Heads up for 2 new paid, short-term research assistantship opportunities with 21Wilberforce, UHPers! You can apply by emailing Professor Christov at christov@gwu.edu and Nathan Wineinger, Director of Policy & Coalitions for 21Wilberforce, at nathan@21wilberforce.org. Do so by next Friday, November 6 to ensure your application is considered.
Global Religious Freedom Data Spectrum:
Religious freedom is a cornerstone of both liberal democracy and international law through Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Around the world, belief communities face various levels of rights violations from governments and non-state actors. Religious freedom issues are tracked by governments, NGOs, advocacy organizations, and researchers producing various types of data on the issue. The Global Religious Freedom Data Spectrum is an initiative of 21Wilberforce and the Loeb Institute to gather that information into one place to demonstrate the diversity of entities that track it, the breadth of ideological perspectives that are engaged, as well as gaps in particular group representation. Findings from the project will be presented at the 2020 Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom during a virtual side event.
STUDENT RA ROLES:
The successful RA applicant will have skills in the required skills section, and may have skills in the desirable skills section. The RA position is for the fall semester with the potential to continue into the spring semester. It is entirely virtual. You will report to staff at the Loeb Institute for Religious Freedom and be trained by them and by staff at 21Wilberforce, an NGO that works to advance religious freedom for all no matter their religion or belief. You will be expected to perform nine hours of effort in the first period (through November 20th) and subsequently 6 hours per week for the remainder of the semester. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis for immediate engagement.
Required Skills: Human Rights, Policy, and Data:
- Data collection, review of other’s collection, and verification.
- Updating codebook with changes in data, scale, sources.
- Research on additional variables to include in the Data Spectrum.
- Drafting memos to lead researchers on suitability or non-suitability of various indicators based on general credibility and application to Article 18 rights.
- Launch event coordination and logistics.
Desirable Skills: Web Design:
- Word Press skills to update pages with new content
- Reviewing Word Press plugins for suitability and applicability to data integration
- Coding skills to build new tools or modify plugins for new tool functionality
- Basic
- Geospatial and data visualization experience/training
- Optional: Database query design experience/training
- Optional: User interface development experience/training
Desirable Skills: Publication Design:
- Updating and formatting the annual report, any supplemental reports, fact sheets, social media memes, and social media posts.
- Consulting on any info-graphic, graphic, or logo updates.
- Formatting of student sourced research, posting about student or academic research that uses GRFDS
- Optional: User interface development experience/training
