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<pre style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">Internet Policy Observatory Post-Doctoral Fellowship or Scholar in Residence </span></b></pre>
<pre style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">Center for Global Communication Studies</span></b></pre>
<pre style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION</span></b></pre>
<pre style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA</span></b></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE">The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania is currently soliciting applications for the </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">Internet Policy Observatory</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE"> Post Doctoral Fellowship</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black"> or Scholar in Residence</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE"> at the Center for Global Communication Studies. The Post Doctoral Fellow will help develop and manage existing research programs surrounding the </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">Internet Policy Observatory</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE">,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black"> and</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE"> develop his/her own independent </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">related </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE">research agenda in the area of </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">global internet policy</span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE">Annenberg’s Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) is a leader in international education and training in comparative media law and policy. The Center's research and policy work addresses issues of media regulation, media and democracy, measuring and evaluation of media development programs, public service broadcasting, and the media's role in conflict and post-conflict environments.</span></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black">The Internet Policy Observatory is a multi-component project with a collaborative network and the goal of assessing incipient Internet policy and governance shifts in key national fora where restrictive
approaches are being considered.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black">The project will examine trends and efforts where national decisions have significance for the formation of global Internet policy. In addition to sponsoring research and collaborations with key
global research and academic organizations, the Internet Policy Observatory will undertake its own research initiatives to establish data on the social and political context of online communications within targeted countries. Some topics the Internet Policy
Observatory will engage in include:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%">The evolution of mechanisms and processes that affect domestic Internet policy;
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%">The legal, political, economic, and social factors (domestic and international) that influence the implementation or non-implementation of such policies;
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%">The relationship between national efforts and international policy formations;</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%">The role of civil society in domestic Internet policy processes and control; and
</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%">The role of public opinion as a mode of determining a “demand side” for useful Internet policy developments.
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<pre><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE">Applicants should hold postgraduate qualifications at PhD level or equivalent in a field related to</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black"> internet policy studies, law or policy,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE"> communication, </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">media/</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE">cultural studies</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE"> Applicants should possess a track record of publishing in high quality international journals or other appropriate refereed publications, as well as teaching experience. Experience in research proposal development and implementation of research projects </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">involving both quantitative and qualitative methodologies </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE">is an </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">required</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE">. This one-year position comes with a stipend of $</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">40</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE">,000</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black"> to $50,000 (depending on years of prior experience),</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE"> health insurance</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE"> $</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">2</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE">,000 in travel and research support, office space with computer and telephone, and full access to the Penn library system. Annenberg welcomes domestic and international applicants. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black"> If applicant has not completed graduate studies in English, the University of Pennsylvania’s TOEFL standards apply (<a href="http://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/node/452" target="_blank">http://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/node/452</a>). </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">The fellowship is a one year term. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE">To apply, please send an application package with CV, statement of interest, and a brief</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black"> (2-3 page)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black"> <span lang="X-NONE">proposal for a research project related to the study of </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">global internet policy to bsmith@asc.upenn.edu</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black" lang="X-NONE">. Research projects may expand existing research or propose new lines of inquiry. Please contact the same email address if you have any questions. Application deadline: </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:black">June 21, 2013 with a start date tentatively (flexible) August 15, 2013. </span><span style="color:black"></span></pre>
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