Social Sciences
Social Sciences
Social Science internships overseas are designed to provide students with practical experience in their chosen specialty and preferred sector while allowing students to develop marketable workplace and language skills to benefit them after graduating from the UO.
Social Science Internships are fully customizable and can be located at any of the locations where GlobalWorks offers internships.
LANGUAGE TRANSLATION • ECONOMICS • POLITICS + GOVERNMENT • AREA STUDIES • LAW • TOURISM • FOOD + ENVIRONMENTALISM • ANTHROPOLOGY • SOCIOLOGY
Sample Placements
NGOs | Nonprofits | Political Offices | Tourism | Law Firms | Food + Beverage Companies | Consulting Firms | Government Agencies | Research Institutions
Example Duties Include
Event planning | Draft reports | Campaign building | Writing newsletters | Blogging | Administrative assistance | Market research | Program development | Policy analysis | Fundraising | Creating promotional materials | Conducting surveys | Canvassing | Budgeting | Fieldwork | Data analysis | Marketing
Qualifications
Minimum 2.75 GPA
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work independently
Flexibility to take on multiple job responsibilities, including entry level tasks
Ability to take initiative, work independently and deal with ambiguity
Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work on a team
Strong attention to accuracy, details, and organizational skills
I primarily spent my time in my internship researching, compiling data, conducting interviews, writing articles and creating websites.
I was able to work on my digital design skills by constructing the early parts of the website for Hasekura 2.0’s various NGOs that I provided consulting services for. I also gained a lot more comfortability with communicating in a business/workplace environment.
I learned a lot about grit, hard work, and time management during this internship. Working with a supervisor can be daunting and overwhelming, but it is especially difficult to navigate some of those anxieties and challenges from the other side of the world. I objectively think that this experience helped me learn a lot about my weaknesses and strengths through trial and error. I have acquired a knowledge of how to adapt when things do not turn out the way that I plan, how to communicate suggestions, and complete work as early as physically possible.
Not only was this experience really helpful in terms of navigating my work preferences and competencies, but it also gave me a real, accurate depiction of in what areas of my life I struggle with managing my time the most.
Coming into this internship, I knew that I probably wanted to start out working for a large corporation when I am younger, and then transition over to working in a non-profit or a B corporation workplace setting. I think that my feelings about this have remained the same for the most part. I have loved my internship and working with social entrepreneurs has been such a rewarding experience. I have, however, learned that I love working in a consultancy setting in which I can marry multiple interests of mine.