The Cañizares Center for Emerging Markets provides thought leadership on the role of emerging markets and emerging market multinationals in the global economy. The institute brings together preeminent practitioners and academics from around the world to develop the next generation of global business leaders and create the premier research center on the role of emerging markets in the global economy.
Internship details
- Duration: June 15-July 25, 2026
- Eligibility: Undergraduate students from Cornell University, Cornell Global Hubs and Universidad de los Andes in Colombia
- Details: This part-time internship is unpaid. Time commitment is about 25 hours per week. It is incompatible with another full-time internship, though it may be paired with another part-time internship.
- Interns are expected to attend workshops and onboarding meetings the week of June 15 and the final presentation on July 24.
- The internship is hybrid. However, no housing funding is available should interns choose to stay in Ithaca. You can apply for funding from Cornell.
- Interns will do a variety of tasks including digital marketing, research, case development and assisting with the organization of our annual conference. Interns are expected to do two (or more) different projects, including design and digital marketing.
- Interns will be expected to attend two weekly meetings, either on Zoom or in person; one general team meeting and a meeting with the team they are working with (research or digital marketing).
- MBA students will offer career coaching sessions.
Overview
Research
As a research intern for the Cañizares Center for Emerging Markets, you will be part of the research team to assist in the creation of tables and figures for EMC²’s annual report 2026 and working papers. In addition to gaining familiarity with widely used databases, including S&P Capital IQ, Bloomberg Terminal (training in-person only), LSEG Refinitiv, PitchBook, and others, you will build skills in understanding key trends and policy issues in emerging markets, as well as in business writing. The research intern position is a great learning opportunity for undergraduates interested in bridging the gap between economic theory and its applications, as well as for students interested in data analytics, finance, and the markets at large.
A strong knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, N8n.io, and AI tools such as ChatGPT is highly appreciated. As well as coding.
Overview
Compile statistics through S&P Capital IQ, Bloomberg Terminal (in person only), FT FDI Markets, World Bank, IMF, and other databases for analysis in the EMC² annual report.
Summarize key economic policies and trends in emerging market economies.
Work on business style writing projects, with potential for publication on the EMC² website.
Strengthen your communication and presentation skills via weekly team meetings.
Complete/update/compile information for emerging market multinationals’ case studies.
Expectations
Complete all assigned projects on time.
Attend and present work at weekly meetings.
Attend mandatory training sessions and workshops the week of June 15 and the final presentation on July 24.
Provide insight to improve EMC² report and research posts on our social media pages.
Digital marketing
We are looking to enhance the Center’s brand and wider social media presence. Interns will work in a team to increase outreach within the Cornell community and beyond. They will help maintain the social media accounts by designing posts and brainstorming new series to feature on our pages. Moreover, interns will help write blog posts covering events and conferences the center participates in, as well as edit videos and interviews for our YouTube channel. That provides a great opportunity for undergraduates interested in marketing to be part of the center’s growth as we move into the next decade.
Position overview
Develop a strategy to maximize outreach within the Cornell community and beyond.
Maintain social media pages by designing and publishing new posts in Canva and Adobe, and by brainstorming/implementing new ideas.
Edit videos with CapCut or iMovie for social media pages, and edit interviews for our YouTube channel.
Write blog posts covering events/conferences the center partakes in, to be ultimately featured on the center’s website.
Update the center and conference websites.
Follow up on the case and the pitch competition marketing/logistics.
Help organize the annual conference.
Expectations
Complete assigned tasks on time.
Attend and present work at weekly meetings.
Attend mandatory training sessions and workshops.
Provide insights to build upon and improve the center’s research and outreach programs.
Contribute to the center’s goal of creating a more cohesive brand and wider presence on Cornell’s campus and beyond.
Design the center’s year-in-review.
Previous interns
2025
- Sofia Acosta Casallas, UniAndes, Colombia
- Prisha Agarwal, Applied Economics & Management, Cornell
- Juan Esteban Cañas Escobar, UniAndes, Colombia
- Ankita Chakraborty, Applied Economics & Management, Cornell
- Sebastian Correal Maldonado, UniAndes, Colombia
- Juan Diego Cuadros Mariño, UniAndes, Colombia
- Omeir Zafar Fazal, Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell
- Mingyan (Mini) Ge, Economics, Statistics, Cornell
- Isabella Giraldo Illera, UniAndes, Colombia
- Grace Heskial, Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell
- Matthew Jarek, Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell
- Danna Jumbo, USFQ, Ecuador
- Arshia Kohli, Ashoka University, India
- Anuva Kolli, Cornell Brooks Public Policy, Cornell
- Shravan Lad, Applied Economics & Management, Information Science, Cornell
- Juan Manuel Lozano Niño, UniAndes, Colombia
- Maria Angelica Macias Acosta, UniAndes, Colombia
- Tin Nok (Telia) Mak, HKUST, Hong Kong
- Bekzod Mamasoliyev, Applied Economics & Management, Information Science, Cornell
- Andres Martinez Vega, UniAndes, Colombia
- Sasha Vincent Phelps, Economics, Government, Cornell
- Eulalia Puyo Uribe, UniAndes, Colombia
- Rosita Sofia Quintero Llorente, UniAndes, Colombia
- David Alejandro Rodriguez Ochoa, UniAndes, Colombia
- George Stoody, Nolan School of Hotel Administration, Cornell
- Klaira Zhang, Applied Economics and Management, Cornell
2024
- Juan David Ballen, UniAndes, Colombia
- Kelly Cadena, UniAndes, Colombia
- Valeria Corredor, UniAndes, Colombia
- Shrayes Gunna, College of Arts & Sciences, Cornell
- Ian Kan, Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, Cornell
- Lais Kawabata, PUC Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Srishti Mangal, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell
- Maria Meza, UniAndes, Colombia
- Sofia Prada, UniAndes, Colombia
- Antonio Velasquez, UniAndes, Colombia
- Siddhi Wakdikar, Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, Cornell
- Madeline Wang, BASIS Independent Manhattan
2023
- Juan Felipe Benitez Giraldo, UniAndes, Colombia
- David Chaparro, UniAndes, Colombia
- Bryan Cheung, Cornell
- Ashley Chiang, Cornell
- Juliette Echahamian
- Julian Garzon Londono, UniAndes, Colombia
- Lauria Victoria González, UniAndes, Colombia
- Ray Hardono
- Feifei Hung, Cornell
- Theo Kargere, Cornell
- Kaleb Kavuma, Cornell
- Shivas Khera
- Myriam Mendoza-Pretelt, UniAndes, Colombia
- Sebastian Molina, UniAndes, Colombia
- Luis Alejandro Morales Prada, UniAndes, Colombia
- Fiona Neibert, Cornell
- Dimitrios Nerantzinis, Cornell
- Aryaman Thareja, Cornell
- Lingke Wang, Cornell
- Tianchang (Shirley) Wang, Cornell
2022
- Clarisse Alpaert, Tufts University
- Nikita Dahiya, Cornell
- Kofi Donkor, University of Maryland
- Julian Galarza, Cornell University
- Juan José García Agudelo, UniAndes, Colombia
- Federico Herrera Duran, UniAndes, Colombia
- Natalia Jaramillo Erazo, UniAndes, Colombia
- Noel Liu, Cornell
- Andrés Merizalde Martinez, UniAndes, Colombia
- Nicolás Hernando Orjuela Pava, UniAndes, Colombia
- Yuliana Otalora Heredia, UniAndes, Colombia
- Sri Ravisankar, Cornell
- Maria Paula Romero Fernandez, UniAndes, Colombia
- Santiago Saenz Ariza, UniAndes, Colombia
- Travis Thai, Cornell
- Alyssa Lin Yam, Cornell University
2021
- Jacob Aiken-Phillips, Cornell
- Mauricio Jose Aragon Ramirez, UniAndes, Colombia
- Jahnvi Arora, Cornell
- Surita Basu, Cornell
- Manuela Bautista Castro, UniAndes, Colombia
- Juan Pablo Borda Kuhlmann, UniAndes, Colombia
- Juan Pablo Figueroa Morales, UniAndes, Colombia
- Allegra Hiebert, Cornell
- Chris Goranov, Cornell
- Natalia Jaramillo Erazo, UniAndes, Colombia
- Victor Jimenez, College of Charleston
- Olin Marman, Cornell
- Theresa Alando Oduol, Cornell
- Maria Alejandra Perez Jurado, UniAndes, Colombia
- Konner Robison, Cornell
- Juan Jaime Rojas Muñoz, UniAndes, Colombia
- Laura Juliana Vanegas Medina, UniAndes, Colombia
- Arif Baran Yardimci, Cornell
2020
- Daniel Andrade Gaitan
- Mihika Badjate
- Tyler Botzon
- Meghana Gavirneni
- Swapnil Gupta
- Sarah Kuntz
- Andrew H. Lim
- Javier Ricardo Montenegro Cortes
- Srishti Mutha
- Diana De Macedo Soares Neves
- Vritika Sunil Patni
- Grace Peng
- Angelica Soraya Quiroga Camacho
- Muzammil Rizwan
- Erwin Wei