Deadline: Friday 6 January 2017
The Government Office for Science is looking for one intern to undertake a discrete project to support work on the National Security Risk Assessment. The internship will last six months.
The National Security Risk Assessment identifies and prioritises all major disruptive risks to the UK’s national interests over the next 20 years. It informs the decision making process of the Strategic Defence and Security Review and the National Security Strategy, which set out the government’s approach to national security.
The aim of this project will be to undertake a meta-analysis of innovative cost benefit analysis methods, such as those on the economics of climate change, which could be used to compare risks in the National Security Risk Assessment. The outputs from this project will be tested by departmental analysts for possible use in the context of future iterations of the NSRA.
Application forms and any queries relating to the project should be directed to: colin.armstrong@go-science.gsi.gov.uk
An internship must start at least 3 months prior to the funding end date of your PhD, and cannot start in the first 3 months of your PhD. Your application must have the support of your primary supervisor, and you will need us to confirm DTC provision of a 6 month funded extension, so please email your completed application to us at walesdtc@cardiff.ac.uk no later than noon on Tuesday 3 January 2017.