wo-stage onderzoek milieukosten m.b.v. bestaande afval- en emissiestatistieken
Job description
A graduation/practical internship at Statistics Netherlands (CBS) in which the intern investigates whether environmental costs for waste and water emissions can be calculated from existing data instead of a separate survey.
At a glance
- Employment
- Internship
- Work mode
- Hybrid · Den Haag, Netherlands
- Languages
- Dutch – fluent
- Pay
- EUR 800 / month
What you'll do
- Analyse existing data and indicators and assess their usability
- Investigate which method is most suitable for estimating environmental costs
- Develop a calculation or model to derive the costs
- Compare the results with data from the current survey
- Investigate how reliable and usable the estimates are
- Translate findings into concrete advice for CBS
What we're looking for
- Enrolled in a university (wo) programme in environmental science, economics, technical public administration, data science or a related field
- Affinity with the circular economy topic
- Strong analytical skills and able to structure complex questions into clear insights
- Good programming skills in R
- Socially and communicatively skilled, able to convey ideas clearly to different stakeholders
- Good command of Dutch, as all communication during the internship is in Dutch
- Currently enrolled at an educational institution; graduates are not eligible
- A supervisor from the educational institution must be arranged before the internship starts
Your team
Team Milieu, sector Leefomgeving
20 driven professionals working on environment-related statistics and research on topics such as climate (change) and the circular economy, collaborating closely with other teams within CBS.
Benefits
- Internship allowance of €800 gross per month based on 40 hours per week
- Hybrid working arrangement agreed with internship supervisor, flexible hours and option to partly work from home
- Strengthen competencies in quantitative data analysis using environmental statistics and economic data sources
- Sharpen research skills in circular economy and life cycle analysis
- Further develop programming skills in R
- Gain experience interpreting different datasets to build reliable profiles
Apply
Direct apply at Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek
Opens the job posting at Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek
About Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek
Statistics Netherlands collects and publishes data for businesses, including on waste and emissions to water, mainly using data from the electronic Environmental Annual Report (e-MJV) supplemented with surveys.
Key facts
- The Dutch government aims for the Netherlands to be fully circular by 2050
- CBS maps environmental costs of companies, such as waste processing and wastewater discharge costs