Spring 2019 - Internship and Research on the Europe, Latin America and the United States

The University of Miami European Union “Jean Monnet” Chair is offering an innovative program combining an internship training and individualized research supervision. Available to all undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Miami, it is sponsored by a grant awarded by the European Union. A certificate of expertise will be issued for successful trainees. This experience is highly valued when applying for internships at EU sites or other private and government employment.

To receive full academic credit for UM requirements, candidates must register in one of the following Spring 2019 courses:

“Latin American Thought” LAS 360 or HIS 396 or INS 584 or LAS 603 or INS 647

Following the course is, however, not necessarily required, since authorized students will conduct an independent study.   

This is not a paid internship, but student interns will be able to use a desk space at our facilities at the UM EU Center/Jean Monnet Chair (1300 Campo Sano, Room 210).

 

Students will be able to choose among a variety of topics for research, following some of the current issues facing the EU, the US and Latin America: The Euro crisis, immigration, the Trade and Investment agreement between the US and the EU, terrorism and nationalism, the future of Greece-EU relationship, the consequences of EU enlargement, tensions with Russia, the EU and the BRICS, comparative regional integration (Latin America, Asia, etc.), the prospects of an “Atlantic Community”, Cuba´s relations with the EU, relations with Asia, education (Bologna, Erasmus), European identity (culture, arts, music), etc.

The internship training includes functions assigned in think-tank institutions and international agencies, such as data-collecting, documents development, social media, briefings and lecture reporting. 

The resulting research will have the form of a research paper, which will be a candidate for insertion in our series (www.as.miami.edu/eucenter, publications, papers)

This program will be administered by Professor Joaquín Roy, EU Jean Monnet Chair at the European Union Center at UM.

To apply, please register for one of the courses and send a very short CV (one page, ideally) as well as a statement with the areas to be explored for research to jroy@maimi.edu