I wanted to expand upon our thoughts on the research question for our proposal at the Stanford Internet Observation Center.
To recap, the research question is:
What key factors constrain the development of online safety skills in the Caribbean? Does uneven technology adoption in the Caribbean affect the vulnerability to online harms, what role does early education have in mitigating them, and do current multistakeholder collaboration initiatives have a significant effect?
Internet governance training and being spied on by Meta I started a new training course from the Virtual School of Internet Governance this week. Over the next ten weeks, I’ll read, watch and learn more about the Internet and the structures and people behind its governance. I already know a fair amount, some of it from the fact that I was on the internet very early through a university account in London around ’89/’90.
Following on from the announcement we made relating to the research proposal, the next bit of news is that we have submitted our final proposal.🙌🥳
Proposals of this type are actually more challenging to write than you think. They often come with constraints, and this one was no exception. We had only two pages of plain text in a traditional font like Times New Roman, at size 12. That turns out to be around 800 or so words.
If you’re interested, last month, I presented a case study on CBDCs in the Caribbean for an UNCTAD training course (Legal Aspects of eCommerce). The video is up and available here. Reach out if you’d like to discuss.
I’m pleased to announce that I have been working with Michele Marius on a call for proposals from the Stanford Internet Observatory. Late last year, the SIO requested proposals titled Expanding Online Trust & Safety Research. Fairly quickly, I proposed to Michele to see if she would be interested in participating as a fellow researcher, which she graciously accepted.
We have written our proposal so far, and it is in its final stages before submission.