Intern in Data Science for Public Policy

About the role

The Data Science Unit at Technopolis Group is seeking an intern to support data science components of policy evaluations, sectoral studies, and strategic consultancy projects. You will work alongside experienced data scientists and policy consultants to apply technical skills to real-world policy questions. The role involves contributing to internal R&D, business development, and the creation of data-driven applications for clients such as the European Commission and the French Development Agency.

Responsibilities

• Support the design and implementation of data science analyses to answer policy questions, writing code in Python.
• Collect, clean, link and validate data from multiple sources, including open datasets, databases and web-based sources.
• Help develop and test analytical workflows, potentially involving machine learning, NLP and LLM APIs for classification, text analysis and knowledge extraction.
• Contribute to indicators, scoreboards and visualisations, including dashboards where relevant, to make findings accessible to different audiences.
• Interpret and communicate results, helping prepare reports, methodological documentation and presentations for clients.
• Contribute to the DSU’s R&D and proposal preparation, for example by exploring new datasets, testing methods or developing small prototypes.

Required skills

• Python
• Statistics
• Quantitative analysis
• Machine learning
• Natural language processing
• Generative AI
• French
• English

Nice to have

• R
• Web scraping
• Data visualisation

Qualifications

• Master’s-level studies in data science, computer science, statistics, economics, engineering or another relevant discipline
• Eligibility for a university-sponsored internship

Benefits

• Paid internship
• Hands-on experience

About the Company

Technopolis Group is a consultancy that brings together diverse academic backgrounds to develop data science applications that improve policymaking. The firm works with clients including regional councils, development agencies, and multilateral development banks across areas such as science, technology, innovation, and the green transition.