Public Policy Data Science Intern - Paris

Technopolis Consulting Group Belgium SPRL; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 8,900 - 13,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Job summary

Technopolis Group in Paris is seeking an enthusiastic data science intern to support policy evaluations, sectoral studies and strategic consultancy. You will collaborate with an international team, write Python code, collect and validate data, and help develop workflows for NLP and AI-driven text analysis.

During a paid internship of at least 6 months, you will contribute to DSU projects, prepare reports, and gain hands-on experience at the intersection of data science and public policy.

Qualifications

• Master’s-level studies with quantitative component and eligible for a university-sponsored internship.
• Proficiency in Python demonstrated via coursework or projects.
• Strong foundation in statistics and quantitative analysis.
• Basic familiarity with ML or NLP and interest in using generative AI via APIs.
• Structured approach to data quality, validation, documentation, and reproducibility.
• Interest in public policy and evidence-based policymaking.
• Fluency in French and English; third language is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support design and implementation of data science analyses to answer policy questions, writing code in Python.
• Collect, clean, link and validate data from multiple sources.
• Help develop and test analytical workflows, potentially involving ML, NLP and LLM APIs.
• Contribute to indicators, scoreboards and visualisations, including dashboards.
• Interpret and communicate results, preparing reports and methodological documentation.
• Contribute to DSU’s R&D and proposal preparation, for example by exploring new datasets, testing methods or developing small prototypes.

Skills

Python programming

Statistics & data analysis

NLP basics

Generative AI / LLM APIs

Data cleaning & validation

Communication & teamwork

French & English fluency

Education

Master’s-level studies in data science / related field

Tools

Pandas

scikit-learn

SQL

Git

Job description

Technopolis Group in Paris is seeking an enthusiastic data science intern to support policy evaluations, sectoral studies and strategic consultancy. You will collaborate with an international team, write Python code, collect and validate data, and help develop workflows for NLP and AI-driven text analysis.

During a paid internship of at least 6 months, you will contribute to DSU projects, prepare reports, and gain hands-on experience at the intersection of data science and public policy.