Name of the Event: CyberBRICS Fellowship Programme 2024
Location: one of the BRICS countries
Date: march - october, 2024
Working language: English
Last Date of Applications: December 10, 2023
Hosted by the Center for Technology and Society at FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro, part ofthe Fellows in Rio Programme.
The Center for Technology and Society at FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro – FGV DIREITO RIO ispleased to announce the 2024 edition of the CyberBRICS Fellowship Programme, which is part ofthe FGV DIREITO RIO’s Fellows in Rio initiative.
The program aims to support a selected group of highly qualified postgraduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral students working in the area related to the activities of the 2024 work plan of theCyberBRICS project, namely artificial intelligence, digital industrial policy, and regulation, witha particular focus on cloud computing and digital public infrastructures in Brazil, Russia, India,China, and South Africa (BRICS).
The programme will offer five fellowships for a duration of up to 6 (six) months, ideally from March to October 2024, at FGV DIREITO RIO, providing economic, intellectual, and networkingresources to support selected scholars coming from the BRICS or having relevant experience in atleast one of the BRICS countries. Fellows might also be able to extend the CyberBRICS Fellowshipfor an additional period.
About FGV
Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) is a world-renowned institution of research and quality education. Since 2021, FGV is ranked as the third most influential think tank in the world, according to theGlobal Go To Think Tanks Index, produced by the Pennsylvania University.
About CTS-FGV
The Center for Technology and Society at FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro was founded in 2003, becoming the first research centre to have been established in Brazil to analyse the impact oftechnology on society. The mission of CTS-FGV is to study the legal, social, and cultural implicationsarising from the advancement of information and communication technologies. CTS-FGV iscommitted to openness, democracy, fundamental rights, inclusion, gender balance and nondiscrimination, and the preservation of the public interest in technological progress.
About The CyberBRICS Project
The CyberBRICS project, the only existing research project dedicated to the analysis of digitalpolicies in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) countries, and has beenestablished at CTS-FGV, since 2018. The triple purpose of the CyberBRICS project is to map existingregulations, identify good and bad practices, and suggest policy solutions. Particularly, the projectaims at exploring the conditions and reasons that have led to “success stories” in terms of digitaltransformation in the BRICS countries. The project builds upon the work developed since itsinception, in terms of research outcomes, strong international network and academic credibility.
BRICS countries are particularly relevant not only as they represent more than 30% of global GDP and approximately 42% of the world population, but because the policies, institutional arrangements,and technologies they are developing are increasingly influential, especially in the Global South. Suchrelevance is likely to increase considering the recent expansion of the BRICS grouping, including sixnew members. Although the national approaches of the BRICS countries remain different in manyrespects, they tend towards convergence in several areas of digital governance. Importantly, since 2021, the BRICS heads of state have started to explicitly call for the establishment of “legalframeworks of cooperation” on crucial issues such as cybersecurity and e-commerce.
Professor Luca Belli and Dr Larissa Magalhães coordinate the CyberBRICS project and can becontacted for further enquiries at luca.belli [at] fgv.br and larissamagalhaes [at] unu.edu.
Further information on the CyberBRICS Project, including, research outcomes, events, previous andcurrent fellows, and team members can be found at www.cyberBRICS.info.
1. SELECTION PROCESS
The selection process will follow two stages. The First Stage consist of evaluation of the followingdocuments (from 10 to 12 December 2023)]
● i. Curriculum Vitae (Brazilian candidates should send their CV in Lattes format)
● ii. Links to two (2) samples of published material, in English, in at least one of theCyberBRICS project areas (i.e. cybersecurity, Internet access, digital transformation, digitalpublic infrastructures, AI policy, governance, and regulation).
● iii. A reference letter;
The Second Stage will consist of interviews with selected candidates (from 13 to 15 December2023). FGV DIREITO RIO will release the results of the selective process by 18 December 2023.
2. ELIGIBILITY
Applicants should preferably be nationals of one of the BRICS countries or having any nationality butan affiliation with an academic institution in one of the BRICS countries. Applicants should becurrently pursuing or have recently completed a doctoral degree in law or in political science,computer science or economics. Candidates must have perfect command of the English languageand demonstrate they have already published research outputs in English.
Applications from candidates holding a masters degree and demonstrating relevant professionalworking experience in one of the issue areas of the project will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. It is strongly recommended to submit applications from members of the BIPOC communities, immigrants and refugees, as well as representatives of LGBTQ+.
3. APPLICATION
Documents to be submitted:A. Curriculum Vitae. Brazilian candidates should send their CV in Lattes format.B. Links to two (2) samples of published material in English, in at least one of the CyberBRICSproject areas (i.e. cybersecurity, Internet access, digitalisation of public administration)C. A reference letterDocuments shall be emailed to the FGV DIREITO RIO International Affairs Secretariat atcri.direitorio@fgv.br with the following Subject: “CyberBRICS Fellowship – candidate’s name”.