Position: Internship (Economic Modeling and Foresight Analysis)
Location: Remote Base and/or Penang, Malaysia
Application Deadline: 28 May 2021 or until filled
Type of contract: 6 months Internship contract
Language(s) required: English (excellent written and verbal skills)
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
WorldFish is an international, non-for-profit research organization that works to reduce hunger, malnutrition and poverty by improving fisheries and aquaculture. With a 45-years track record of leading-edge science, WorldFish generates research evidence and innovations to inform sustainable practices and inclusive policies that enable better livelihoods and healthier diets for millions of poor people, particularly women, who depend on fish for food, nutrition and income. WorldFish is a member of CGIAR , the world’s largest global partnership on agriculture research and innovation for a food secure future. Headquartered in Penang, Malaysia and with regional offices across Africa, Asia and the Pacific, WorldFish leads the cross-disciplinary CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH).
Several foresight modelling tools, notably the International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT), have been developed to produce future projections of agricultural commodity production, consumptions, trade, and prices. In the fish sector, an IMPACT fish model was developed and used to generate fish supply and demand projections. To generate fish supply and demand projections at the national and sub-national and at a more disaggregated level, WorldFish has developed an AsiaFish model to carry out fish sector foresight assessments for Asian countries. In recent years, WorldFish further developed the model to produce foresight scenarios for future fisheries and aquaculture development in Indonesia, Cambodia, Zambia, Bangladesh, Egypt, Philippines, and Nigeria. Other users also used the model to explore the future implications of aquaculture development in Singapore. To advance fish foresight modelling to position fish into global and regional food systems while paying attention to national and subnational foresight modelling needs, more investment is needed to refine and improve current foresight modelling. This investment will strengthen national capacity and improve the information support system for policy, planning, and investment decisions at the national and regional levels.
WorldFish is seeking an intern to assist the organization to conduct economic modeling and foresight research of aquatic food systems, and their implications on sustainable and resilient aquatic food systems and the opportunities for increased food, nutrition security, gender equity and sustainable livelihoods.
Scope of Work
The scope of the work will involve conduct of literature reviews and support fish foresight modeling development, ongoing research output completion to better understand future trends and drivers of change and their implications on aquatic food system transformation and impacts on livelihoods, and food and nutrition security, with special emphasis on the developing countries in Africa and Asia. During a 6-month period, the research intern will work with WorldFish’s foresight modeling focal point and foresight team to make contributions to the following evidence-based analyses and outputs:
The successful intern will be responsible to:
Requirements
This internship opportunity is open for individuals with the following skills and qualifications: