Statements from Intern Alumni
“I can’t describe with words the amount of teaching in my bags after Climate Centre and how ready I am to implement these teaching in the work field. Hopefully in the future, I will be creating spaces for true dialogs and implementing Climate Centre’s working methods”. Q Ly
“This experience has helped me to realize that I want to pursue a career that will enable me to conduct research with the objective of shaping policy. Knowing that this project will contribute to policy recommendations, and that it was developed with this aim in mind, has been highly energizing to me. I know the skills I have developed through this experience (including the ones I gained from the more challenging aspects of the project) will be invaluable to my future work. I would love to have the chance to participate in more of these kinds of policy-oriented research projects in the future. I am very grateful to have had this opportunity!” – R Brown
“The quantitative skills and interests I gained from this placement will direct my future experiences hopefully towards working with Forecast-based financing which I find incredibly interesting”. – S Frederiksen
“Overall, I’m grateful for the experience – it has inspired even more interest in the topic of Anticipatory Action, which I hope to keep learning about and working with. It has been inspiring to be around such intelligent and thoughtful people around the world that are working hard to change how humanitarian and development action is done. The Junior Researcher meetups were also really nice, I could connect and be goofy with my peers while learning about all the interesting projects they were all working on”. – J Smith
“I appreciate the opportunity to learn about innovations and technologies that have been developed to mitigate and adapt to climate change in the humanitarian field, such as climate-smart DRR, nature-based solutions, and forecast-based financing”. “I am grateful about my experience at the Climate Centre as a junior researcher, as I was able to tap into two important issues: Climate Change and LGBTQ+ rights. I have one more year at Columbia University to finish my Master’s degree and I plan to continue to explore these issues at the school”. – M Ko
“My placement was overall a fruitful experience. It was constructive to work with my supervisor on both the projects. The highlight was to contribute to a high-profile project to improve the social protection landscape in Sierra Leone. Through this experience, I felt my skills and knowledge were valued”. - S Verma
“I learned how humanitarian work can intersect with climate change advocacy, how urban spaces are impacted by climate risks and how disaster management functions across various world regions”. - H Sizelove
“As an aspiring anthropologist from MENA region, I definitely consider a future application of my experience with the Climate Center, because I believe that it is important for there to be community involvement from MENA in crafting, determining, and adopting measures for adaptation. As a result of this experience, I am more excited than ever to tackle the issue of Climate change in MENA through research, and youth-led advocacy. I hope in the future to be able to do research or/ and develop approaches and tools with the climate center that are focused on MENA” – R Haji Naif
