Scadenza: 31 August 2020
Scadenze successive:
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, with the first period of review beginning on August 31, 2020.
Topic:
The Just Tech Rapid-Response Grants will thus support innovative research projects that deploy remote research methods to shed light on both the short- and potential long-term implications of public health interventions for a range of rights, liberties, and public goods. Subjects may include, but are not limited to:
a) Contact tracing and public health surveillance
b) Voting access and rights amid “lockdowns” and widespread social distancing
c) Disparities in the collection, representation, and use of health data
d) The digital divide in remote work and learning, education, and public health
e) Precarity of labor and work in the tech industry or gig economy
f) Remote organizing, campaigning, and social movements
g) The impact of predictive algorithms on the provision of social welfare and policing
Programma:
Just Tech Program
Ente finanziatore:
Social Science Research Council
Duration of the project: Proposed projects must be completed within six months of the start date of the grant.
Who can participate:
Eligible candidates must hold a PhD in the social sciences, humanities, or related interdisciplinary fields (e.g., law, political philosophy, racial and ethnic studies, gender studies, migration studies, public health). Applications from any part of the world and in any world region are eligible, as are applications from PhDs who conduct research outside of a university environment (e.g., civil society or nongovernmental organizations).
Partnership: Mandatory
Status:
Closed
Quota finanziabile:
from USD $5,000 to $10,000
Topic:
The Just Tech Rapid-Response Grants will thus support innovative research projects that deploy remote research methods to shed light on both the short- and potential long-term implications of public health interventions for a range of rights, liberties, and public goods. Subjects may include, but are not limited to:
a) Contact tracing and public health surveillance
b) Voting access and rights amid “lockdowns” and widespread social distancing
c) Disparities in the collection, representation, and use of health data
d) The digital divide in remote work and learning, education, and public health
e) Precarity of labor and work in the tech industry or gig economy
f) Remote organizing, campaigning, and social movements
g) The impact of predictive algorithms on the provision of social welfare and policing
Who can participate:
Eligible candidates must hold a PhD in the social sciences, humanities, or related interdisciplinary fields (e.g., law, political philosophy, racial and ethnic studies, gender studies, migration studies, public health). Applications from any part of the world and in any world region are eligible, as are applications from PhDs who conduct research outside of a university environment (e.g., civil society or nongovernmental organizations).
Programme:
Just Tech Program
Consortium: Required
Status: Open
Total budget:
Funding rate:
from USD $5,000 to $10,000