Ecosystem of Connection, Community, Healthier Online Spaces
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Researcher mapping organizations addressing loneliness, polarization, and healthier online spaces for the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Producing a transatlantic ecosystem analysis across the United States, Canada, and European Union.
Responsibilities:
- Map the ecosystem of organizations, networks, funders, and initiatives working on loneliness, community, social cohesion, healthier online spaces, and related issues
- Identify overlaps, gaps, connections, promising models, future clusters, and cross-border differences across the United States, Canada, and the European Union
- Develop a clear framework categorizing the ecosystem by dimensions such as geography, issue area, theory of change, target population, scale, and funding source
- Recommend organizations and individuals for engagement in the broader inquiry, with a brief rationale for each
- Conduct interviews, outreach, or other methods to reach organizations less visible online
- Produce a 15–20 page analytical report
- Deliver a short briefing to the Heinrich Böll Foundation Washington, DC team
- Remain available for follow-up questions as the broader project develops
Requirements:
- Researchers, analysts, and independent consultants based in the United States, Canada, or the European Union
- Background in civil society and philanthropy, technology policy, social psychology and sociology, community organizing, youth development, digital media, or related fields
- Firsthand knowledge of the field, not only desk research
- Submit a 500–750 word proposal outlining approach, framework, sources, methods for identifying and verifying organizations, timeline, and relevant prior experience
- Submit a CV or résumé
- Submit a relevant work sample, such as a prior landscape analysis, report, or database
- Availability to submit a draft by December 14 and participate in a feedback round with HBS
- Applications must be submitted via BambooHR
- Ability to produce a 15–20 page analysis and briefing
Benefits:
- Compensation of $8,000 for the commission
- Opportunity to contribute to a broader transatlantic inquiry
- Potential for parts of the analysis to become public-facing
- Follow-up discussion and questions as the broader project develops
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