When I got to the Institute for Politics and Society, I was happy. I had no idea what to expect. But today, practical experience is priceless. Thanks to the internship I learned what a think-tank is. It’s not just about participating in debates, conferences, etc., but it’s really about hard, painstaking work. Putting on a debate is incredibly challenging work and offers the great reward for the Institute when everything goes smoothly.

What did I gain from the internship?

Thanks to the internship, I had the opportunity to be part of a great team that works from dawn to dusk to bring issues of civil society into view while also offering a recipe for solving those problems.

At the beginning of the internship, I attended a conference, Digital Czech Republic. My thesis is focused on the Situation of eGovernment in the Czech Republic and it was one of the panels. At the conference, I learned information that I could not obtain elsewhere.

Additionally, I worked on attend the debate, The End of Our School System as We Know it? I believe that education and Slovakia and the Czech Republic should be changed and advocate for such. From this debate, I learned about alternatives methods of education, which opened my eyes to fields I want to focus on in the future.

Another debate in which I took part was President Trump´s Administration. I learned why Trump’s won and how his victory could affect us in the Czech Republic.

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The internship at the Institute is flexible, allowing you can set your own schedule to accommodate for school or other obligations. Thanks to the internship I met interesting people and I was able participate in the functioning of a think tank. Finally, I would like to thank the people who led me during the placement – Šárka Prát, Marcela Voženílková, and Miroslava Vitásková.