Can somebody with no background in research and academics but interested apply? regards, Deepa
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Pranesh Prakash <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear all, > The Centre for Internet and Society is planning to bring out a book > charting out the state of various kinds of 'opennesses' in India, > tentatively titled "Openness and Access: An India Survey". This book > will include India-focussed surveys of Open Access to Law, Open > Government Data, Open Access to Scholarly Literature, Open Educational > Resources, Open Standards, Free/Open Source Software, and Open Content, > each of which will be a self-contained chapter in the book. We are > presenting an open call for researchers for each of these surveys. > > Each of the surveys will broadly have to include: > 1) Literature review > 2) Policy scan > 3) Institutional scan > 4) Project scan > 5) Case studies and interviews > 6) Observations, analysis of policy tensions and recommendations > 7) Directory of stakeholders > 8) Further readings > > Each survey, depending on the subject matter and the scope agreed to > between the researcher and CIS, is expected to be roughly between 22,000 > words and 35,000 words. The deadlines of these projects will, of > course, vary, but they will range from between two months and four. Each > researcher will be given a separate travel bursary on a need basis, > which will be agreed upon at the commencement of the research. > > The exact remuneration for each survey depends on the extent of the > project as is finally worked out between the researcher and CIS, but the > following can be taken to be indicative: > 1) Open Access to Law ~ Rs. 50,000 > 2) Open Government Data ~ Rs. 50,000 > 3) Open Access to Scholarly Literature ~ Rs. 80,000 > 4) Open Educational Resources ~ Rs. 80,000 > 5) Open Standards ~ Rs. 50,000 > 6) Free and Open Source Software ~ Rs. 80,000 > 7) Open Content ~ Rs. 80,000 > > If you have a background in research, academics, or policy analysis and > would be interested in working on one of these, please write in to > Pranesh Prakash <[email protected]> by Tuesday, November 30, 2010, > with a copy of your résumé, your specific interests in the area, and a > writing sample. > > Regards, > Pranesh > > -- > Pranesh Prakash > Programme Manager > Centre for Internet and Society > W: http://cis-india.org | T: +91 80 40926283 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > -- Deepa Kurup The Hindu (Bangalore) phone number:9916950646
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