room in Berlin.
Since then we have published some influential reports and made television documentaries seen by millions of people. However, we remain a decentralised network, a young and relatively small think tank.
We own no real estate, have no endowment, and possess no car. Our most costly capital asset is a copy machine in our Berlin office. Our most precious resource, however, is the people who make up ESI … and the network of people behind our work since 1999.
Details
If you believe that you would like to join us as a junior fellow in Berlin (or any other city where we might need you) ask yourself the following questions first:
- Do you read widely and passionately, picking up books on many different subjects, driven by curiosity about the way the world, and human beings, work?
- Do you enjoy writing? Can you write under time pressure?
- Do you like research, including the frustrating kind where you turn over every stone four times to see if perhaps there is a new insight hidden underneath it?
- Do you like to work with other people?
- Are you meticulous, attentive to detail, creative, and with a high threshold for the frustration of rewriting the same text 20 times until it is just right?
If your answer is yes to all, or most, of the above questions, there is still one more to answer: are you able and willing to spend at least 3 months full-time with our team, not for the money but for the experience?
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Our aim: to help any applicant identify if they would actually enjoy being part of our team; and to help us see if you have the kind of skills that would make your fellowship a success.
There are no formal requirements. That said, excellent English writing skills are very important. You can apply to ESI without having a university degree or with two PhDs – we have had excellent analysts who fit both descriptions. What we are looking for is exceptional skills, wide experience, and character.
Dates
Deadline: As soon as possible
Cost/funding for participants
In return for your voluntary contribution as a junior fellow to our research and advocacy, ESI can provide a modest stipend of a few hundred Euros a month.
Un-save Opportunity
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
