Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 16th May 2022
- Sydney > CBD, Inner West & Eastern Suburbs Sydney
The Global Initiative for Digital Empowerment (GIDE) is a strategic initiative of THE NEW INSTITUTE, a Hamburg-based institute of advanced studies and a platform to find answers to the most pressing ecological, economic and political challenges of our time. The GIDE (www.thegide.org) mission is to progress a model of digital governance devoted to human welfare through practically deliverable policy suggestions for pivotal policy makers. GIDE is made up of over 70 specialists from around the world, including policy experts, researchers, Internet technical experts, business people, security specialists and others.
We're looking for someone who is passionate about tech policy and eager to learn about complex issues in a rapidly-changing international environment.
GIDE seeks to bring new practical policy solutions and diverse international partners to ensure that the rules of the digital economy are more directed to the broad interests of humans, not just businesses and governments. Our human centred model is beyond mere user concerns, but rather is directed to all humans (including non-users) and seeks to improve their well-being not just through material gain but also in optimising their social solidarity, agency, and environmental sustainability.
GIDE works at the intersection of technology and policy and covers a range of policy issues, including but not limited to:
The qualified intern may have the opportunity to author or co-author blog posts, articles, research papers, as well as policy submissions to governments. The person may also be asked to attend events overseas.
This is a paid intern position. It will expose the successful candidate to some of the world’s leading figures in the world of Internet Governance. International travel to support key events is likely.
Ideal candidates for the internship position will possess the following characteristics:
The position is based in Sydney and will work closely with the Co-Chair.
The ideal applicant will be a detail-oriented, intrinsically motivated self-starter who is inquisitive, industrious, and thoroughly enjoys finding, organising, and analysing complex issues. The applicant should be interested and able to develop innovative insights, analysis, and authorship while also thriving in a collaborative, fast-paced, distributed team environment. She or he will be a quick study and highly productive coordinator, researcher, writer, and thinker.