INSIGHTS

In this Career Spotlight, we have the pleasure of speaking to Mr Ian McConville, the Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy in the Republic of Kore...

In our latest Career Insights blog, YAIA’s Careers Director, Kate Kalinova, and Careers Officer Lauren Twine, explore ways to stay motivated while working or...

In this Career Spotlight, we have the pleasure of speaking to Yun Jiang, a director at China Policy Centre, Editor of the new China Story blog and senior res...

Just over six years since first founding the organisation, we have the pleasure of talking to our founder and CEO, Mercedes Page, for this Career Spotlight i...

In our latest Career Insights blog, YAIA’s Careers Officer, Lauren Twine, explores opportunities to leverage online education while in self-isolation. Our gl...

In this Career Spotlight, we have the pleasure of talking to Tash Jamieson, Global Founders Program Manager at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) about...

To celebrate International Women's Day, YAIA is delighted to announce our list of 'Young Women to Watch in International Affairs' for 2020. The aim of the li...

2019 Speed Mentoring with YAIA and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute in Canberra. In our latest Career Insights blog, YAIA’s Careers Officer, Lauren ...

In our first Career Spotlight of 2020, we have the pleasure of talking to Reg Carruthers, Director of Aerospace at Defence SA, about his unique career in the...

In our inaugural Career Insights blog, YAIA’s Careers Director, Kate Kalinova, explores key ways to leverage LinkedIn for career development and shares pract...

In our latest Career Spotlight, we have the pleasure of talking to Dr Merriden Varrall about her career working across government, think-tanks, international...

Young Australians in International Affairs (YAIA) is a youth-led, volunteer run organisation, which means that as well as providing opportunities for young A...

To celebrate International Women's Day 2019, YAIA has put together a list of 'Young Women to Watch in International Affairs'. The aim of the list is to shine...

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade offers a number of internships at its embassies and missions. We spoke to two former interns, Alexandra Pascoe an...

Professor Philip Alston is the current United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights and an international law scholar. In our intervi...

The Australian Volunteers Program, is an initiative of the Australian Government providing opportunities to contribute to aid objectives through volunteering...

Andrew Davies is the former Director of the Defence and Strategy Program for the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Before joining ASPI, Andrew was a pos...

Tasman Bain is the Co-Founder of Meri Toksave, a youth-led Pacific gender justice charity. In addition to his work in the NGO sector, Tasman joined the Austr...

Lyndall Sachs is the Chief of Protocol at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She previously served as Ambassador to Iraq (2011-2015) and Ambassador...

Alice Cope is the Executive Director at the Global Compact Network Australia and was previously a Policy and Sustainability Advisor at the UN Global Compact ...