[Air-L] Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society to launch a three-year multidisciplinary Institute to “reboot social media”

[Joly MacFie]

https://cyber.harvard.edu/story/2021-07/berkman-klein-center-to-launch-three-year-institute-for-rebooting-social-media

Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (BKC) is launching an
ambitious three-year “pop-up” research initiative, the Institute for
Rebooting Social Media
<https://cyber.harvard.edu/programs/institute-rebooting-social-media>. The John
S. and James L. Knight Foundation <https://knightfoundation.org/> and Craig
Newmark Philanthropies <https://craignewmarkphilanthropies.org/> have
committed generous donations to support the new initiative, which will
convene practitioners, policymakers, scholars, and students to improve the
future of social media and online communication.

The Institute will be led by two BKC faculty directors: Professor Jonathan
Zittrain <https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/jzittrain>, George Bemis
Professor of International Law and Professor of Computer Science at Harvard
University, and James Mickens <https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/jmickens>,
Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University.

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*Engage with the Institute:*


   - *We’re* *hiring for an Institute Director to lead and shape the
   “pop-up” Institute, in collaboration with the faculty directors. Learn more
   about the role here
   <https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/HomeWithPreLoad?PageType=JobDetails&partnerid=25240&siteid=5341&Areq=54915BR#jobDetails=1904861_5341>.*
   - As we build the pop-up Institute, *we’d love your help in surfacing
   interesting work in the field. Please share recommendations with us *
   *here*
   <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQWlyzDfX_yPuoxUF-Ahcut7DqX1oZTFt9wLz-SAuslBKI-Q/viewform>
   *.*
   - To learn more about the Institute for Rebooting Social Media’s
   strategic vision, its soft launch in fall 2021, and its full launch in the
   spring semester of 2022, *sign up to receive email updates **here*
   <https://us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115cd&id=4782a3c945>*
and
   follow the Berkman Klein Center on **social media*
   <https://cyber.harvard.edu/getinvolved>*. *
   <https://us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ef13e6d75b74b1791f13115cd&id=4782a3c945>Over
   the coming months, we will be sharing more on fellowship and job
   opportunities, public engagements, events, and emerging research.


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