Jobs at Berkman and Friends

Various groups related to Berkman are hiring right now. Click "read more" to see job descriptions and information on how to apply.

Research Director: OpenNet Initiative

As the OpenNet Initative moves into overdrive, broadening its already ambitious research agenda and re-doubling outreach efforts, we are seeking a Research Director to drive the project’s diverse activities and coordinate its world-class team. The position is a unique and amazing opportunity, and we have high hopes that the extended Berkman community will help us to identify the perfect candidate.

The OpenNet Initiative is a joint project among the University of Toronto, Cambridge University, Oxford University, and Harvard Law School, researching state-sponsored Internet filtering worldwide. The OpenNet Initiative's reports on internet censorship provide valuable information to human rights organizations, free speech advocates, and policymakers. In the past year, ONI has reported on internet filtering in countries such as China, Burma, Tunisia, and Iran. Recently, the OpenNet Initiative received a generous $3 million grant from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to advance and expand its research.

For the full Research Director position description, as well as application information, visit jobs.harvard.edu.

Internship: Web designer

We're looking for someone with good web design skills and a fair amount of experience to work as an in-house web designer/developer. You must have a strong grasp of current web design trends including familiarity with XHTML and CSS. Design programs are fine, but you should really know how to make things work using just a text editor. Things that are definite plusses: understanding of the box model, anything having to do with JavaScript, knowing what Section 508 is, and an ability to give at least five reasons why IE sucks. If you can copy edit as well, that'd be swell. Know PHP, Ruby, or something similar? Major bonus points! We reward good work with perks and we're flexible about work hours, but we do expect you to come into the office. We offer a fun, low-stress but high energy work environment. Potential for a full-time summer job if you want it.

Hours: 10-20 hrs/week, flexible, up to 35 hrs/week in summer
Pay: $10.50/hr.+, commensurate with experience

To apply: Please send a resume and some links via email. Make sure to send in samples of your work and indicate whether elements were your creation or done as part of a team. Send everything to dsilverman AT cyber.harvard.edu

Summer Internships Abroad

Are you a law student seeking a summer internship? An advanced degree student seeking summer study in a new environment? Berkman's friends at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and at the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University in the UK have exciting summer opportunities available.

The Research Center for Information Law at the Univ. of St. Gallen welcomes applications from Berkman-affiliated students for a 2006 summer internship as part of an exchange program with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. If you would like to spend two or three months in Switzerland (German language skills helpful, but not required) and work on a transatlantic research project on digital media, please submit your full CV and a motivation letter via email to James Thurman at james.thurman -AT- unisg.ch For further information, please contact Berkman Fellow Urs Gasser (ugasser AT cyber.harvard.edu).

The Summer Doctoral Program at the Oxford Internet Institute is conducted and organized in collaboration with long-standing partners from both the Berkman Center and the Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology. The SDP consists of wide ranging daily research seminars facilitated by leading academics, informal student research presentations, focused break-out sessions, and a host of social activities. The Program will facilitate deep discussion of both methodological and substantive research issues, and will endeavor to help students frame their research questions and direct their research. It will also seek to generate dialogue and debate between students from different disciplinary backgrounds on key themes, drawing on Oxford courses and OII's research expertise in its four focal areas: Technology and Institutional Innovation; Science, Learning and Networks; Everyday Life; and Shaping, Governing and Regulating the Internet. For more information, please see the SDP Website.