• Research on Chinese foreign policy and the China-Iran relationship, under the mentorship of Dr. Ori Goldberg.

• Supported the organization in establishing a US-China climate dialogue: identified potential partners, mapped out stakeholders, tracked the bilateral and subnational relationships, and recommended further project directions.

• Supported a consulting project with an international health organization.• Conducted interviews with conflict management practitioners and wrote an article about a consulting project with a renowned reproductive rights organization.

• Research on the political situation in Taiwan and the security situation surrounding the Taiwan Strait.• Research on Taiwan’s energy market and security.

• Organized and conducted workshops to map out the internal service project management process, including SIPOC, and RACI.• Assisted in creating a project management handbook.

• Responsible for tracking and analyzing Chinese foreign investments and projects in the energy sector (86 written entries).• Research in Chinese on concentrated solar power (CSP), batteries, decommissioning and maintenance of wind turbines in China, Sino-French nuclear cooperation, and grid integration among other topics. • Analysis of various renewable energy-related Chinese policy drafts and policies.

• Research assistant to Dr. Diana van Bergen: defining search terms, summarizing articles, and writing an introduction to a scientific article.

• Persian-language research on energy standards in the Iranian building sector. • Translation work from Persian into English and German.