IGERT-IDG students will complete a three-month international research internship. The primary goals of this internship are to understand the exigencies of research in international contexts; build intercultural competence in dealing with mentors and colleagues at the host institution; to understand the lived effects of development projects and research; develop international professional networks; and gain a fine-grained, concrete understanding of international contexts – particularly in developing countries – that will ground and inform later research. Although we also want students to enhance research skills and further their own research and writing projects, these are secondary goals; the purpose of international experience will not be served if the student spends all his or her time in front of a computer.
For the international research internship, students may choose to work with one of our partners in Ecuador, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Ghana, and India. They may also choose to take advantage of our extensive networks in all parts of the globe, or find an institution on their own. Whichever model they choose, we expect them to have both a policy and research mentor.
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