The Internet Governance Lab is looking for new junior fellows from American University. Our last year’s cohort, 3 first-year and 1 second-year undergraduate students, have been involved in several (unpaid) projects including interviewing and conducting podcasts with high-level Internet Governance leaders and a research project in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Last year’s junior fellows completed their project this year and were part of the ITU’s Youth Summit 2022 where they presented their research findings.
We invite applications from undergraduate students with a demonstrated interest in work addressing a range of topics relevant to the Lab’s activities, including internet infrastructure, platform governance, digital rights, cyber-physical systems, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and machine learning, election security, the future of work, Internet standards and protocols, data protection/privacy, surveillance, and more.
Junior Fellows actively participate at the Lab’s events and meetings. Fellows can expect opportunities for intellectual engagement, feedback on scholarship, and networking with faculty fellows, practitioners-in-residence, doctoral students, distinguished alumni, and partners from industry, government, and civil society.
To apply, please send your resume (in PDF or word format) and a brief cover letter (in PDF or word format) expressing your interest in being a Junior Fellow to internetgovlab@gmail.com with JUNIOR FELLOW APPLICATION in the subject line. The deadline for receipt is November 1, 2022.
We encourage you to read more about the Internet Governance Lab below and to consider joining us as a junior fellow working at the intersection of Internet governance and technology policy.
About the Internet Governance Lab
Debates around the design and control of the Internet have become the great human rights issue of our time, shaping human security, individual rights, democracy, and economic growth across the world. The Internet Governance Lab at American University addresses these control struggles via evidence-based research, teaching, and policy engagement in Internet architecture and governance. The Lab is globally recognized for housing some of the world’s pioneering and leading scholars whose work has helped build and shape the scholarly field of Internet governance and technology policy over the past decade. The collective body of work produced by these scholars has influenced thinkers and practitioners from Silicon Valley to New York and from Bangalore to Geneva. The mission of the Internet Governance Lab, carried out by interdisciplinary faculty fellows, practitioners in residence, and doctoral, graduate, and junior fellows, is to advance the marketplace of ideas with original research, translate complex sociotechnical problems for policymakers and the public, build bridges among diverse stakeholders, and train the next generation of global thought leaders and practitioners in Internet governance and technology policy.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
The work of the Internet Governance Lab is strengthened by the diversity of our network and our differences in background, culture, experience, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, identity, race, ethnicity, age, ability, and much more.