WMO Online Research Internship
The youngest voices in the building write some of its strongest walls. Every intake, the World Mediation Organization opens a small number of places to young researchers, and we do so with the hope that you might be one of them. The number of places is announced together with the deadline, and entry is by a written proposal, which we hold to the same standard as a topic submitted to the Conflict Insight Journal at the first stage.
Once you are in, you work from wherever you study, in the middle of experts who have shaped Mediation and Conflict Management for decades. They read your drafts, they ask the questions a good Journal asks, and they help you turn a question that will not let go of you into an argument that others can read, cite and build upon. The duration is flexible and follows what your university requires, so the internship fits into your studies and grows with them.
The path ahead is laid out from the first day. With three published articles you complete your internship, receive a certificate and full documentation for your university placement office, and carry an invitation from the Journal to propose a topic of your own. With five published articles you earn a distinction, and we gift you your first year at the Associate level of the WMO, a further year inside the Organization and among its experts. What you publish remains yours as it grows, and you leave with a record that was not given to you but built by your own hand.
We ask for reliability, and we say so at the start, in writing: two deadlines missed without contact ends the place. This is meant kindly, since every place is precious and others are waiting for one. The internship costs you nothing. We invest in you, and you invest in the work.
If you are curious, patient and willing to read a little more than you expected, we would be glad to receive your proposal. Start your bibliography before your degree, and let us build something together that lasts.
The Programme
The work you publish as an intern remains yours as it grows. Three published articles carry an invitation from the Journal to propose a topic of your own, and you leave your internship with a record that was not given to you.
| Element | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Places | A stated number of each intake, announced with the deadline | |
| Entry | A written proposal, held to the same standard as a Journal topic at stage one | |
| University Agreement | Applicants must provide a formal internship agreement issued or approved by their university as a mandatory condition for admission to the WMO Internship Programme | . |
| Duration | Flexible, aligned with university requirements | |
| Completion | 3 published articles, certificate and full documentation | |
| Distinction | 5 published articles, first year at the Associate level, gifted | |
| Deadlines | Two missed without contact ends the place. Said at the start, in writing | |
| Recognition | Certificate and full documentation for university placement offices | |
| Cost | None. We invest in you; you invest in the work |
Start your bibliography before your degree.