Internship: climate adaptation and resilience

SEI Tallinn is seeking a motivated intern for its Climate Systems and Energy Policy Unit to support projects and funding proposals related to weather, water and climate.

 

The overall research purpose of NbSPLUS is to advance the implementation and effectiveness of nature-based solutions (NbS) in addressing intensified land-use changes and climate extremes. By establishing the concept of “NbS services”, the project seeks to integrate biodiversity, justice and wellbeing into rural and urban resilience planning. It addresses critical knowledge gaps in evaluating NbS benefits, stakeholder engagement and scalability while developing participatory methods and tools for systemic and equitable design. The project features use cases in Spain, Canada and Sweden.

At SEI Tallinn, our role is to develop a framework to integrate the concept of biodiversity into an evaluation of the social impact of NbS. In Spring, 2025, we will conduct a literature review to establish this framework, followed by a resident survey Autumn 2025 to test its application. Join us in this important work!

Responsibilities 

Your contributions will depend on the timing of your internship and may include:

  • Exploring and analysing literature, including using AI-based tools
  • Developing a resident survey tailored to the project’s three use cases
  • Analysing survey results

Supporting additional unit tasks, such as proposal writing, administrative work and exploring new tools.

You will also have the opportunity to support ongoing projects and idea development within the Sustainable Cities and Resilient Communities team. The work will primarily focus on topics related to climate adaptation, nature-based solutions, biodiversity and health and wellbeing topics

Required skills and experience

While internships are generally open to everyone, priority is given to motivated, matriculated university students, for whom an internship is either part of their curriculum or a thesis project.

  • MSc or PhD level education, or a strong interest and experience in relevant fields.
  • Familiarity with reading academic literature, basic quantitative analysis in Excel.
  • Fluency in spoken and written English. Knowledge of Estonian is a plus.
  • Statistical analysis and survey development skills are optional but beneficial. PhD-level students may have the opportunity to contribute to academic article writing.

Funding

SEI Tallinn only offers unpaid internships. Internship candidates are expected to be fully funded and insured by external sources for the full duration of the internship. SEI Tallinn does not provide housing and does not assist in finding accommodation.

How to apply

We are accepting applications on a rolling basis. All applications must be submitted via our online recruitment system, ReachMee.

Required documents:

  • A one-page cover letter detailing relevant background, qualifications, desired internship period, interest areas, and expected outcomes.
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV).
  • Optional: list of publications, posters or essays relevant to the internship topics.

About SEI

Stockholm Environment Institute is an international non-profit research institute that tackles environment and sustainable development challenges.

We empower partners to meet these challenges through cutting-edge research, knowledge, tools and capacity building. Scientific quality and integrity are foundations of our work. Partnership is at the heart of our approach, leading to change that lasts.

Our work connects science to policy and practice, aiming to drive tangible impacts. It spans climate change, natural resources, water, air, and health, and addresses questions of governance, innovation, finance, poverty, gender equality and social equity.

We are committed to transparency and full disclosure of our funding. The Government of Sweden is our largest funder, and we also receive funds from a range of public research funders, philanthropic foundations, bilateral and multilateral development agencies, governments, NGOs and other partners.

Through SEI’s HQ and seven centres around the world, we engage with policy, practice and development action for a sustainable, prosperous future for all.

 

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