Host organizations

Please note: Additional organizations may be added to the program prior to the application deadline. Please check back for additional updates.

Africa

Europe

Latin America

North America

Africa

Association for Progressive Communications

Fellowship location: Johannesburg, South Africa

www.apc.org

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is a global network of civil society organisations whose mission is to empower and support organisations, social movements and individuals in and through the use of information and communication technologies to build strategic communities and initiatives for the purpose of making meaningful contributions to equitable human development, social justice, participatory political processes and environmental sustainability. Founded in 1990, our vision is to see people having easy and affordable access to a free and open internet to improve their lives and create a more just world.

The fellow will work in APC's communications and information policy programme (CIPP) in Africa. During 2013-16 the programme will focus on advocating for affordable access, particularly through calling for innovative approaches to spectrum use and management, and for the protection of fundamental human rights on the internet. The two areas where we believe our efforts can make a concrete difference in the next two years are: innovative approaches to spectrum use and management as a means of extending affordable access, and, securing and defending fundamental human rights on the internet.

Fellowship focus areas

The fellow will focus on the ‘securing and defending fundamental human rights on the internet’ area.

CIPIT, Strathmore University

Fellowship location: Nairobi, Kenya

http://www.ilabafrica.ac.ke

Strathmore University is a private university in Nairobi, Kenya. The Google Policy Fellow will work at the Center for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT), a research center at the Strathmore Law School.

Kenya is rapidly moving toward a knowledge-based economy. The primary goal of CIPIT is to help develop an infrastructure of IP professionals and resources that enable Kenyans to effectively use IP protection mechanisms worldwide. This involves training IP professionals, advocating for effective IP policies in government and the private sector, and increasing the general awareness of IP issues. Our activities are guided by our commitment to conducting unbiased and targeted research.

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Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence in IT

Fellowship location: Accra, Ghana

http://www.aiti-kace.com.gh

The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (AITI-KACE)is Ghana's first Advanced Information Technology Institute. Founded in 2003, AITI-KACE has grown to be a force in delivery of high quality training and the promotion of open source and related activities in the West African sub-region and Africa as whole. The Centre has formed strong relationships with Civil society and Government institutions which work in the areas of advocacy, public policy and ICT. AITI-KACE is unique in the quality of staff commitment with respect to research in the areas mentioned below. Fellows will work closely with faculty and other stakeholders to clarifying issues and a way forward for implementation of modern dimensions of intellectual property law in the areas mentioned below and this is expected to make a meaningful contribution to the development of Ghana and the West Africa subregion.

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Research ICT Africa

Fellowship location: Cape Town, South Africa

www.researchictafrica.net

Research ICT Africa (RIA) is an ICT policy and regulatory think think based in Cape Town, South Africa, that fills a strategic gap in the development of a sustainable information society and network knowledge economy by building the ICT policy and regulatory research capacity needed to inform effective ICT governance in Africa. It host a 20 country research network extending across the continent. Further, it operates through national, regional and continental partnerships.

The establishment of the RIA network emanates from the growing demand for data and analysis necessary for the appropriate and visionary policy required to catapult continent into the information age. Through rigorous resarch and analysis RIA seeks to build an African knowledge base in support of effective ICT policy and regulation, and to monitor and review developments on the continent.

The research arising from a public interest agenda is made available in the public domain, and individuals and entities from public and private sector and civil society are encouraged to use it for teaching, further research or to enable them to participate more effectively in national, regional and global ICT policy formulation and governance. On the basis of this research and extensive practical policy and regulatory experience RIA offers regulatory executive training and post graduate education through the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business Management of Infrastructures Reform and Regulation (MIR) Programme and technical assistance to sector institutions.

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Europe

Bruegel

Fellowship location: Brussels, Belgium

http://www.bruegel.org

Bruegel is a non-doctrinal and independent think-tank that provides evidence-based analysis and policy recommendations to improve the quality of economic policymaking. Active in Brussels since 2005, its research activities address both European and global topics. Bruegel draws its unique nature from a balanced partnership between private and public stakeholders. Its member base is currently composed of EU member states, international corporations and international institutions. Its day-to-day work is carried out at arm‘s length from members’ interests. The independence, professional integrity and objectivity of Bruegel’s research are among its principal assets. Its research conclusions are independent from its members and its scholars don’t hold a predefined or institutional stance; they make independent fact-based recommendations.

Bruegel is governed by a board of 11 individuals with backgrounds in government, business, academia and civil society. The Board appoints the Director and has decision-making powers on Bruegel’s strategy, research programme, partnerships and budget, but no responsibility for research conclusions and publications.

Since starting operations in 2005, Bruegel has released more than a hundred publications covering research areas including: budgetary and monetary policies; climate change and energy; European and global governance; currencies and international finance; intellectual property and innovation; competition and EU enlargement.

Bruegel 2012 Research Programme focuses on the following four areas in which Bruegel is building expertise and reputation:

  1. European macroeconomics
  2. Global economics and global governance
  3. Finance and financial regulation
  4. Competition, innovation and Sustainable Growth.

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ECIPE (European Centre for International Political Economy)

Fellowship location: Brussels, Belgium

http://www.ecipe.org

The European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) is a Brussels-based think tank whose research focuses on EU and international trade policy, the global economy, the rise of China and East Asia, development issues, and the digital economy. As public policy has become increasingly concerned with digital issues, so has our interest in analyzing and evaluating the impact of cyber policy on the virtual world. In recent years, ECIPE has expanded its research activities in this area -focusing on the intersection between trade and the digital economy. In the recent past, we have published on WTO information Technology Agreement, ACTA, the International Telecommunication Union binding rules renegotiations, cyber security policy and various other digital issues.

ECIPE is rooted in the liberal tradition; we advocate for free trade and the progressive reduction of barriers to the movement of goods, services, capital and people across borders. ECIPE has a distinguished network of non-residential Fellows and Senior Fellows, who conduct policy research and publish papers, briefs and books. We cooperate with other centers and institutions in and outside of Europe, and we aim to raise public awareness and understanding of complex economic issues so as to improve the quality of public policy.

Fellowship focus areas

We are looking for candidates who hold a Bachelor or Master’s degree in economics (international economics/trade economics), international political economy, trade law, or European studies. Our fellows should hold a keen interest in digital economy issues or/and Internet and trade law. The awareness of current Internet and digital policies in Europe and internationally is also an advantage. Fellows should have excellent writing skills and be fluent in English. For non-economist applicants: basic knowledge of economics and good numerical skills, including MS Excel is necessary. We are particularly interested in candidates with an excellent academic record who have a strong interest in pursuing a future career in academia, journalism, or policy making. Fellows will participate in all of ECIPE's work and will undergo a training program that is designed after their future career interests. Fellows support ECIPE scholars with research and administrative assistance and participate in an ongoing research projects.

OpenForum Europe (OFE)

Fellowship location: Brussels, Belgium

http://www.openforumeurope.org

http://www.openforumacademy.org

OpenForum Europe (OFE) is an independent, not-for-profit industry organization which promotes the use of Open Standards in ICT as a means of achieving full openness and interoperability of systems throughout Europe. It continues to promote open source software, as well as openness more generally, as part of a vision to facilitate open competitive choice for IT users. OFE is supported by major IT suppliers, user and consumer organisations, and national partners, together representing tens of thousand individual companies across Europe. Within OFE, OpenForum Academy (OFA) is an independent programme established by OpenForum Europe to link academia, business and policy experts in order to provide new input and insight into issues that impact the openness of the IT market. Central to the operation of OpenForum Academy are the Fellows, each selected as exceptional individual contributors to the field of openness. A number of academic organisations have agreed to work with OFA, both through the Fellows and via the broader network of contributors that support OFE in the development of research initiatives.

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The Lisbon Council

Fellowship location: Brussels, Belgium

http://www.lisboncouncil.net

The Lisbon Council is a Brussels-based think tank and policy network. Established in 2003 in Belgium as a non-profit, non-partisan association, the group is dedicated to making a positive contribution through cutting-edge research and by engaging politicians and the public at large in a constructive exchange about the economic and social challenges of the 21st Century.

Fellowship focus areas

We can consider adjusting these depending on the fellow’s interest, expertise or background.

Latin America

Asociación por los Derechos Civiles

Fellowship location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

http://www.adc.org.ar

The Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (Association for Civil Rights - ADC) is a prominent Buenos Aires-based, independent, non-partisan NGO working to guarantee the respect for civil and human rights in Argentina and Latin America. Founded in 1995 by a group of lawyers, ADC works in the fields of freedom of expression and access to public information, due process of law, non-discrimination, pre-trial detention and prison conditions, gender rights and economic, social and cultural rights.

ADC engages in public interest litigations, monitors public policies and institutions, proposes and advocates for legal and institutional reforms and strengthens the capacities of civil society by creating networks and exchanging know how with other organizations in the country and the region. ADC has also been actively working within the Inter-American system of human rights.

Fellowship focus areas

Our fellows will engage doing research, writing and carrying out legal and policy analysis under the supervision of our Freedom of Expression Director or the Access to Public Information Director. They will be able to work in a varied range of areas, including:

Derechos Digitales

Fellowship location: Santiago, Chile

http://www.derechosdigitales.org

ONG Derechos Digitales is an independent, non-profit and non-governmental organization, which mission is to defense and promote human rights in the digital environment. Its main working topics include Freedom of Expression, Access to Knowledge, Transparency and Democracy, Privacy and Personal Data Protection, and Consumer Protection.

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North America

American Library Association

Fellowship location: Washington, DC, USA

http://www.ala.org

The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit educational organization of about 58,000 librarians, library trustees, and other friends of libraries dedicated to improving library services and promoting the public interest in a free and open information society.

The Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) advances ALA’s public policy activities by helping secure information technology policies that support and encourage efforts of libraries to ensure access to electronic information resources as a means of upholding the public’s right to a free and open information society. It works to ensure a library voice in information policy debates and to promote full and equitable intellectual participation by the public by conducting research & analysis, educating the ALA community, advocating ALA’s information policy interests, and engaging in strategic outlook.

Fellowship focus areas

OITP is organized into three substantive programs, to which the Google Policy Fellow would make contributions:

Center for Democracy and Technology

Fellowship location: Washington, DC, USA

https://www.cdt.org/

The Center for Democracy and Technology is a non-profit public interest organization working to keep the Internet open, innovative, and free. As a civil liberties group with expertise in law, technology, and policy, CDT works to enhance free expression and privacy in communications technologies by finding practical and innovative solutions to public policy challenges while protecting civil liberties. CDT is dedicated to building consensus among all parties interested in the future of the Internet and other new communications media.

Fellowship focus areas

The Google Policy Fellow will work closely with the CDT attorneys, technologists, and policy experts on one or more issues related to technology and civil liberties, according to the Fellow's interest and experience. Possible areas of focus include: The Google Policy Fellow will be supervised by an attorney, but all students with an interest in civil liberties and Internet policy are encouraged to apply.

Competitive Enterprise Institute

Fellowship location: Washington, DC, USA

http://cei.org/

The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest organization dedicated to promoting consumer welfare by empowering individuals to make their own choices in a free market.

Founded in 1984, CEI has grown into a powerful advocate for individual freedom on a wide range of policy issues, including energy, finance, technology, telecommunications, and health care. Unique among market-oriented public interest groups, we pursue a full-service approach to advancing public policy. We publish scholarly studies exploring the key issues of the day, but we also craft media advocacy campaigns around our research in order to reach policy makers, opinion leaders, and activists. CEI analysts produce timely commentaries for major news outlets and frequently appear on television and radio programs. From time to time, we also pursue our pro-freedom advocacy in court.

The Google Policy Fellow will work closely with CEI scholars to research and promote innovative, pro-consumer solutions to the public policy challenges of the information age. Fellows will have the opportunity to author position papers, publish opinion essays, and contribute to CEI’s blogs. Fellows will be invited to attend coalition meetings, aid in the drafting of regulatory filings, and participate in seminars and roundtable discussions.

Fellowship focus areas

Creative Commons

Fellowship location: Mountain View, USA

http://www.creativecommons.org

Creative Commons is a global nonprofit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright. We provide free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof.

Fellowship focus areas

We are looking for motivated candidates with partially-developed ideas in exploring a particular interest/expertise area, short research project, or related activity within the broad spectrum of open licensing and the commons. We are particularly interested in working with fellows interested in supporting education and advocacy efforts around open policies so that publicly funded resources are openly licensed resources. One specific project we are looking for assistance on is the development of an Open Policy Network (See http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Open_Policy_Network for more information). We are very flexible in accommodating project ideas that will be mutually beneficial to the candidate and CC. The project work with CC will not be supervised by an attorney.

EFF

Fellowship location: San Francisco, USA

http://www.eff.org

The Google Policy Fellow at the Electronic Frontier Foundation will be supervised by the EFF International Rights Director.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a nonprofit group of lawyers, policy analysts, technologists, and activists working to protect freedom of expression, civil liberties, digital consumer rights and innovation in the online world. Founded in 1990, EFF brings and defends lawsuits, engages in online advocacy campaigns, and works to educate U.S. and international policymakers, the media, and citizens.

Fellowship focus areas

The Google Policy Fellow will work closely with mentors in the EFF international policy team. We are looking for someone who shares our passion for the free and open Internet, digital civil liberties, privacy, and consumer rights; has strong research skills; can produce thoughtful original policy analysis; and has demonstrated the ability to communicate with different types of audiences.

Future of Music Coalition

Fellowship location: Washington, DC, USA

http://futureofmusic.org/

Future of Music Coalition is a not-for-profit collaboration between members of the music, technology, public policy and intellectual property law communities. FMC seeks to educate the media, policymakers, and the public about music and technology issues, while also bringing together diverse voices in an effort to come up with creative solutions to some of the challenges in this space. FMC also aims to identify and promote innovative business models that will help musicians and citizens to benefit from new technologies.

Our policy agenda focuses on three broad themes, all of which have a direct impact on the ability for artists to make a living in the digital economy:

Fellowship focus areas

FMC views policy issues through the frame of research, education and advocacy. The public policy fellow will work with FMC staff to identify issues of particular interest to the fellow, then develop and implement a strategy focusing on: A fellow at FMC will have access to the General Counsel and many attorneys in the field who work with the FMC, but s/he will be supervised by FMC staff, who are not attorneys.

Institute for Public Representation

Fellowship location: Washington, DC, USA

http://www.law.georgetown.edu/academics/academic-programs/clinical-programs/our-clinics/ipr/index.cfm

The Institute for Public Representation (IPR) is a public interest law firm and law school clinic at Georgetown Law that works on media law and policy issues.

IPR’s media law and policy section provides pro bono legal representation to media reform organizations, civil rights groups, children’s advocates, consumer groups, and other non-profit organizations on matters related to media law and policy. Our practice is primarily before administrative agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the federal appellate courts.

Our overall goal is to foster a media ecosystem that is responsive to the needs of the public, especially segments of the public that have been traditionally underserved. Because the media landscape is changing rapidly, the types of projects we work on change as well. Many of our cases involve whether and how to apply existing public interest policies to new forms of media and how to promote positive uses of new technologies while limiting potential harms.

Fellowship focus areas

The Google Policy Fellow will work closely with IPR’s Director and two staff attorneys on one or more of the above projects or similar projects. The Fellow will conduct legal and factual research, draft a number of different types of documents, and attend meetings with clients, allies and agency staff. We are most interested in candidates who are currently enrolled in law school, but will also consider graduate students in other disciplines such as communications, economics, or computer science, that have expertise relevant to any of the projects described above.

Internet Education Foundation

Fellowship location: Washington, DC, USA

http://www.neted.org

The Internet Education Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public and policymakers about the potential of a decentralized global Internet to promote democracy, communications, and commerce. Founded in 1997, IEF facilitates many educational projects including the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee and the State of the Net Conference Series.

GetNetWise is an educational site that contains information to help parents and computer users stay safe online. GetNetWise.org has the largest searchable database of parental empowerment and cyber security tools on the Internet and uses multimedia audio and video to train users how to use these tools to enhance their safety.

The Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee (ICAC) is a diverse group of public interest, non-profit and industry groups working to educate Congress, the federal government and the public about important Internet-related policy issues. The ICAC holds regular briefings for Congressional offices on topical Internet policy questions including broadband, net neutrality, copyright and intellectual property, cyber security, Internet governance and everything in between.

The State of the Net Conference Series brings together thought leaders, public Internet groups, industry and government to discuss the most relevant policy issues facing lawmakers. The annual State of the Net Conference in Washington is DC’s largest technology policy conference.

Fellowship focus areas

Joint Center for Political And Economic Studies

Fellowship location: Washington, DC, USA

http://www.jointcenter.org

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies works to inform and illuminate the nation’s major public policy debates through research, analysis, and information dissemination, with the goal of improving the socioeconomic status of African Americans and other people of color, expanding their effective participation in the political and public policy arenas, and promoting communications and relationships across racial and ethnic lines to strengthen the nation’s pluralistic society. The Joint Center is a trusted source of information on the key topics of the day including health and health care equity, energy and the environment, digital opportunity and innovation, economic security, and civic engagement and governance. Our high quality research, distinctive analyses of the issues, and experience in assembling effective coalitions have been cited by policy makers as helping to generate innovative, practical solutions to America’s most challenging problems.

The Joint Center’s approach includes identifying critical and emerging issues and developing research parameters, as well as collaborating with well-known scholars and experts in designing and conducting rigorous investigations, studies, and reports. Our research findings are publicized in relevant policy circles and among targeted audiences through our strategic partners and with the general public through traditional and new media.

The Joint Center facilitates extensive analysis of facts and issues through the lens of the African American community, with the goal of ensuring its views are considered in the public policy development process. With our extensive polling of African American voters, we are the nation’s key source of information on the black electorate and the elected and appointed officials who represent them at all levels of government.

The Joint Center’s Media and Technology Institute focuses on how the media industry and emerging communications technologies such as broadband and social media can become avenues of advancement for people of color. The Media and Technology Institute produces and distributes research papers and policy reports to inform dialogue and aligns its work to influence policy and advocacy efforts.

Fellowship focus areas

The Google Policy Fellow at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies will be supeivised by an attorney. Fellowship Focus Area: The research fellow will contribute to the design and execution of research to help understand how information technology affects people of color.

Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Fellowship location: Washington, DC, USA

http://www.civilrights.org/

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (The Leadership Conference) is a coalition of more than 200 national organizations dedicated to the enactment and enforcement of strong federal civil rights and social justice legislation. The Leadership Conference provides a powerful unified voice for the various constituencies of the coalition: persons of color, women, children, individuals with disabilities, gays and lesbians, older Americans, labor unions, major religious groups, civil libertarians, and human rights organizations.

Understanding how media/telecommunications policies address the needs of all communities is a top priority for The Leadership Conference. Our work is based on the recommendations and engagement of The Leadership Conference task force on media and telecommunications policy. The task force is made up of core members of The Leadership Conference community with expertise in communications issues, including the United Church of Christ, Office of Communication, Inc., the ACLU, the National Urban League, the NAACP, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the National Hispanic Media Coalition, the National Consumer Law Center, the Communications Workers of America, NOW, and the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC). The task force develops strategies to speak with a united voice on such timely issues as broadband use and adoption by underserved communities, media ownership, low power FM, and privacy.

Fellowship focus areas

The Google Policy Fellow at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights will be supervised by an attorney. The Google Policy Fellow with work closely with The Leadership Conference's Managing Policy Director and the co-chairs of the Media/Telecommunications Task Force. The Fellow may be called on to conduct research on topical policy issues; draft materials such as talking points, fact sheets, letters to Congress and federal agencies, and blog posts; attend meetings of the Media/Telecommunications Task Force, legislative hearings, coalition meetings, and federal agency meetings; and monitor activity on core policy issues.

National Consumers League

Fellowship location: Washington, DC, USA

http://www.nclnet.org

The National Consumers League, founded in 1899, is the nation’s pioneering consumer organization. Our non-profit mission is to promote social and economic justice for consumers and workers in the United States and abroad. NCL provides government, businesses and other organizations with the consumer’s perspective on a wide range of issues, including child labor, safe food and drugs, health care, personal finance, workers’ rights, telecommunications and technology policy and consumer fraud protection.

Fellowship focus areas

National Hispanic Media Coalition

Fellowship location: Washington, DC, USA

http://www.nhmc.org/

The National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) is a non-profit, civil rights and media advocacy organization. NHMC’s mission is to educate and influence media corporations on the importance of including U.S. Latinos at all levels of employment. It augments the pool of Latino talent with its professional development programs. It challenges media that carelessly exploit negative Latino stereotypes. It scrutinizes and opines on media and telecommunications policy issues.

In Washington, D.C., NHMC staff is often called to testify before Congress and the federal agencies on various media and telecommunications policies that impact the American Latino community. NHMC submits public comments to the FCC record on a variety of policies.

NHMC's main priority is promoting responsible and inclusive media. Other key priorities include facilitating universal and affordable communications, creating empowered media and telecommunications consumers, and privacy in the digital age.

Fellowship focus areas

The Google Policy Fellow will work closely with NHMC’s DC-based Vice President of Policy and Legal Affairs and its Policy Counsel, to advance NHMC’s agenda. The Fellow will work on complex legal and policy issues, and may be called upon to draft FCC pleadings, internal memoranda, press releases, blog posts, editorials and other documents as needed. The Fellow will be invited to attend meetings with decision makers at the FCC and in Congress, as well as meetings with media reform and civil rights activists. Please note that NHMC will only consider candidates enrolled in a law degree program. The Google Policy Fellow at NHMC will be supervised by an attorney. To learn more about the National Hispanic Media Coalition, please visit www.nhmc.org.

New America Foundation

Fellowship location: Washington, DC, USA

The New America Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States.

Fellowship focus areas

The Google Policy Fellow would work with the Open Technology Institute and the Media Policy Initiative. OTI formulates policy and regulatory reforms to support open architectures and open source innovations and facilitates the development and implementation of open technologies and communications networks. The Media Policy Initiative works with OTI to promote responsible and robust journalism and is committed to encourage information technologies and practices by studying social and economic impacts – and advocating policies the serve the needs of all Americans. OTI and MPI have lawyers, technologists, journalists and experienced community activists. We look forward to reviewing candidates and finding the best project match and mentor for the Google Policy Fellow.

Public Knowledge

Fellowship location: Washington, DC, USA

http://publicknowledge.org/

Public Knowledge is a public-interest advocacy organization dedicated to fortifying and defending a vibrant information commons. This Washington, D.C. based group works with a wide spectrum of stakeholders—libraries, educators, scientists, artists, musicians, journalists, consumers, software programmers, civic groups and enlightened businesses—to promote the core principles of openness, access, and the capacity to create and compete.

Fellowship focus areas

A Public Knowledge fellow will work with members of PK staff and focus on copyright and/or telecommunications-related issues. The fellow will promote policy that ensures that U.S. copyright law and regulation reflect the “cultural bargain” intended by the framers of the Constitution: providing an incentive to creators and innovators while benefiting the public through the free flow of information and ideas. In the area of telecommunications, fellows will work to ensure that producers and consumers of online content will be able to operate without fear of intermediaries discriminating against them. Work may include writing and developing policy papers, briefing memos for policy makers, multimedia presentations, blog post, regulatory comments, and hearing testimony. Fellows are expected to attend and brief PK staff on pertinent Congressional hearings, meetings with policy makers, public interest advocates, and industry coalitions. Public Knowledge also encourages fellows to create an independent research project based on their interests and academic and career goals.

“As a Google Policy Fellow, I had access to speakers and symposia that I would never have known about otherwise. I was able to learn about the basics of lobbying, FCC regulatory structure and procedure, and First Amendment and freedom of expression implications in the online world.”
—Jon Law (PK)

Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic

Fellowship location: Ottawa, Canada

http://www.cippic.ca

The Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) is based at the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa in Canada's capital city, Ottawa. CIPPIC's mission is to advocate in the public interest on issues that arise at the intersection of law and technology. CIPPIC accomplishes this by participating in a broad spectrum of public policy debates and proceedings, with the primary objective of ensuring public interest perspectives that would not otherwise be heard receive due consideration. CIPPIC additionally aims to provide legal assistance to under-represented organizations and individuals on matters arising from the use of new technologies, and to provide a high quality and rewarding clinical legal education experience to students of law while accomplishing these goals.

CIPPIC has become a leading voice in policy debates on Internet-related issues such as privacy, copyright law, network neutrality, free speech, online consumer protection, intermediary liability and other telecommunications-related challenges in Canada and internationally. Staff and students pursue these issues via legislative advocacy, cooperative policy-making, litigation, research, and public education.

Fellowship focus areas

TechFreedom

Fellowship location: Washington, DC, USA

http://techfreedom.org/

TechFreedom is a non-profit public policy think tank that launched in January 2011. Our mission is to unleash the progress of technology that improves the human condition and expands individual capacity to choose. We believe human ingenuity is the ultimate resource, but that it can flourish only in a policy environment that recognizes the central importance of individual rights, individual as well as corporate responsibility, user empowerment, entrepreneurship, and dynamic technological change.

Our Fellow will have the opportunity to work with our analysts on all aspects of their work, which integrates legal, technical, and policy analysis. A background in law, economics or technology is strongly preferred. Responsibilities will include research, writing, attending hearings and meetings, and helping to organize events. The Fellow will be engaged in rigorous research endeavors and will be given the opportunity to potentially author and/or co-author white papers, editorials, blog entries, and other articles and essays.

Technology Policy Institute

Fellowship location: Washington, DC, USA

http://www.techpolicyinstitute.org

The Technology Policy Institute is a think tank that focuses on the economics of innovation, technological change, and related regulation in the United States and around the world. Our mission is to advance knowledge and inform policymakers by producing independent, rigorous research and by sponsoring educational programs and conferences on major issues affecting information technology and communications policy.

Today’s digital economy may be new, but the economic principles underlying it are not. First principles still matter in both developed and emerging economies. Thus, government should intervene in these dynamic markets only when markets fail and when proposed solutions will demonstrably improve society’s well-being. New technologies can greatly improve standards of living around the globe, but policymakers must carefully consider how policies affect the development of those technologies. Our research will help inform those deliberations. The Technology Policy Institute is a 501(c)(3) research and educational foundation.

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The Citizen Lab

Fellowship location: Toronto, Canada

http://www.citizenlab.org

The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. Our research focuses on the intersection of information communications technologies (ICTs), global security, and human rights. Our mission is to undertake research and development that monitors, analyzes, and impacts the exercise of political power in cyberspace. We achieve this mission through collaborative partnerships with leading-edge research centers, organizations, and individuals around the world.

Our group is composed of a diverse mix of researchers and practitioners from a range of disciplines including political science, sociology, law, computer science, and engineering. Since 2001, we have developed a unique mixed-methods approach to the study of ICTs, politics, human rights, security, and governance. We combine techniques from computer science and information security with field research, qualitative social science methodologies, and legal and policy analysis undertaken by subject matter experts.

The Citizen Lab’s ongoing research network includes the OpenNet Initiative, OpenNet Eurasia, OpenNet Asia, and the Cyber Stewards Program. The Citizen Lab was a founding partner of the Information Warfare Monitor (2002-2012). The Citizen Lab developed the original design of Psiphon, a censorship circumvention software, which spun out of the lab into a private Canadian corporation (Psiphon Inc.) in 2008.

Fellowship focus areas

Each year we tailor the Google Policy Fellowship to the individual fellow to match his / her interests and strengths with current projects at the Citizen Lab. In general we encourage applicants to apply who are interested in two broad areas (or combinations of the two): *This fellowship is NOT supervised by an attorney

US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Fellowship location: Washington, DC, USA

http://www.ushcc.com

The country’s largest Hispanic business organization, the USHCC actively promotes the economic growth and development of Hispanic entrepreneurs and represents the interests of over 3 million Hispanic‐owned businesses in the United States that generate in excess of $465 billion annually. It also serves as the umbrella organization for more than 200 local Hispanic chambers in the United States and Puerto Rico.

Fellowship focus areas

The Google Policy Fellow will work under the Vice President, Government Relations and Policy on a wide range of telecommunications, technology, and science related policy issues. All members of the Government Relations Department must develop policy position papers, write policy related communications, and engage in Congressional and Administration outreach to policy makers. The Google Policy Fellow at the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will be supervised by an attorney.