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Summer Intern: Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility - Vocation, Career, and Work

CompanyAEI
LocationWashington
Work ModeOn Site
PostedDecember 10, 2025
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The intern will work closely with Senior Fellow Brent Orrell and staff to research various aspects of workforce development policy. Current projects include analyzing economic trends, skills for success, and workforce issues related to dislocated and hidden workers.
Internship Type
other
Company Size
938
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
Who we are: The American Enterprise Institute is a public policy think tank dedicated to defending human dignity, expanding human potential, and building a freer and safer world. The work of our scholars and staff advances ideas rooted in our belief in democracy, free enterprise, American strength and global leadership, solidarity with those at the periphery of our society, and a pluralistic, entrepreneurial culture. How we do it: We are committed to making the intellectual, moral, and practical case for expanding freedom, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening the free enterprise system in America and around the world. Our work explores ideas that further these goals, and AEI scholars take part in this pursuit with academic freedom. AEI operates independently of any political party and has no institutional positions. Our scholars’ conclusions are fueled by rigorous, data-driven research and broad-ranging evidence. Our work: Our scholars not only engage in research that focuses on today’s most critical challenges but also look ahead to ideas and issues that have yet to be widely recognized. AEI scholars pursue innovative, independent work across a wide array of subjects. From economics, education, health care, and poverty to foreign and defense studies, public opinion, politics, society, and culture, our experts drive the competition of ideas.
About the Role

Overview

The American Enterprise Institute’s Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility seeks a driven, research-oriented intern 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 can participate in the program in person 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.

 

The summer program dates are either Tuesday, May 26, to Friday, August 21, or Tuesday, June 2, to Friday, August 28.

Key Skills
ResearchWorkforce DevelopmentPolicy AnalysisEconomic TrendsArtificial IntelligenceWorkplace CultureEconomic MobilityVeterans IssuesYouth IssuesElderly IssuesDisabilitiesNeurodiversityData AnalysisWritingCommunication
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