Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI

Geena Goodwin, New College, Final Year Undergraduate, MBiol Biology, remote

working

Work Projects

I was a knowledge management intern at SEI for 6 weeks between June-August. I started my

internship by uploading and editing content related to climate change adaptation for the

weADAPT platform, including writing up articles which highlighted the frequently asked

questions for three chapters in the latest IPCC 6th assessment report. I found this work really

interesting, as I was able to research and read about topics I wasn't hugely familiar with, and it

gave me a great insight into the work going globally surrounding climate change adaptation.

I also helped to support planning of the weADAPT/SEI Anniversary event at the end of

September, specifically working on making nine

posters to showcase work across SEI for the event.

This was a great way to meet lots of people involved in work across SEI Oxford, and to get a

broad insight into the kind of work SEI does. Finally, I worked on making network visualizations

using historic data from weADAPT. I received excellent support from the staff at SEI throughout

my internship - there was always someone available to answer my questions, and everyone was

very kind and welcoming.

Daily Life

I worked remotely pretty much entirely through my internship (apart from for a few days in my

first week, where I was able to come into the Oxford office). The flexibility of being able to work

from home was hugely useful, and enabled me to do the internship, which I wouldn't have been

able to participate in had I been made to work in-person throughout. SEI Oxford operates

flexible working, which was also really useful as it gave me some choice over when I started and

finished work (if you start at 9 you finish at 5, whereas if you start at 10, you finish at 6). This

was brilliant as it meant that I could work around other commitments I had. Working remotely

was easy to do, as the SEI team are very active online and responded to any and all queries

really quickly, so I never felt that I was alone with my work. I also had regular meetings with

different team members, to check in on how my work was going and provide support where

needed.

Lasting Impressions

I really enjoyed my internship and would definitely recommend it

to anyone considering applying. SEI were great at making me and

my ideas feel valued, and in giving me choice over the kind of

projects I worked on. I felt continually challenged in my work

which was brilliant, and I felt that the skills I already had (in using

Inkscape for posters and R for visualizations) were appreciated,

and they gave me work that was tailored to my strengths.

Despite completing my internship almost entirely remotely, I was

made to feel part of the office community and felt very

welcomed and stimulated by those that I worked with. In addition, I felt that I developed lots of

skills that will be valuable in future employment, as well as an interesting insight into the work

going on surrounding climate change adaptation. The experience has definitely confirmed that I

want to work in some aspect of science policy, and it was fascinating to see the breadth topics

that SEI works on.

Angela Liu (Xin Zhuo Liu), Oriel College, MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and

Management, A mixture of in-person and remote working

Work Projects

I supported an upcoming SEI publication on a climate services co-production framework. I

interviewed different project leads of co-production workshops in Indonesia, Sweden, and

Colombia, and compiled notes and qualitatively analyzed the collected data in Atlas TI. I also

contributed to the write up of the paper and will be able to be a co-author in the publication.