Geospatial and Earth-Observation Intern

Supports satellite-based environmental analytics for Asia-Pacific cities, preparing and validating Earth-observation data on urban heat, land subsidence and air quality. The intern will strengthen reproducible geospatial pipelines, cartographic quality and evidence checks against scientific literature.

Department: Environment and Development Division

• Assemble and quality-assure satellite and geospatial inputs for environmental analyses
• Verify spatial and temporal coverage and screen cloud, coherence and data-quality flags
• Configure new cities in reproducible geospatial pipelines and run screening analyses
• Compile ground-truth references and validate derived values against scientific literature
• Prepare comparison tables, validation notes and supporting analytical documentation
• Support InSAR land-subsidence analysis where technical background permits
• Produce figures and maps that meet United Nations cartographic standards

• Enrolment in or completion of a relevant graduate programme, or enrolment in or completion of the final year of a relevant bachelor’s degree
• Proficiency in Python for geospatial work
• Working knowledge of QGIS or ArcGIS
• Knowledge of optical and radar remote-sensing fundamentals
• Fluency in spoken and written English

• Unpaid full-time internship for four to six months
• Work may be fully remote subject to approval or based in Bangkok
• Interns work 35 hours across five days per week
• Travel, visa, accommodation and living costs are borne by the intern or sponsoring institution