From andrea a digitalpolicy.it Thu Aug 7 11:08:26 2008 From: andrea a digitalpolicy.it (Andrea Glorioso) Date: Thu Aug 7 11:09:08 2008 Subject: [c-what] [IP] Job Posting: Project Coordinator for A2K issues, Consumers International Message-ID: <87ljz9xhlx.fsf@digitalpolicy.it> Skipped content of type multipart/mixed-------------- next part -------------- August 06, 2008 ________________________________________________________ * Job Posting: Project Coordinator for A2K issues, Consumers International - Project Coordinator, Consumers International Based in Kuala Lumpur Salary: £22,000 (Two-year contract, including benefits. For candidates who must relocate, moving costs and appropriate comparability salary adjustments will be covered) Closing date: 14 August 2008 Consumers International (CI) is the global campaigning voice of consumers – protecting consumer rights and uniting consumer organisations in the struggle to change the world for the good of people everywhere. As a Project Coordinator based in the Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, you will play a key role in coordinating the project on Global Consumer Dialog and Public Education Network on Access to Knowledge (A2K) Issues. In this role you will directly contribute to the attainment of project outcomes and to the CI strategic objective for more balanced Intellectual Property (IP) regimes that protect consumer/civil society interests. This includes building a network to support the capacity of consumer organisations in the global south, to educate their members about the need for more equitable IP regimes and other related communications rights/media justice issues. You will be responsible for assisting and coordinating policy development and strategic planning in CI member countries focussing on public education strategies, research, policy tracking and briefing of working group participants on key A2K policy issues. Your role involves disseminating policy recommendations on priority areas and event reports (internally: website, list-serves, newsletters, teleconferences; and externally: website and relations with governments, media and other relevant stakeholders). You are a person with a strong commitment to the objectives of the consumer movement with experience in intellectual property issues or a legal background, ideally in copyright, patents, communications rights, consumer rights and related aspects. You have a good knowledge of the NGO sector and the ability to develop, manage partnerships with multistakeholders. To apply please send a CV and a cover letter explaining how your experience and skills will help you perform the tasks listed in the job description to Indrani Thuraisingham at indrani@consint.org View full job description. ________________________________________________________ Click here to safely unsubscribe now from "IGP News" - http://www.feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?EmailRemove=_ODM0MjM5MXwxNzU0MjV8YW5kcmVhQGRpZ2l0YWxwb2xpY3kuaXR8Mjk4NjAy_ or change subscription settings ________________________________________________________ Your requested content delivery powered by FeedBlitz, LLC, 9 Thoreau Way, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA. +1.978.776.9498 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.perchetopi.org/pipermail/copywhat/attachments/20080807/c34ce59c/attachment.html From andrea a digitalpolicy.it Tue Aug 26 11:23:41 2008 From: andrea a digitalpolicy.it (Andrea Glorioso) Date: Tue Aug 26 16:36:31 2008 Subject: [c-what] [(nowhere)] Berkman Center Opportunity with Prof. Benkler's Cooperation Research Group Message-ID: <87wsi4axci.fsf@digitalpolicy.it> Skipped content of type multipart/mixed-------------- next part -------------- Hello all, As we gear up for the fall semester, Research Assistant positions are starting to spring up! Many opportunities will be announced in the coming weeks, and we have an early announcement now: researching with Professor Yochai Benkler and his cooperation group. Details about the position are below, and an information session about the cooperation group will be held in the Berkman Center's conference room on September 4th at 6:00 p.m. (The Berkman Center is located at 23 Everett Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA). Snacks will be provided. Keep an eye on our Internship page for listings as they arise: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/internships. You can apply to the positions as they are posted, and we will hold our Fall Open House on the evening of September 24th, location TBD, where you can learn about the research and meet members of the Berkman community. As always, please feel free to send this announcement to your friends and colleagues who may have interest in the exciting opportunity with Professor Benkler. All best, Becca ********************************************************************************************************************************** Please submit all required materials to Janet Moran at jmoran@law.harvard.edu no later than August 28, 2008 at 5pm. Project Description: What makes Wikipedia or digg succeed? What makes other collaborative efforts fail? Peer production?large scale cooperation among human participants?has become an increasingly important mechanism for the creation of information, knowledge, and culture. Civil society organizations like the Sunlight Foundation are building collaborative platforms to expose government abuses. Businesses like Threadless T- Shirts and Amazon Mechanical Turk are using it to harness distributed intelligence and work capabilities. The intelligence community has set up an internal Intellipedia, and the Army, Company Commander. Some diffuse social networks like CouchSurfing or BookCrossing are using it to share sleeping accommodations or books, while others, like DailyKos, harness political mobilization. The Cooperation Research Group, led by Professor Yochai Benkler, analyzes the design of cooperative human systems through a combination of interdisciplinary observational, experimental, and theoretical studies. As part of this project, the group is embarking on a new effort to provide a map of commons-based and cooperative peer production today. The purpose of the study is to offer a systematic analysis of a wide range of information and knowledge production sectors, to identify practices, list them, describe them, and categorize them. To learn more, watch Prof. Benkler's TED talk on collaboration here: . Job Task/Responsibilities: Research Assistants will have the opportunity to contribute substantively to this project, conducting and writing case studies as well as providing input on overall research design and execution. As part of this position, you will need to: * Conduct in-depth research on commons-based peer-production using online resources, library databases and secondary sources, ethnographic participant observation of online communities, as well as statistical and/or computational data collection. * Write-up findings on a regular, iterative basis, conforming to research protocols and deadlines laid out by Professor Benkler and project leaders. * Submit written results to online repositories in a timely and organized fashion. * Present results to the rest of the research group on a bi-weekly basis. * Critically and constructively engage with group members' research; collaborate openly on all projects; integrate feedback & criticism of your own work. The position will begin in mid-September. The required commitment is approximately 15 hours per week (including weekly case study research group meetings) through December 15. Education/Experience Sought: A strong interest in the commons, cooperation, peer-production, and the range of human activities is necessary. The position is open to students in post-graduate, professional, and undergraduate programs, but is not limited to students. Strong background (and interests) in social or behavioral sciences. Some technical background, with working knowledge of Web-based research methods and computational research tools. We are also looking for applicants with strong technical skills and substantial interest in social design and cooperation. Desired Skills: RAs should be smart, creative, curious, flexible, open-minded, motivated people who also have the skills below: * strong writing, editing and oral presentation abilities * experience, or interest in, conducting original qualitative research * ability to meet deadlines and balance other work/study commitments Familiarity with research on cooperation, organizations, and case study methodology highly valued. Familiarity with research on motivation, sociology, economics, and/or social psychology is also a plus. Application Materials: * Letter of Interest * CV/Resume * A writing sample (500-1000 words) * Contact information - email and/or phone - for no fewer than two references (professional or academic). Please submit all required materials to Janet Moran at jmoran@law.harvard.edu no later than August 28, 2008 at 5pm. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ***Please Note: We will try to accommodate students who prefer to receive course credit rather than pay consistent with their school's policies. Also, research assistants do not need to be affiliated with Harvard and do not need to be students. However, this position does not include benefits. The project can only employ international students whose visas have been sponsored by Harvard. ********************************************************************************************************************************** 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 now 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. 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