[Ip-health] Fwd: Oxford Internet Institute

[Madhavi Sunder]

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The Oxford Internet Institute may be of interest to some of you....

Madhavi Sunder
Carnegie Scholar 2006-2008
Professor of Law
University of California, Davis

msunder@ucdavis.edu


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> Reminder: Application deadline 26 September 2007
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> Oxford Internet Institute - Civil Society Practitioners Programme
>
>
> Invitation to apply
> The Oxford Internet Institute (University of Oxford) invites
> applications
> from the global South to fill two places in its Civil Society
> Practitioners
> Programme.
>
> This visitor programme is intended for Civil Society Practitioners of
> distinction or outstanding promise who wish to visit the Institute
> for a
> period of six weeks between February and December 2008, to undertake
> research concerning the social impact of the Internet and related
> ICTs.
> Visitors are expected to reside in Oxford during their stay, and to
> participate fully in the intellectual life of the Institute. The
> successful
> applicants will receive:
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> A subsistence allowance of 3800 GBP (7500 USD) to cover research
> expenses
> and living costs during their stay in Oxford A travel grant of up
> to 1000
> GBP (2000 USD) for travel to and from the UK Applications will
> ideally be
> submitted by Civil Society Practitioners in or from the global
> South, active
> in the areas of freedom of expression, media reform, media justice,
> and
> communications and information policy in the globalized context of the
> Internet.
>
> How to apply
> For details on how to apply, please download:
> Information for Applicants (PDF, 45kb) at
> http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/CSPP_Application_Information.pdf
>
> You may also request to have this information emailed to you in
> plain text
> form. The deadline for completed applications to reach the OII
> Academic and
> Student Affairs Officer (by post or email: contact details below)
> is 26
> September 2007. Please note that incomplete applications cannot be
> considered.
>
> Final notification of an award will occur in November 2007. Successful
> candidates will be expected to take up their six week residency in
> Oxford at
> any time between February and December 2008.
>
> Contact
> Laura Taylor
> Academic and Student Affairs Officer
> Oxford Internet Institute
> University of Oxford
> 1 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3JS
> United Kingdom
> Tel: +44 (0)1865 287222
> Fax: +44 (0)1865 287211
> Email: recruit@oii.ox.ac.uk
>
>
> This programme has been made possible through funding by the media
> policy
> portfolio in the Knowledge, Creativity and Freedom Program of the Ford
> Foundation.
>
> This Call for Applications is also available at:
> http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/microsites/cspp/