Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to circulate our call
for the 2022 Belfer Fellowship at the ADL Center for
Technology & Society. The deadline
has been extended to July 22, 2022. Please share
widely!
The ADL Center for
Technology and Society (CTS) is opening a call for
proposals for our fifth class of Belfer Fellows.
Fellows will receive up to $50,000 in funding and
additional research support for one year, with the
possibility of renewal contingent on demonstrated
progress. Investigators from all fields of research
with a distinguished body of work are invited to
submit projects. Each fellowship will conclude with a
public-facing written report, produced in
collaboration with CTS.
Applications
are due by July 22nd and can be submitted via this online
form.
This year’s
fellowship seeks proposals studying one or more of the
following areas as they intersect with online hate and
harassment and making digital environments welcoming and
inclusive spaces for all:
- Disinformation,
hate & democracy
- Non-English
content moderation and/or disinformation
- Algorithmic
amplification of extremism & hate
- Online gaming
- Supporting targets
of online hate & harassment
Previous Belfer
Fellows have
published high-impact
reports, received national press coverage andpublished op-eds, led
workshops on their work and appeared at leading conferences,
and had their findings cited in Congressional
hearings on social
media. Alumni have included professors, legal
scholars, prominent journalists, and researchers from
various domains of technology. Current fellows are tracking
disinformation in political advertising on Facebook
(including in English and in Spanish), evaluating the
effectiveness of deplatforming extremists, and
researching experiences of toxicity in online games
among youth, including among targets, bystanders, and
perpetrators.
The application
consists of the completed form, including 200 word
project description/abstract, short application
questions, 1000-2000 word project proposal, timeline,
contact information for two references, and CV/resume.
Candidates invited for interviews will be asked for a
sample of work, proposed budget, and two letters of
reference.
CTS welcomes
questions and inquiries about the fellowship program.
Please contact c...@adl.org.
Jordan
Kraemer, PhD Director
of Policy and Research, ADL Center for Technology
& Society
New York, NY, jkra...@adl.org, www.adl.org
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