Hi everyone,
Do you know someone excited to support the Wikimedia movement who has experience setting up systems for secure remote data access and analysis? CAT Lab http://citizensandtech.org/ is looking for a contractor who can help us plan, budget, and potentially set up a first iteration of data access/collaboration infrastructure.
As CAT Lab starts to provide infrastructure to support third-party researchers to collaborate with Wikipedia, reddit, and other communities on research, we need to establish infrastructure for secure, privacy-protecting data access and analysis across multiple projects. That's where the data systems engineer will come in.
We have set aside $25k for this remote-available contract, and pending approval from Cornell, can set up international contracts. Please send on the opportunity and contact Elizabeth Eagen ee263@cornell.edu if you have any questions.
CAT Lab is committed to asking questions and facilitating a team environment that transform the diversity of who asks questions in open knowledge and the social sciences. So we would especially welcome referrals to people who have a track record in that regard.
*About CAT Lab* The Citizens and Technology Lab http://citizensandtech.org/ (CAT Lab) at Cornell University envisions a world where digital power is guided by evidence and accountable to the public. We work with communities to study the effects of technology on society and test ideas for changing digital spaces in the public interest.
To achieve this mission, CAT Lab does industry-independent citizen science. Using open science software we develop in-house, we collaborate with communities and movements to discover practical, replicable knowledge that contributes to science and is guided by the people affected by digital power.
All the best,