[P2P-F] fyi: Research Positions for the Transition towards a open commons-based knowledge society in Ecuador

Fri Sep 20 00:36:02 CEST 2013

Research Positions for the Transition towards a open commons-based
knowledge society:

The FLOK Society Project (http://floksociety.org/)  is looking for a number
of Research Coordinators/Assistants that can help the project through
research assistance to support the  development of  transition strategies,
proposals and policies to help Ecuador to create a open commons-based
knowledge society that enables ‘good living’ for the Ecuadorian people. The
project is funded and coordinated by IAEN, the advanced studies institute
of Ecuador, located in Quito,  and two associated ministries.

The research project will be coordinated in an integrative framework by
Michel Bauwens (see http://floksociety.org/#anchor1 ).

The expected salary will be $4,000 per month. Positions are open
immediately and will last until the end of March 2014. A possibility exists
that the Research Coordinators/Assistants can rely on specialist expert
assistance throught Ecuadorian Prometheo program. Candidates should have a
PhD, but the condition can be waved exceptional if Master level candidates
can demonstrate valuable expertise.

If you are interested and believe you are qualified, please send you CV and
motivation to p2pfoundation1 at gmail.com

Candidates with a prior experience in the open / commons / p2p / sharing
oriented activities will be preferred.

0. The function of general assistant coordinator of research

This position is the project management function that insures that the
research is delivered on time, in qualitative condition, and in the formats
necessary for the project.

1. Research coordinator and assistant on enhancing human capabilities

* open education, human talent and capacities building; cultural issues;
group faciltation; culture change / innovation and science ; arts and
meaning-making activities

This position will coordinate the research into open education, open
science and scholarship; the subjective capacities needed for
commons-oriented cultural change; collective and group facilation to
increase cooperative capacity; the stimulation of innovation and invention
amongst Ecuadorian citizens.

2. Research  coordinator and assistant on commons-oriented productive
capacities

* enhancement of productive capacity through open design commons,
distributed manufacturing, sustainable agriculture; and open machining ;
energy

This position will coordinate the research into the methods and means to
increase the social productivity of agricultural, industrial and service
productivity through knowledge sharing, distributed means of production,
open and shared machinery, and the mutualization of the support
infrastructures for production. The research will look at the ecological
and social externalities of production, positive and negative, and look
into the ways to stimulate the creation of maximum positive externalities
that benefit the common good.

3. Research  coordinator and assistant into the enabling legal and other
institutional frameworks to support open productive capacities

* legal and institutional frameworks (includes value accounting, new
corporate and ethical economy formats) / policy-making

This position will coordinate the research into the rules and norms of open
and commons oriented value creation; look into the institutional framework
and support that is needed by the actors and citizens; including possible
reform of the economic and monetary systems, the legal forms for
corporations and ethical economy entities; new forms of accounting for
value creation and externalities; and measurement and reward systems for
contributory value creation; in other words, this part of the research
looks at the invisible social infrastructures. The research will look at
policies that are need to support such a transition, and at new governance
and property formats that will need to be stimulated.

4, Research  coordinator and assistant into open technical infrastructures

* open technical infrastructures , privacy, security, data ownership,
digital rights

This position will coordinate the research into the rules and norms of
openness and the commons orientation of digital infrastructures (open
defintions, licensing, IP regime); and important aspects of digital usage
such as privacy, security; individual and collective rights of expression
through digital media.

5. Research  coordinator and assistant on the physical infrastructures of
collective life

* physical infrastructures: housing / transportation / urban policies

This position wil coordinate the research into physical infrastructures
such as housing, transportation, physical security, and urban, regional and
national policies that can promote the sustainable extension of such
infrastructures to enable the good living. This research will look at
collaborative consumption and other forms of mutualization of
infrastructure.

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