The European Parliament History Service offers an internship with the opportunity to conduct archival research on the history of European integration with a focus on the European Parliament and support ongoing research projects on European Parliament History.
The European Parliament's Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services (DG EPRS) is the in-house research centre and think tank of the EP. It provides research, analysis and information, on an independent basis, to Members of the European Parliament and parliamentary committees on all EU policies, legislation and issues. Usually known as the European Parliamentary Research Service, it comprises four directorates: the Members' Research Service, the Directorate for Impact Assessment and European Added Value, the Directorate for the Library and Knowledge Services, and the Directorate for Resources.
In addition, there are four horizontal units within the Directorate-General's central services: the Strategy and Innovation Unit, the Publications Management and Editorial Unit, the Strategic Foresight and Capabilities Unit and the Linking the Levels Unit. The Directorate-General comprises a total of 24 units and three services and more than 300 staff. 'Empowering through knowledge' is the guiding principle of EPRS, underpinning the mission of the entire DG.
In concrete terms, between 2014 and December 2022, EPRS:
Answered over 24,000 requests for substantive research and analysis, including from 90 per cent of current Members of the European Parliament;
Replied to over 3,700 such requests from other parliamentary clients;
Undertook targeted research work for 20 parliamentary committees;
Treated about 155,000 reference requests from within the Parliament and over 480,000 citizens' enquiries;
Produced over 9,800 publications, most recently at a rate of 800-900 physical publications and around 150 digital-only texts annually.
The European Parliament History Service (EPHS) is a specialised service with three full-time staff. The EPHS maintains an academic network with online events. It also conducts, commissions, and coordinates research on the EP, national parliaments, and transnational democracy in historical and interdisciplinary perspective, publishing books, studies, briefings, and podcasts. Moreover, it contributes to enhancing the historical reflexivity of politics and policy-making in the EP through a variety of events that connect historical research and insights with contemporary issues.
YOUR TASKS
You will be fully involved in the activities of the EPHS, depending on your background and qualifications, especially your knowledge of the history of the EP/European integration and experience with archival research;
You will conduct your own research and produce at least one publication;
You will retrieve and analyse literature and archival sources;
You will support the editing of manuscripts, help organise meetings and events and fulfil other administrative tasks.
YOU ARE
You have a strong academic background in the EP and European integration, ideally in historical perspective, and at least some experience with archival research;
Excellent written as well as spoken English and editing experience would be valuable assets, as would be reading skills in other EU languages (especially French and German);
Applications by PhD students or advanced MA students with a focus on the history of the EP and European integration are especially welcome;
A strong interest in this theme and willingness to engage with relevant literature and sources are in any case required.
For further inquiries, please contact Wolfram Kaiser
Supervisor email address: Wolfram.kaiser@ep.europa.eu
Applications can be submitted via the following website: https://ep-stages.gestmax.eu/4613/1/european-parliament-history-service/en_US?backlink=search