[Sigtis-l] Fwd: Berkman Center Accepting Fellowship Applications for the 2014-2015 Academic Year

[Adam Worrall]

Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society has posted an
open call for fellowship applications for 2014-2015. Applications are due
by December 8, 2013. More details below and at
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/opencall20142015.


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Date: Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 1:11 PM
Subject: [Air-L] Berkman Center Accepting Fellowship Applications for the
2014-2015 Academic Year
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Hello!

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University has opened
our yearly call for fellowship applications. This opportunity is for
colleagues who wish to spend the 2014-2015 academic year in residence in
Cambridge, MA as part of Berkman's community of pioneers, and who seek to
deeply engage in the collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and cross-sectoral
exploration of some of the Internet's most interesting, challenging, and
compelling issues.

We invite applications from individuals from around the globe working on a
broad range of opportunities and challenges related to Internet and
society, which may overlap with ongoing work at Berkman or will expose us
to new opportunities and approaches. We encourage applications from a
diverse group of scholars, practitioners, innovators, artists, and others
committed to understanding and advancing the public interest.

The application deadline is Sunday December 8, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern
Time, and applications will be **submitted online through our Application
Tracker tool at: https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/**
apply/jobs/11?apptracker_id=3<https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/apply/jobs/11?apptracker_id=3><
https://cyber.law.harvard.**edu/apply/jobs/11?apptracker_**id=3<https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/apply/jobs/11?apptracker_id=3>
>

More information about this call for applications may be found below and at
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/**getinvolved/fellowships/**opencall20142015<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/opencall20142015><
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/**getinvolved/fellowships/**opencall20142015<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/opencall20142015>
>.

More information about the Berkman Center Fellowship Program may be found
at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/**getinvolved/fellowships<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships><
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/**getinvolved/fellowships<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships>
>.

A Fellowship Program FAQ may be found at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/**
getinvolved/fellowships/faq<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/faq><
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/**getinvolved/fellowships/faq<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/faq>
>.

Through this annual open call, we seek to advance our collective work and
give it new direction, and to deepen and broaden our networked community
across backgrounds, disciplines, cultures, and nations.  We welcome you to
read more about the program below, to share this announcement with your
networks, and to apply!
With excitement,
Becca

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Open Call for Fellowship Applications, Academic Year 2014-2015* <
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/**getinvolved/fellowships/**opencall20142015<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/opencall20142015>
>*

*About Berkman's Fellowship Program*

"The Berkman Center's mission is to explore and understand cyberspace; to
study its development, dynamics, norms, and standards; and to assess the
need or lack thereof for laws and sanctions.

We are a research center, premised on the observation that what we seek to
learn is not already recorded. Our method is to build out into cyberspace,
record data as we go, self-study, and share. Our mode is entrepreneurial
nonprofit."

Inspired by our mission statement, the Berkman Center's fellowship program
provides the opportunity for some of the world's most innovative thinkers
and changemakers to hone and share ideas, find camaraderie, and spawn new
initiatives. The program aims to encourage and support fellows in an
inviting and rigorous intellectual environment, with community activities
designed to foster inquiry and to identify and expose the common threads
across fellows' individual activities.

Fellows actively participate in exchanges through a weekly fellows hour,
fellows-run working groups, and a wide-range of Berkman Center events and
interactions. While engaging in both substance and process, much of what
makes the fellowship program rewarding is created each year by the fellows
themselves to address their own interests and priorities. These
entrepreneurial, collaborative ventures -- ranging from goal-oriented to
experimental, from rigorous to humorous -- are what ensure the dynamism of
the fellows, the fellowship program, and the Berkman community.

Additionally, with Berkman faculty, students, staff, and other affiliates,
fellows help to develop and advance their own work and Berkman Center
projects, and they learn and teach through courses, skill sharing, hacking
and development sessions, cultural productions, and other diverse
gatherings.

Fellows are essential to the Berkman Center as nodes of intelligence,
insight, energy, and knowledge-sharing. From their diverse backgrounds and
wide-ranging physical and virtual travels, Berkman Center fellows bring
fresh ideas, skills, passion, and connections to the Center and its
community, and from their time spent in Cambridge help build and extend new
perspectives and initiatives out into the world.*

About Berkman Fellowships*

An appointment that defies one-size-fits-all description, each Berkman
fellowship carries a unique set of opportunities, responsibilities and
expectations. All fellows engage issues related to the fairly limitless
expanse of Internet & society issues, and are committed to the intellectual
life of the Center and fellowship program activities. Some fellows work as
researchers directly on Berkman Center projects. Other fellowships consist
of independent work, such as the research and writing of a manuscript or
series of papers, the vision and planning of an action-oriented meeting, or
the development and implementation of an initiative or a study on issues
related to the Berkman Center's areas of inquiry.

Fellowship terms typically run the course of the academic year, roughly
from the beginning of September through the end of May. In some instances,
fellows are re-appointed for consecutive fellowship terms.

While we embrace our many virtual connections, spending time together in
person remains essential. In order to maximize their engagement with the
community, during their fellowship terms fellows are expected to routinely
spend time in and conduct much of their work from Cambridge, in most cases
requiring residency. Tuesdays hold particular importance as it is the day
the fellows community meets for a weekly fellows hour, in addition to it
being the day Berkman hosts our public luncheon series; as such, we ask
that fellows commit to spending as many Tuesdays at the Center as is
possible.*

Qualifications*

We do not have a defined set of requirements for the fellows we select
through our open call; we welcome applications from a wildly diverse pool
of individuals.

Fellows come from across the disciplinary spectrum, different life paths,
and are at all stages of career development. Some fellows are academics,
whether students, post-docs or professors. Others come from outside
academia, and include lawyers, philosophers, activists, technologists,
entrepreneurs, journalists and other types of practitioners.

The commonality among all Berkman fellows is an interest in the
intersections of the Internet and related emergent technologies, social
change, and policy and regulatory developments, and a commitment to
spending their fellowship exploring those dynamics in concert with others.

To learn more about the work and interests of our current community of
fellows, you can read their bios <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/**
people/fellows <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows>> and find
links to their outstanding work, check out their blogs <
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/**planet/current/<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/planet/current/>>,
and find them on twitter <https://twitter.com/**
berkmancenter/current-people-**projects<https://twitter.com/berkmancenter/current-people-projects>
>.*

Commitment to Diversity*

The work and well-being of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society are
strengthened profoundly by the diversity of our network and our differences
in background, culture, experience, national origin, religion, sexual
orientation, and much more. We actively seek and welcome applications from
people of color, women, the LGBTQIA community, and persons with
disabilities, as well as applications from researchers and practitioners
from across the spectrum of disciplines and methods. The roots of this deep
commitment are many and, appropriately, diverse. We are not nearly far
enough along in this regard, and we may never be. It is a constant process
in which there remains much to learn. We welcome your inquiries, comments
and ideas on how we may continue to improve.*

Stipends, Benefits, and Access to University Resources
*/
Stipends/: Fellowships awarded through the open call for applications are
rarely stipended. Some fellows receive partial stipends --the award of such
a stipend is based on the nature of the responsibilities the applicant
would assume while a fellow, and their relation, relevance, and application
to Berkman's funded projects. Most fellows receive no direct funding or
stipend through the Berkman Center, but rather have obtained funding
through other means, such as an outside grant or award, a home institution,
or other forms of scholarship./

Benefits/: Fringe benefits do not routinely accompany Berkman fellowships.
Fellows must make their own housing, insurance, childcare, and
transportation arrangements./

Office Space/: Most Berkman fellows work out of the greater-Boston area and
spend a significant amount of time at the Berkman Center. There are many
desks and workspaces available for flexible use at the Berkman Center,
though few fellows are given their own permanent desk or office. We
endeavor to provide comfortable and productive spaces for fellows to work,
even if it is not the same space each day. Fellows are welcome to host
small meetings and gatherings at the Center and on the Harvard campus./

Access to University Resources/: Fellows are allowed physical access into
Langdell Library (the Harvard Law School Library), and fellows are able to
acquire a Special Borrower Card <http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/**
admittance/#special_borrower<http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/admittance/#special_borrower>>
for privileges with the Harvard College Libraries.  At present, we do not
routinely provide remote access to the University's e-resources, however
access is available within the libraries.  Fellows do not have the ability
to purchase University health insurance or get Harvard housing. Berkman
fellows often audit classes at Harvard University, however must
individually ask for permission directly from the professor of the desired
class.*

Additional Information about the Berkman Center*

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is a
research program founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and
help pioneer its development. Founded in 1997, through a generous gift from
Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman, the Center is home to an ever-growing
community of faculty, fellows, staff, and affiliates working on projects
that span the broad range of intersections between cyberspace, technology,
and society.

*Frequently Asked Questions*

More information about fellows selection and the application process can be
found on our Fellows Program FAQ <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/**
getinvolved/fellowships/faq<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/faq>
>.*

Required Application Materials*

1.) A current resume or CV.
2.) A personal statement which should a) frame your motivation for applying
for a Berkman Center fellowship and b) outline the work you propose to
conduct during a fellowship. This statement should be roughly 1,000 --
1,500 words or should be a multi-media equivalent.
3.) A copy of a recent publication or an example of relevant work.  For a
written document, for instance, it should be on the order of a paper or
chapter - not an entire book or dissertation - and should be in English.
4.) Two letters of recommendation, sent directly from the reference.

In addition to the above materials, we will ask applicants to share some
additional information in a form as part of the application.

1.) Disciplinary background: Up to three disciplines in which you have been
trained and/or have worked.
2.) Tags: Five tags that describe or represent the themes, issues, or ideas
you know about and on which you propose to conduct work during a fellowship
at Berkman; and five tags that represent work, themes, issues, or ideas
that you do not currently know much about, but would like to explore and
learn more about during a fellowship year.  Each tag should be one- to
three- words or terms.
3.) Berkman projects of interest.  *

To Apply for a 2014-2015 Academic Year Fellowship Through Our Open Call*

Applications will be submitted online through our Application Tracker tool
at: https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/**apply/jobs/11?apptracker_id=3<https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/apply/jobs/11?apptracker_id=3><
https://cyber.law.harvard.**edu/apply/jobs/11?apptracker_**id=3<https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/apply/jobs/11?apptracker_id=3>
>

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis through Sunday, December
8, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

Instructions for creating an account and submitting an application through
the Application Tracker may be found here <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/**
node/8572 <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/8572>>.

Note related to recommendation letters: Recommendation letters will be
captured through the Application Tracker, and will require applicants to
submit the names and contact information for references in advance of the
application deadline.  References will receive a link at which they can
upload their letters.  We recommend that applicants create their profiles
and submit reference information in the Application Tracker as soon as they
know they are going to apply and have identified their references - this
step will not require other fellowship application materials to be
submitted.
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