Internships in Ukraine
Current Opportunities
Center for Civil Liberties
City: Virtual
Internship Dates: June 16 - August 8, 2025
About the Organization: The Centre for Civil Liberties (CCL) was established in 2007 to promote the values of human rights, democracy and rule of law in Ukraine and Eurasia to reinforce the principle of human dignity.
Work Description:
- Main Tasks for the intern: Legal research, campaigns, and communications, communicating with international missions, and human rights NGOs.
- Interns can choose to work on the following:
- Analytical work (monitoring, collection and processing of information)
- Translation (from Ukrainian to English and vice versa)
- Work with graphic editors (Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
- Organization of events
- Work with registers and databases
- Analysis and development of legislation
- Policy analysis
- Media analysis
- Development of communication materials (writing texts, creating content)
- SMM (Facebook) + SMM (Instagram)
- Video production (shooting, editing, writing video scripts, YouTube)
Number of Opening(s): 1
VoxUkraine
City: Virtual
Internship Dates: June 16 - August 8, 2025
About the Organization: VoxUkraine is a think tank of 35 people. Our main tasks are promotion of economic literacy and policy analysis. Our main projects are Reform Index (we evaluate reforms in Ukraine) and a factchecking project VoxCheck (mostly debunking Russian disinformation). Occasionally we implement research projects, organize seminars, conferences etc.
Work Description: The Intern(s) will be able to choose what he/she is willing to do. Usually we ask him/her to write 2-3 analytical articles on the issues which are interesting for him/her but at the same time are topical and related to Ukraine. The articles should include literature review and some data analysis. If we are working on some specific project at the time of internship, the intern will be welcome to join it and perform tasks within the project (usually data collection and analysis).
Number of Opening(s): 1-2
Student Spotlight
Kyra Jasper
International Relations & Human Rights, ‘20
Center for Civil Liberties, Kyiv, Ukraine
"My internship provided me with valuable context for how civil society is shaping the development of Ukraine, especially as it also faces ongoing conflicts in Crimea and Donbas. I learned about different advocacy tools that are the most effective in the Ukrainian context. I also became much more independent by learning how to let things go, adapt as necessary, and overcome obstacles that I realized I was placing for myself."
Michelle Li
MA Public Policy, ’19
VoxUkraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
"One of the most significant things I learned from this experience was how to work on a project without defined boundaries. I was tasked to develop groundwork for a database in addition to writing data policy. As an economics major, no classes I had taken prepared me for this task, but I learned to ask questions and be creative. I learned how important it was to ask questions and for help if and when I needed it, and how it was important to have a can-do attitude. I truly felt like I was a part of the organization, not just as “the intern,” but as a contributing member."
CREEES in Ukraine
Last summer, CREEES Student Services Officer Nelia Lanets organized a three-day excursion to the UNESCO World Heritage city of Lviv for Kyra Jasper and Michelle Li, CREEES’s inaugural Ukraine interns. Rodriguez, a native of Ukraine, accompanied the students and helped them to navigate the city, serving as a translator to ensure they got the most out of their culturally immersive experience.
In Lviv, they visited the historically famous Rynok Square, where they tasted traditional Ukrainian cuisine while enjoying the rooftop view of the city from a local restaurant. They browsed local gift shops, tasted famous Lviv coffee at the “Svit Kavy” coffee shop, took pictures at Dim Legend rooftop restaurant, listened to local street singers, and engaged in conversations with locals.
