The Future Society is a nonprofit think-and-do-tank specialized in questions of impact and governance of Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies. We are looking for a full-time Digital Marketing Intern to join our team for 10 to 14 weeks to work on the AI Civic Forum.

The Future Society addresses the profound consequences of the current technological explosion. Our mission is to advance the global governance of Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies. Learn more about our work here: http://www.thefuturesociety.org/  

About The Future Society: Our research addresses a range of AI governance topics, including AI ethics guidelines across sectors, policy frameworks for AI adoption in developing countries, AI for UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), geopolitics of AI, AI safety risks, and more. We work with international organizations, development banks, national governments, companies, leading academic institutions, and more. Our partners include The World Bank, UNESCO, OECD, EY, Microsoft, The Future of Life Institute, leading academic institutions (e.g. Sciences Po Paris), and many more. AI policy researchers work directly with partners to help shape and advise AI policy approaches on a global scale. 

About this position: The intern will contribute to The AI Civic Forum (AICF), a multi-stakeholder platform to proactively engage people around the world in discussions on AI ethics and governance. Anchored in a robust collective intelligence process, the objectives are delivered through four key deliverables: an online platform; online deliberations; an AI Literacy Toolkit and a Trainer-the-trainer Playbook. The AI Civic Forum is co-led by The Future Society, AlgoraLab, Mila and University of Montreal. 

Duration: 10 to 14 weeks

Location: Remote-based

Application deadline: Until filled (please apply at earliest convenience) 

Starting date: Late May/early June

Recruitment process: Fill in the following form. If you are pre-selected, this stage will be followed by three interviews with our team. 

1. Tasks

• Writing short articles and updates for The AI Civic Forum on The Future Society’s website 
• Writing and diffusing The AI Civic Forum bi-weekly newsletters 
• Leading social media campaigns via Linkedin, Twitter and Facebook 
• Supporting mobilization of local and global ambassadors to diffuse collective intelligence platform and social media campaign
• Implementing and analysing e-marketing tools on The Future Society’s website and The AI Civic Forum online platform (such as Google Analytics and Matomo)
• Liaising with media and other strategic partnerships 
• Designing promotional communication elements such as event leaflet and banners
• Organizing and producing webinars and short promotional videos on AI ethics and civic engagement

2. Skills & traits

• Passion and interest for new technologies and civic engagement 
• Proactive profile with excellent communication and digital skills 
• Detail-oriented, organized, conscientious
• Experience with e-marketing tools such as google analytics, mailchimp, matomo
• Experience leading social media campaigns via Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter
• UI/visual design skills (eg. to design leaflets and event banners)
• Experience with event organization and production (eg. webinars, small videos)
• Preferred Masters degree in a digital innovation, digital marketing or digital communication field 
• Mastery of written English
• Great team spirit
• Ability to work independently
• Diverse international background and experiences preferred

4. What you can get from this role

• Empower citizens to shape the future of AI and AI ethics 
• An ability to directly shape AI policy, ethics and governance with high-level global stakeholders
• Develop a high understanding of the ethical and policy challenges raised by AI and the role of collective intelligence
• Develop skills in digital analysis, writing, project management and public speaking
• Interact with world-renowned experts in AI and leaders in AI policy, including with international organizations such as UNESCO, OECD, and the World Bank
• An ability to work with geographic flexibility
• Professional development, networking, and recruitment opportunities
• Experience working in a dynamic, diverse, growing and international think-tank that has been named among “Best Artificial Intelligence (AI) Think Tanks 2019’” by University of Pennsylvania Lauder Institute’s  Global Go To Think Tank Index Report

The Future Society is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

The Future Society is a nonprofit think-and-do-tank originally incubated at Harvard Kennedy School. We are seeking 1-2 summer interns to support ‘Project Guardian’. The project involves building an interdisciplinary strategy (education, psychology, health) for national and global policymakers to support young children’s’ well-being and development in the era of COVID-19 and its aftermath. 

About Project Guardian: Project Guardian will support the launch of a virtual ideation platform to identify innovative solutions for the wellbeing and development of children from the early stages of pregnancy to the age of eight. Understanding of how children develop (including how the child grows physically, emotionally and learns to communicate, think and socialize) is challenged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Project Guardian will adopt a holistic approach, by looking at the impact of the pandemic and post-pandemic on the entire children’s ecosystem by also addressing the difficulties faced by targeted groups including parents, caregivers and teachers and community as a whole. The tasks include organizing a virtual workshop with multi-stakeholder, interdisciplinary, international experts to brainstorm a strategy, and then development of the strategy. 

Duration: 1.5-4 months (TBD)

Location: Remote-based

Application deadline: Until filled (please apply at earliest convenience) 

Starting date: June 15^th, 2020 

Compensation: Based on level of experience. Junior professionals and Masters students will receive a stipend. Candidates with a PhD or over 2 years of professional experience will receive a competitive compensation.

Recruitment process: Please submit your CV to Michaela Horvathova at michaela_horvathova@mail.harvard.edu. If you are pre-selected, we will contact you to conduct interviews. 

Other: Please note that the project and budget to be confirmed on June 11. 

1. Tasks

Summer analysts will support the project manager by:

• Supporting research of the challenges posed on childhood development in the time of COVID 19
• Helping to identify and coordinate multi-stakeholder, interdisciplinary and international experts for the virtual workshop (stakeholder outreach and communication)
• Preparing the agenda, content, and technology for the virtual summit
• Analyzing and synthetizing insights from the virtual workshop and conducting interdisciplinary research for a strategy for the well-being and development in early childhood education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2. Required skills & traits

• Master’s degree (or pursuing) in education, psychology, health or medicine, public policy, or a related field
• Knowledge in the area of early childhood education grounded in academic or practical experience
• Detail-oriented, organized, conscientious
• Excellent research, analysis and writing skills
• Mastery of English
• Ability to work independently and remotely

3. Preferred skills & traits 

• Experience organizing online and virtual workshops
• Passion and knowledge of childhood development, mental and physical well-being and learning
• Arabic language or knowledge of the MENA region is a bonus
• Experience working in a multi-cultural and international context
• Experience in government, think-tanks, consulting, or academia is a bonus
• Experience in policy analysis and drafting
• Great team spirit

4. What you can get from this role

• Develop a strategy for early childhood education in the COVID-19 era. 
• Interacting with interdisciplinary and international experts in a multi-cultural context
• Learn about international policies and approaches 
• Skills in organizing online workshops, research, analysis, writing
• An ability to work with geographic flexibility
• Professional development, networking, and recruitment opportunities
• Experience working in a dynamic and diverse team.

About The Future Society: Our research addresses a range of AI governance topics, including AI ethics guidelines across sectors, policy frameworks for AI adoption in developing countries, AI for UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and more. We work with international organizations, development banks, national governments, companies, leading academic institutions. Our partners include The World Bank, UNESCO, OECD, EY, Microsoft, The Future of Life Institute, leading academic institutions (e.g. Sciences Po Paris), and many more. Analysts work directly with partners to help shape and advise policies on a global scale. 

The Future Society is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

The Future Society is a nonprofit think-and-do-tank specialized in questions of impact and governance of Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies. We are looking for a full-time Senior Analyst to join our team for 18 months to work on AI against Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) 

The Future Society addresses the profound consequences of the current technological explosion. Our mission is to advance the global governance of Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies. Learn more about our work here: http://www.thefuturesociety.org/  

About The Future Society: Our research addresses a range of AI governance topics, including AI ethics guidelines across sectors, policy frameworks for AI adoption in developing countries, AI for UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), global governance of AI, the geopolitics of AI, policy & governance for ethics & safety risks, and more. We work with international organizations, development banks, national governments, companies, leading academic institutions, and more. Our partners include The World Bank, UNESCO, OECD, EY, Microsoft, The Future of Life Institute, leading academic institutions (e.g. Sciences Po Paris), and many more. 

About this position: The new hire will focus on AI and CSAM policy research, with a specific focus on standards-setting and benchmarking of technology solutions, supporting the Project CleanUP. Project CleanUP tackles the unprecedented surge of online child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) through the benchmarking of emerging technology solutions on at least three applications piloted under partnerships between law enforcement agencies and technology sample solution providers. The vision is a holistic collaboration that enhances the dissemination of the best, benchmarked AI and technology solutions for the detection, prevention, and prosecution of CSEA, especially CSAM. 

Duration: 18 months

Location: Remote-based

Application deadline: Until filled (please apply at earliest convenience) 

Starting date: TBD around July or August 2020

Recruitment process: Fill in the following form. If you are pre-selected, this stage will be followed by three interviews with our team. 

1. Tasks

• Co-leading the research, design, implementation, and review of the benchmarking protocol – including coordination with the project manager and supervising the Assistant Analyst and Team Associate
• Reviewing and assessing the design and development of the partnerships between law enforcement agencies and technology sample solution providers
• Prepare agendas and background research for the Working Group on Leveraging AI for Addressing Online CSAM
• Assist in the organization of two awareness-raising  and  advocacy events
• Writing reports on results of the partnerships between law enforcement agencies and technology sample solution providers
• Event support and participation, including opportunities for speaking
• Network outreach and community management

2. Required skills & traits

• 3-7 years of professional (or PhD) experience
• Experience and knowledge of benchmarks methodologies, standards and technology
• Project management experience
• Previous experience in designing and developing piloting applications and partnerships
• Excellent research, analysis and writing skills
• Mastery of written English
• Ability to work independently
• Detail-oriented, organized, conscientious
• Bachelors (Masters preferred) degree in a related field

3. Preferred skills & traits 

• Passion about combating the Online Child Sexual Abuse Material
• Passion and knowledge of AI policy topics, particularly on security and privacy
• Previous collaborations with law enforcement agencies 
• Experience in government, think-tanks, business, consulting, or academia
• Masters or PhD in social sciences (e.g. public policy, political science, international affairs, economics) or a related field
• Experience in policy analysis and writing
• Great team spirit

4. What you can get from this role

• Make the internet safer for children and reduce CSEA
• An ability to directly combat CSEA and shape AI policy, ethics and governance with high-level global stakeholders
• Interacting with a high-level global network of experts in AI and leaders in AI policy, including with international organizations such as UNICRI, INTERPOL, etc.
• Skills in research & analysis, writing, project management, public speaking

• An ability to work with geographic flexibility
• Professional development, networking
• Experience working in a dynamic, diverse, growing and international think-tank that participates in leading AI policy events around the world

The Future Society is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

The Future Society is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit think-and-do tank. We advance the global governance of artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies. We help society govern AI, seizing the opportunities it presents while mitigating its risks. We are looking for 1 intern to join our team and support our project on AI against Modern Slavery. 

Our research addresses a range of AI policy topics. Our partners include The World Bank, UNESCO, OECD, EY, Microsoft, The Future of Life Institute, leading academic institutions (e.g. Sciences Po Paris, Harvard Kennedy School), and many more. Please see our website for more examples on the topics and methods of our work. This year, The Future Society is adding an element of applied AI research to its agenda, starting by looking into how AI can be used for reading and benchmarking businesses’ reports on Modern Slavery. 

Years after the adoption and implementation of the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act in 2010 and the UK Modern Slavery Act (MSA) in 2015, little is known about businesses’ compliance and what they have been reporting. Today there are approximately 15,000 published Modern Slavery reports and last month Australian businesses stared publishing as required by the Australian Modern Slavery Act. It is imperative to innovate the process of report analysis in order to boost compliance and help combat Modern Slavery. We are looking into automating the analysis and benchmarking of existing reports. 

Duration: To be determined

Location: Remote-based, flexible location 

Application deadline: Until filled (please apply at earliest convenience) 

Starting date: Flexible, to begin after April 20th, 2020

Recruitment process: Fill in the following form. If you are pre-selected, this stage will be followed by three interviews with our team. 

1. Tasks

• Assist the research engineer and project manager in building a structured database including the content of businesses’ reports on Modern Slavery
• Provide input in the overall roadmap of the project
• Understand, test and improve proposed approaches and solutions by thorough questioning and ideating alternative solutions
• Supporting and participating in relevant events 

2. Required skills & traits

• Experience with natural language processing, text preprocessing and analysis methods
• Mastery of Python
• Web scraping ( preferably working with scrapy and beautifulsoup packages)
• Ability to work with both SQL and NoSQL data stores
• Able to use standard collaboration tools such as Git
• Proficiency in English
• Ability to work independently
• Detail-oriented, organized, conscientious, diligent

3. Bonus skills & traits (not required)

• General software engineering knowledge and skills 
• Hands-on experience with one of the major cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure)
• Any extra Computer Science, Data Science and Machine learning (ML) experience and skills
• Great team spirit

4. What you can get from this role

• Help eradicate modern slavery 
• Opportunity to work with cutting edge NLP tools 
• Learn and further develop cloud deployments skills
• An ability to directly shape AI developments, building an NLP solution for something that does not exist yet 
• Help in automating manual and time-consuming work 
• Take part in a great Python challenge/opportunity to test your skills
• Being part in an agile, small, global team 
• Interacting with a high-level global network of experts in AI and leaders in AI policy, including with international organizations such as the World Bank and UNESCO
• An ability to work with geographic flexibility
• Professional development, networking, and recruitment opportunities for the next stages of the projects 
• Experience working in a dynamic, diverse, growing and international think-tank that participates in leading AI policy events around the world

The Future Society is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

The Future Society is a think-and-do-tank specialized in questions of impact and governance of Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies. We are always happy to hear about people interested in working with us.

Our non-profit organization aims to address the profound consequences of the current technological explosion. Our Mission is to advance the global governance of Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies. Learn more about our work here: http://www.thefuturesociety.org/  

Recruitment process: Fill in the following form: https://forms.gle/m6KM1EDay8ELqMit5. We will contact you when we open a role that could be relevant to you.

What you can get from working with us

• An ability to directly shape AI policy, ethics and governance with high-level global stakeholders;
• Interacting with a high-level global network of experts in AI and leaders in AI policy, including with international organizations;
• Skills in research, analysis, writing, project management, public speaking;
• An ability to work with geographic flexibility;
• Professional development, networking, and recruitment opportunities;
• Experience working in a dynamic, diverse, growing and international think-and-do-tank that participates in leading AI policy events around the world.

The Future Society is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.