GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS
Center for Restorative Justice
The Center for Restorative Justice conducts research, teaching, training, and technical assistance for restorative justice projects in schools, universities, communities, and the criminal justice system. The Graduate Assistant will provide logistical support for the center, particularly in support of budget administration and marketing / communications.
The job description and application details are linked here on the SOLES job board.
For questions and to apply, please reach out to Jessica Naidu at jnaidu@sandiego.edu.
RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS
Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice: Violence, Inequality, and Power Lab (VIP Lab)
The Horizons Project
Location: Virtual
Status: Temporary, part-time, non-exempt; Fall 2022; Between 10-20 hours per week (negotiable)
FELLOWSHIPS
Presidential Management Fellow
Bearing the Presidential moniker, the PMF Program is a flagship leadership development program at the entry-level for advanced degree candidates. It was created more than three decades ago by Executive Order and has gone through many changes over the years. The Program attracts and selects the best candidates possible, but is really designed with a more narrow focus – developing a cadre of potential government leaders. It provides some sustenance during the first years of employment and encourages development of leadership capabilities. The PMF Program inculcates a lasting bond as well as a spirit of public service, ultimately encouraging and leading to a career in the government
Application Deadlines:
Spring 2023 Fellowship: October 3, 2022
INTERNSHIPS
Free The Slaves Internships
The Free the Slaves internship programs are currently remote and are based on a semester system, with three sessions per year: Spring, Summer, and Fall.
Ashoka Latin America Intern
Ashoka is looking for undergraduate and graduate students to contribute to a database of social entrepreneurship and conduct analyses for advancing the field of social entrepreneurship and collective impact. The intern will map social entrepreneurs from Latin America and analyze their innovations. The intern will also contribute to knowledge products, such as online courses, innovation sector reports, and innovation diagnostics tools.
San Diego Diplomacy Council – Internships
Gain hands-on experience in public diplomacy while learning about the work of a nonprofit in San Diego. Our volunteer intern positions are for college juniors through graduate-level students.
US Department of Justice Internships
CRS is seeking students from diverse academic backgrounds interested in working with “America’s Peacemaker” in communities across the nation. Through CRS’s internship program, students gain first-hand experience working for a federal agency with nationwide impact – helping prevent and respond to conflict, tension, hate crimes, and other challenges facing our communities today.
OTHER EXTRACURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES
International Peace Conference
September 19, 2022 6 PM PST
Presented by Claremont Graduate University and Universal Peace Connection on Zoom
What is peace? What does peace mean to you? Why has it been so difficult to achieve? What can we do for peace? How can we achieve peace? What role can universities play in achieving peace?
These are the thought-provoking questions our panelists will consider during this conference. Starting with a keynote by CGU President Len Jessup, our panel of members will then engage in open dialog to discuss the focus questions listed above. Following this discussion will be a lively Q&A with audience members invited to ask our panelists questions.
Call for Papers – Sixteenth Global Studies Conference
Call for Papers for the Sixteenth Global Studies Conference, to be hosted by Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK, 19-21 July 2023. 2023 Special Focus — Agency in an Era of Displacement and Social Change.
The Global Studies Research Network is devoted to mapping and interpreting past and emerging trends and patterns in globalization. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries.
They invite proposals addressing one of the following themes.
The proposal deadline is September 19, 2022.
Consortium Speaker Series
The Consortium’s Speaker Series brings an international roster of frontline practitioners, reflective activists and engaged scholars to University of Massachusetts Boston’s campus. Their talks address the complex realities of women’s and men’s lives and livelihoods in conflict-affected areas, the challenges of trying to bring feminist commitments into security policy and humanitarian practice, and the ways in which gender analysis can and must transform resolutely “gender-blind” paradigms of conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Information about Upcoming Speaker Events, Events Earlier This Year, and Past Speaker Events is available here. You can find videos or transcripts of these events, when available, under Consortium Lectures.