I want to second Dariusz's encouragement! Here's my post from 2013 about why you should apply to be a Berkman-Klein Fellow <https://civic.mit.edu/2013/12/01/why-you-should-apply-to-be-a-berkman-fellow/> .
All the best, --Nathan On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 3:16 PM Dariusz Jemielniak <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Wikimedia Researchers, > > I am writing to you from the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society > at Harvard University<https://cyber.harvard.edu/> - a public interest > research center dedicated to exploring, understanding, and shaping the > development of the digitally-networked environment. We are now accepting > fellowship applications for the 2020-2021 academic year through our annual > open call<https://cyber.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/2021Fellows>. > > This fellowship opportunity is for those who wish to spend 2020-2021 in > residence in Cambridge, MA as part of the Center's vibrant community of > research and practice, and who seek to engage in collaborative, > cross-disciplinary, and cross-sectoral exploration of some of the > Internet's most important and compelling issues. Some more information is > below, and I invite you to check out our full call< > https://cyber.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/2021Fellows>, which has > more information about our community activities and the application process. > > Please feel most welcome to share this information with others in your > network who may have interest. Any questions can be directed to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. > > Applications will be accepted until Friday January 31, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. > Eastern Time. > > More about the fellowship program: > > Fellows are supported in an inviting and playful intellectual environment > - we have community activities designed to foster inquiry and risk-taking, > to identify and expose common threads across fellows’ individual > activities, and to bring fellows into conversation with the students, > staff, faculty, and broader community at the Berkman Klein Center. > > We invite applications from people working on a broad range of > opportunities and challenges related to Internet and society, which may > overlap with ongoing work at the Berkman Klein Center and may expose our > community to new opportunities and approaches. We encourage applications > from scholars, practitioners, innovators, engineers, artists, and others > committed to understanding and advancing the public interest who come from > —and have interest in — countries industrialized or developing, with ideas, > projects, or activities in all phases on a spectrum from incubation to > reflection. > > To make fellowships a possibility for as wide a range of applicants as > possible, in the 2020-2021 academic year we will award a small number of > stipends to incoming fellows. This funding is intended to support people > from communities who are underrepresented in fields related to Internet and > society, who will contribute to the diversity of the Berkman Klein Center’s > research and activities, and who have financial need. More information > about this funding opportunity may be found here< > https://cyber.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/stipends-for-candidates-2021 > >. > > The work and well-being of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society > are profoundly strengthened by the diversity of our network and our > differences in background, culture, experience, national origin, religion, > sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, age, ability, > and much more. We actively seek and welcome people of color, women, the > LGBTQIA+ community, persons with disabilities, and people at intersections > of these identities, from across the spectrum of disciplines and methods. > > The full call for applications may be found at: > https://cyber.harvard.edu/getinvolved/fellowships/2021Fellows > > Applications will be accepted until Friday January 31, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. > Eastern Time. > > About the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society > The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is > dedicated to exploring, understanding, and shaping the development of the > digitally-networked environment. A diverse, interdisciplinary community of > scholars, practitioners, technologists, policy experts, and advocates, we > seek to tackle the most important challenges of the digital age while > keeping a focus on tangible real-world impact in the public interest. Our > faculty, fellows, staff, and affiliates conduct research, build tools and > platforms, educate others, form bridges and facilitate dialogue across and > among diverse communities. More information at https://cyber.harvard.edu< > https://cyber.harvard.edu/>. > > Feel free to reach out to me to chat informally, if you're interested in > pursuing this endeavor. > > best, > > Dariusz > > -- > > _____________________________ > > [ > https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/28_4liQwIiNQmYh0G9FjIw5_4xyXPU6AQlm3IeESnn10cU2RAakNKAp8QVcjZWyjmA8KQfyS6vFYTN7SgJosUN1jhDdsK4TQcwwxB6qmWrJbkEL4ri31cooCI30sqhPSVKAQ2mLN > ]<https://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl> > > Dariusz Jemielniak, Ph.D., Full Professor, head of MINDS< > https://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl/> > > (Management in Networked and Digital Societies), Kozminski University > > Polish Academy of Sciences corresponding member > > associate faculty Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society< > https://cyber.harvard.edu>, Harvard University > > Key books: Collaborative Society< > https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/collaborative-society> (2020, MIT Press, > with A. Przegalinska), Thick Big Data< > https://global.oup.com/academic/product/thick-big-data-9780198839705?cc=gb&lang=en> > (2020, Oxford University Press), Common Knowlege?< > https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=24010> (2014, Stanford University > Press) > Recent articles: > > Jemielniak D. (2019) Wikipedia: Why is the common knowledge resource still > neglected by academics?< > https://academic.oup.com/gigascience/article/8/12/giz139/5651107>, > Gigascience 8(12): giz139 > > Hergueux, J. & Jemielniak, D. (2019) Should digital files be considered a > commons? Copyright infringement in the eyes of lawyers< > https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01972243.2019.1616019?fbclid=IwAR1Wskn7Bwnhko05SS-frOc6TiAuxPzPSWGo5_50Xu6NiNdxnDfxeleF-PM>, > The Information Society, 35(4): 198-215 > > Jemielniak, D.,Masukume, G. & Wilamowski, M. (2019) The Most Influential > Medical Journals According to Wikipedia: Quantitative Analysis< > https://www.jmir.org/2019/1/e11429/pdf>, Journal of Medical Internet > Research, 21(1):E11429 > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > -- J. Nathan Matias <http://natematias.com/> : Cornell University : CivilServant <http://civilservant.io> : @natematias <http://twitter.com/natematias> : blog <https://natematias.com/external-posts/> _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
