Summer Research & Policy Intern

July – August 2026 | San Francisco Bay Area (Hybrid) | Unpaid — Academic Credit Available

About TeenAegis

TeenAegis is the intelligence standard for child digital risk. We built the Child Harm Index™ — a litigation-grade, platform-by-platform scoring system that quantifies how much harm the world's 23 largest social media and AI platforms create for minors. Our work is used by law firms, hospital systems, school districts, insurers, and governments. We are currently partnering with the Irish EU Presidency on child online safety legislation, working with the American Academy of Pediatrics on clinical validation of our SMRS-10 screening instrument, and building the evidentiary foundation for the next generation of platform accountability law.

We are a small, fast-moving team doing work that matters. This is not a coffee-and-copies internship.

The Role

We are looking for one exceptional undergraduate or graduate student to join us for July and August as a Summer Research & Policy Intern. You will work directly with the founding team on live projects — research that is going into real proposals, real publications, and real policy conversations at the EU, federal, and state level.

What You Will Work On

You will be embedded in our research and policy function. Depending on your background and interests, your work may include:

• Supporting the preparation of academic manuscripts for submission to Pediatrics, JAMA Network Open, Stanford Law Review, and other peer-reviewed journals
• Researching legislative developments in child online safety across the US, EU, Australia, and UK and preparing briefing documents for government partners
• Assisting with the development of policy briefs
• Conducting background research on platform harm data, CSAM reporting rates, and age verification regulatory frameworks
• Supporting preparation for government meetings and conference presentations
• Helping maintain and expand our publication pipeline and academic citation tracking

Who We Are Looking For

We do not require a specific major. We require a specific kind of person.

You are intellectually serious. You can read a dense policy document or a clinical study and extract what matters. You write clearly and precisely. You are comfortable with ambiguity and can work independently without hand-holding. You care about the issue — not as a talking point, but genuinely.

Backgrounds that fit well: public policy, political science, pre-law, public health, psychology, sociology, communications, computer science, or any combination thereof. Graduate students (MPP, MPH, JD, MD/DO candidates) are especially encouraged to apply.

You must be available for at least 15 hours per week.

What You Will Get

This is an unpaid position. We will provide a letter of support for academic credit arrangements with your institution, a detailed letter of recommendation upon completion, and direct mentorship from the founding team. You will leave with work product you can point to — published or in-submission research, policy briefs that went to real government offices, and a network in child safety, health policy, and platform regulation.

If you want a line on your resume that says you helped build the evidentiary foundation for EU platform accountability law, this is the internship.

To Apply

Send a resume and a one-paragraph note — not a cover letter, a note — explaining why this work matters to you, to hello@teenaegis.com with the subject line Summer Intern 2026. No formal cover letter required. No GPA cutoff. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis; we will move quickly for the right person.