Internships in Latvia
Riga Stradins University, China Studies Centre
City: Riga, Latvia
Internship Dates: June 15 –August 7, 2026
About the Organization: Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) is one of the most modern universities in the Baltic States with an extensive choice of study programmes in health care and social sciences, a strong foundation in research and international recognition. RSU has almost 10 000 students, one quarter of which are international students, and a stellar student to faculty ratio.
Work description:
We welcome an intern interested in taking part in think tank and academic work in International Relations with a focus on East Asia regional dynamics, interaction of global powers in the East Asia region, China studies, Baltic States and China, EU – China, NATO-China and Russia-China.
The intern will have the opportunity to engage with Latvian foreign policy makers, the think tank community, the academic community, as well as the practitioners. Upon training, the intern will be expected to contribute to reports, conduct research interviews, take part in project application design and implementation. The Centre is willing to provide support to the intern in performing other tasks of their interest. It is usually the case that the intern works on an academic project of their choice to be published on the RSU’s website upon the completion of the internship.
Latvian Strategy and Economic Research (LaSER)
City: Rīga, Latvia
Internship Dates: June 15 – August 7, 2026
About the Organization: The Latvian Strategy and Economic Research (LaSER) Institute was founded in March 2024. LaSER is an independent, non-partisan, privately financed think tank that develops innovative and evidence-based policy ideas and political initiatives supporting the development of a prosperous, democratic and secure Latvian society and state embedded in the European union (EU) and NATO.
Project Description: In addition to every-day research assistant tasks (assisting senior researchers in gathering and organizing qualitative and quantitative data, undertaking literature studies, editing EN language versions of our research output, maintaining and updating the EN version of the web page and other public engagement activities) LaSER's Stanford intern will work together with our Latvian interns (our five current Latvian interns are undergraduate students at the Stockholm School of Economics in Rīga and the University of Latvia) and develop an Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy for the think-tank with the intention that this strategy could be applied and adopted more widely by other mission-driven NGOs in Latvia and the Baltic region.
Number of Opening(s): 1
Student Spotlight
Kylie Holland
Symbolic Systems, ‘20
TechHub Riga, Riga, Latvia
"Working for early-stage startups like Asya and TechHub was both challenging and rewarding. From day one, they gave me tasks crucial to the company’s success or failure. I was able to experience an entire range of business activities unique to startups. My work this summer helped me focus my academic and professional plans. Additionally, through this internship I visited dozens of museums, kayaked across the river Daugava, and visited UNESCO world heritage sites — and that’s just in Riga! I also managed to travel to four countries in just eight weeks."
