INVI is looking for an innovation and teaching intern for fall 2026

Would you like to help tackle society's wicked ? 

We are looking for interns with deep professional skills and broad social interest who want to help develop new visions and tools for society's wicked problems.  

We have always been good at solving social problems in Denmark. That's why we are in the super league of prosperity. But as many have noticed, we no longer achieve the same results. We debate, we work, we stress, we set up commissions and expert groups. But often the big changes in society fail to materialize.  

This is not because we have become worse at solving problems. It's because the problems we face are cross-border and intractable. Just think of climate change, unhappiness or the lack of hands in the labor market. They are wicked problems, and they require new approaches.  

At the think tank INVI, we develop visions and tools to give everyone working on wicked problems more strings to pull. Together with practitioners and experts, we help rethink how we design and roll out policy. We test methods and models and are not bound by party politics, bureaucratic battles or commercial interests.  

About the position: 

At the INVI Think Tank, we work at the intersection of theory and practice. We are developing Denmark's first model for societal complexity and we collaborate with practitioners on the frontline. 

Therefore, there are many opportunities to participate in exciting assignments that provide experience and networks that you can use in your future career. 

Innovation and teaching intern  

As an innovation and teaching intern, you will help develop the toolbox for the wicked of the 21st century. You will participate in the development of innovative formats, teaching, and workshops. wicked cannot be handled by a single organization or a single department. That is why they are wicked. wicked require collaboration across traditional organizational boundaries and disciplinary boundaries. As an innovation and teaching intern, you must have the courage to think in innovative collaboration models and look across traditional organizational and disciplinary boundaries. 

We have many exciting innovation projects going on at INVI. A key task for you will be to support and help run INVI's courses, where students from the civil service, municipalities, civil society organizations and foundations meet and work on specific wicked problems. This includes supporting the development of course programs and courses, didactics, presentations and exercises. You also have the opportunity to put your expertise into play in the further development of INVI's tools for dealing with wicked problems - for example in the development of digital interactive tools or workshop formats. 

You will gain broad insight into what is happening in relation to the biggest social challenges in Denmark. At the same time, you will have the opportunity to meet exciting people across the political system – including people from commissions, municipalities, and innovative front-runner initiatives from across the country. You will also gain insight into best-practice policy tools from around the world for working innovatively with wicked . 

We expect you to attend a relevant higher education program. For example, it could be within: 

• Political science, public administration, politics and administration 

• Learning, behavior and change processes 

• Design, innovation and process facilitation (e.g. Kaospilot, Design & Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship and Management) 

• Digital solutions and interaction design (e.g. Digital Innovation and Management) 

• Organizational development, management and institutional design 

We tailor your tasks to your professional skills, but you must be willing to take on difficult and open-ended tasks as well as lend a hand with practical tasks. We are a start-up where everyone helps each other. 

You need to thrive in an environment where there are many unknowns. Therefore, a high level of reflection and creative thinking are important attributes.  

It's an advantage if you can turn your perfectionism up and down as appropriate - e.g. make quick, imperfect drafts early in a process, but have an eye for detail before sending it out externally. It's also an advantage if you're good at prioritizing and cutting, have knowledge of the political system, and can boil complex material down to understandable exercises, text, slides and tools. We promise that you will be challenged in your professionalism and will learn a lot that will be extremely useful in your future working life. 

What you get out of an internship at INVI 

We offer an internship in a new think tank where you will have a lot of influence on your everyday life and where there are high expectations for your performance and development. 

You'll be interning in a fast-paced organization with high ceilings and great social cohesion. At INVI, we are a unified team where everyone contributes both professionally and socially. 

We offer an unpredictable semester, and we guarantee that it will not be boring.

Course 

The internship will run from August 15, 2026, to January 15, 2027, but we will try to be flexible regarding the start date and length of your internship to suit you and your educational institution. The internship is unpaid, but there is the possibility of receiving a stipend in accordance with the rules on wages and SU (student grants): here.

Application 

Send your application and CV by email to design consultant Kristine Fisker and head of secretariat Janne Bram Hemphrey at invi@invi.nu. We will be conducting interviews on an ongoing basis and will hire the right candidate as soon as we find them. So don't wait to send your application – the sooner, the better. 

Type 'PRACTICE INNOVATION' in the subject field. 

Application deadline
Friday, February 26, 2026, but we will be conducting interviews on an ongoing basis. 

Workinghours
Full-time