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Senior Institute Associate, Institute for Technology Law and Policy - Georgetown University Law Center
Job Overview
Professors Paul Ohm and Julie Cohen of the Georgetown University Law Center and Professor Meg Jones in the Georgetown Communications, Culture, and Technology Department have launched a multi-year research project entitled “Redesigning the Governance Stack: New Institutional Approaches to Information Economy Harms” housed in the Institute for Technology Law and Policy at Georgetown Law
We seek applications for a Senior Institute Associate to help us lead this new project – and strongly encourage application from individuals hoping to move from a career in technology law and policy practice to a more research-oriented career.
The new project aims to reinvent the institutions and tools used to govern technology and technology companies in ways that prioritize public accountability and effective public oversight. It will seek to restore and recenter the rule of law within a new institutional framework designed around the needs and failure modes of an informational economy. This is a “full stack” effort, encompassing the sorts of implementation details that shorter term projects might propose but also extending down to rethink fundamental principles of regulatory organization and operation.
The Senior Institute Associate is a key point person for this project, working with the three project Principal Investigators to develop multiple research streams, assisting them on some of these research streams, and leading others, according to the SIA’s interests and prior experience.
Work Interactions
Reporting to the Executive Director of the Institute, the Senior Institute Associate interacts with the PIs on a regular basis. As well, they interact closely with the staff and leadership of the Institute for Technology Law and Policy, and work with student RAs and with others in various Centers, Departments, and Institutes across the Georgetown Campuses.
Qualifications
- JD or a Master’s degree in administrative law, computer science, science and technology studies, information and/or communication studies, or political economy
- Legal training or other relevant experience or both - specifically, well acquainted with issues related to technology law and policy, and some familiarity with one or more of the following: computer science, science and technology studies, information and/or communication studies, and/or political economy
- Proven track record of successful production of interesting research – preference for prior publications
Preferred qualifications
- Excellent research and writing skills, and oral communications skills
- Skilled in problem-solving, critical-thinking, collaboration, and organization
- Motivation, enthusiasm, and self-drive
- 2+ years of professional experience dealing with important social issues at the intersection of technology, law and policy
- Authorship or co-authorship of academic publications in any discipline
- Authorship or co-authorship of published commentary or analysis of technology law or policy issues - for example, white papers, op-eds, or blog posts
Be sure in upload the following materials in your application:
- Cover letter
- Resume
- Copies of representative drafts or publications
Work Mode: Hybrid. Please note that work mode designations are regularly reviewed in order to meet the evolving needs of the University. Such review may necessitate a change to a position’s mode of work designation. Complete details about Georgetown University’s mode of work designations for staff and AAP positions can be found on the Department of Human Resources Mode of Work Designation.
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