Fellowship Program

The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes an interdisciplinary and diverse community of academics and practitioners to join the Center as fellows in its mission to engage the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.

There are two primary ways in which the Berkman Klein Center accepts fellowship applications: through an annual open call for applications; and through periodic calls for applications for specific fellowships.

There are two primary ways in which the Berkman Klein Center accepts fellowship applications: through an annual open call for applications; and through periodic calls for applications for specific fellowships.

The links below provide a full description of our fellowship program along with guidance on eligibility, application instructions, current opportunities, and more.

Want to know more about this history of the fellowship program? Read our report, Fifteen Lessons from the Berkman Fellowship Program.

Current Fellows

Fifteen Lessons from the Berkman Fellows Program

This report explores what makes the Berkman Fellows program successful and aims to derive lessons that can be applied to other institutions.

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Authored by

David Weinberger

30 Sep 2015

Fellowship Opportunity: Privacy Initiatives

The Berkman Klein Center has long been home to a number of cross-disciplinary initiatives that investigate privacy and privacy-relevant questions in the digitally networked environment. We seek a new fellow to join and contribute to these efforts.

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Fellowship Opportunity: Global Access in Action (GAiA)

Global Access in Action (GAiA), a project of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, is offering a one year, half-time fellowship focusing on global public health challenges facing the world’s poor.

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Opportunity: Information Controls Fellowship based at Berkman, through the Open Technology Fund

The Berkman Center is grateful to be a host organization for The Open Technology Fund's Information Controls Fellowship Program. Fellows will conduct research and analysis on a wide range of censorship and surveillance activities.

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Opportunity: Clinical Instructional Fellow, Cyberlaw Clinic

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University seeks a full-time, paid Clinical Instructional Fellow to join our Cyberlaw Clinic team.

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Nieman-Berkman Fellowship in Journalism Innovation in 2016-2017

The Nieman-Berkman Fellowship in Journalism Innovation brings individuals to Harvard University to work on a specific course of research or a specific project relating to journalism innovation. The fellowship is a collaboration between the Nieman Foundation for Journalism and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. Both organizations share a set of common interests around journalism, innovation, and the evolution of the digital space, and both have longstanding fellowship programs that offer a year of learning and collaboration with others in the Harvard community.

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Welcome New Fellows: Chao Yin Kuo and Patrick Murck

By Summer 2015 Interns Tarun Krishnakumar and Zoe Wood

This post is part of a series featuring interviews with some of members of the 2015-2016 class of Berkman Fellows. Conducted by our 2015 summer interns (affectionately known as "Berkterns"), these snapshots aim to showcase the diverse backgrounds, interests, and accomplishments of our dynamic community.