• The UN Student Team at ETH Zurich

    Questionnaire for Interested ETH Students

  • The UN-ETH Student Team is a new extra-curricular initiative at ETH Zurich. It connects ETH students with UN practitioners to collaborate on applied, real-world projects. This questionnaire allows you to register your interest in current and upcoming project positions.

    For inquiries, please contact un-student-team ät ethz.ch.

    More information on the team, including answers to some frequently asked questions, is also available on this ETH website.

  • Have you previously worked in applied team projects (e.g., through internships, student initiatives, or research collaborations)?*
  • What motivates you to get involved in the "UN-ETH Student Team" initiative?*

  • Open project positions

    We currently have open positions in two different projects. You can register your interest in any (or both) of these projects. Don't worry if neither project fits your profile or interests. Later in this questionnaire you can also register thematic preferences for the longer-term future.

  • Policy Pulse 2: 
    An Online Platform to Explore UN Voting Data

    UN Partner: UN Digital Library (New York & Vienna)
    Duration:     Oct./Nov. 2026 to July/Aug. 2027

    Number of project positions: 2 open (4 already filled)

    This project continues a collaboration between the UN Student Team at ETH and the UN Digital Library in New York & Vienna. Aim of our collaboration is to develop an online platform that allows diplomats, citizens, and researchers around the world to explore UN voting data in an accessible manner.

    In a first project cycle, ETH students have already built an initial prototype that focuses on voting data from the UN General Assembly (GA). The current app allows users to explore countries’ voting behaviour in the GA across geographic regions, subjects, and time. The next cycle of "Policy Pulse" will aim to extend the existing prototype by (1) incorporating voting data from the UN Security Council and Human Rights Council and by (2) improving the frontend and overall user workflow.

    Project volunteers will have real creative freedom in how they approach these tasks. Among others, students are encouraged to design new application features that highlight patterns in voting data across different UN bodies, and to improve the UI especially for users with limited data literacy. Strong UI/UX instincts are especially valuable here: much of the work involves figuring out how to present the UN's rich voting data in a way that is intuitive, both for people who already work with UN data professionally, and for first-time users.

  • Are you interested in joining the "Policy Pulse 2" project?*

  • Agro-Climatic Risk Mapping for Ecuador

    UN Partner:  FAO Ecuador (Quito)
    Duration:      Feb. 2026 to Dec. 2026 (running project)

    Number of project positions: 2 open (6 already filled)

    This interdisciplinary project involves a collaboration with the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Ecuador and ETH's Weather and Climate Risk Group. 

    The long-term ambition is to develop a risk-mapping software that helps Ecuadorian farmers anticipate and mitigate crop losses from extreme weather events. The project’s current aim is to develop a proof-of-concept (PoC) of such a risk-mapping software. Specifically, the PoC focusses on one local crop (maize) and one weather-related hazard (river flooding). Furthermore, the PoC is scoped to one region of Ecuador (Manabí province) and to a short-term forecasting window for floods (max. twelve days ahead).

    Since the project's start in February 2026, work has focused on backend development of the PoC. Based on ETH's "CLIMADA" framework, the current student group has built the prototype of a software pipeline that can map the expected economic impact of forecasted river floods on maize plantations in Manabí.

    Now, the project group wants to implement a demo application (frontend) that stakeholders in Ecuador can use to easily explore how risk maps change when selecting different scenarios and modelling assumptions. They are looking for either one or two additional ETH students who are keen to help develop this frontend until the end of the current project cycle in mid-December 2026.

  • Are you interested in joining our project with FAO Ecuador?*
  • Would you be interested in supporting this initiative in other ways (e.g., event organisation, communications, recruiting)?*

  • Coding Background

  • You have expressed interest in a coding role in one of the team's current projects. In this section, you can provide more information on your coding background.

    Don’t worry, we are not looking for full-stack experts! The team is interdisciplinary and collaborative. We simply want to understand your technical background so we can form balanced project groups. We love to hear from you, no matter whether you are just starting out coding or have several years of experience.

  • In which of the following areas do you have some experience or feel comfortable contributing?*
  • How would you describe your overall level of coding experience?

  • Future project positions

    The UN-ETH Student Team will add new projects over time, both by extending collaborations with existing partners and by building relationships with additional UN organisations. If you register your interest below, we will reach out to you when new project positions become available.
  • Should we contact you when new project positions become available?*
  • In which of the following subject areas are you interested?*

  • Within each project, around 6 ETH students are collaborating closely with each other and their UN partner. Crucially, one student always takes on a dedicated project management (PM) role. This involves coordinating timelines, facilitating communication between all stakeholders, ensuring milestones are met, and driving the production of professional documentation. Since these tasks are essential, we explicitly encourage students with prior experience or a strong interest in project management to apply.

  • Would you be interested in joining a future project in a management (PM) role?*
  • Have you previously taken on a project-management role?*
  • Do you have a CV or portfolio you would like to share?
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  • Contacting you in the future

    Note: If you stop being interested in our updates, just reply to one of our emails/Slack posts and we will remove you from the list.
  • Can we contact you for other updates (e.g., workshops, events, ...)?*

  • Data Privacy Notice

    By submitting this form, you allow the UN-ETH Student Team to store your data for project recruitment and skills matching. To ensure we can consider you for relevant opportunities throughout the academic year, your data will be stored on secure EU servers (Germany) via Jotform. We will permanently delete your data no later than 12 months after the recruitment cycle ends. You can tell us at any time to delete or correct your data, or to send you a copy of the data, by emailing un-student-team ät ethz.ch .

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