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Spring Intern: COSM, Vocation, Career, and Work

AEI
Washington, DC Intern
POSTED ON 10/10/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/10/2027

Overview

The American Enterprise Institute’s Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility seeks a driven, research-oriented candidate for its workforce development team. The vocation, career, and work intern will work closely with Senior Fellow Brent Orrell and staff to research the intersectional domain of workforce development policy.

 

Current projects include analyzing the present and future of work, economic trends in response to artificial intelligence, the skills needed for success in the modern workforce worker attitudes and workplace culture, work as a pathway to economic mobility, and workforce issues relating to dislocated and “hidden” workers, including veterans, youth, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and the neurodiverse. Candidates who are able to participate in the program on an in-person basis for 30-40 hours a week are encouraged to apply.

 

About AEI Internships

 

AEI internships offer a unique opportunity for undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates to gain experience in research, writing, business, and communications at one of the nation’s leading think tanks. Competitive candidates will generally have a GPA of 3.5 or higher from a top-ranking college or university. AEI’s internship program runs for 12 weeks, and all related programming will take place in-person in Washington, DC. Please see the internship program home page for updates about the program.

 

The spring program dates are either Tuesday, January 12, to Friday, April 2, or Tuesday, January 19, to Friday, April 9.

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