Prometeo Candidates - Profiles per stream

We may have the possibility to engage 7 researchers through the PROMETEO program, with the following profiles:

Indigenous Researcher
Indigineous researcher with knowledge on indigenous concerns

The FLOK Society Research team is looking for a PhD candidate, with fluent Spanish and Kichwa, as well as good working knowledge of English, to assist the team in its research on the concerns of the Indigenous people of Ecuador concerning the Buen Vivir and Buen Conocer policies. The candidate will assist the FLOK Research director and coordinators with specific issues of concern, and coordinate the input from Indigenous people, scholars and policy advocates in the domains affecting the FLOK project.

General Researcher
general research working with the research director and research director assistant (Daniel Araya), and who can be mobilized for urgencies

The FLOK Society research team, which is working on transition policies to create open-commons based knowledge for Ecuadorian society and the economy, is looking for a Spanish language PhD candidate with excellent research skills for Ecuadorian research material. The candidate will support the Research Director and Assistant Research Coordinator with special research tasks, as well as support the Research Stream Coordinators when needed.

Stream 1 Researcher
Candidate should have these qualifications:


 * 1) Fluent in Spanish and English (reading and writing).
 * 2) Passionate interest in education/learning, especially the use of technology in the development of "human capabilities".
 * 3) Interest in Public Policy particularly in the Ecuadorian context.
 * 4) An interest in researching public policy models as they overlap open educational resources (OER).
 * 5) Research work will predominantly focus on comparative models of OER, particularly in the Latin American context.
 * 6) Preference for a candidate with a graduate degree.
 * 7) Interest in open source production (open design, open hardware, open science, open access publishing) would be a strong asset.
 * 8) Curiosity with regard to digital technologies and/or high performance computing is an asset.

Stream 2 Researcher
The FLOK Society research team, which is working on transition policies for building a commons-based open knowledge society in Ecuador, is looking for a Spanish language PhD candidate with strong research skills for Ecuadorian material. The candidate will support the Coordinator of Research Stream #2: Commons-oriented productive capacities (Dr George Dafermos) in data collection and analysis and the rest of the team of Research Stream Coordinators. Applications are welcomed from researchers who have a range of experience in the following subject areas:
 * distributed energy
 * distributed manufacturing
 * sustainable agriculture
 * biotechnology

Stream 3 Researcher
Social Infrastructure and Institutional Innovation

The FLOK Society Research team, which is working on transition policies to create open-commons based knowledge for Ecuadorian society, is looking for a candidate with excellent research skills for Ecuadorian research material.

The Research Assistant will support the Coordinator of Research Stream #3: Social Infrastructure and Institutional Innovation in data collection and analysis in the following areas:

•	Examination of public policy and legislation for co-operative and social enterprises and NGOs;

•	Public policy with respect to the promotion of co-operative and commons-based production models;

•	Public policy with respect to the promotion and extension of civil society and the social and solidarity economy;

•	Tax policy with respect to co-operative, social, and non-profit enterprises; and

•	Public policy with respect to the support of partnering frameworks for co-production of goods and services by the state and civil society.

The ideal candidate will be someone who is fluent in both English and Spanish (reading and writing) and has a solid background and knowledge of civil society in Ecuador with connections to a broad range of social economy organizations, including co-operatives, NGOs, and Community Service Organizations (CSOs). Familiarity with the ongoing political, organizational, and economic issues within Ecuador’s social/solidarity economy a definite asset.

The Research Assistant will:

•	Conduct supporting research on Ecuadorian materials pertaining to the policy and legislative environment with respect to civil society and the social/solidarity economy

•	Assist in the translation of key materials

•	Assist in the identification of key people and organizations, both inside and outside government, to provide input into policy and legislative issues

•	Arrange meetings and discussions with key individuals and organizations

•	Act as an interpreter for key interviews and organizational meetings.

Ideally, the candidate will have a graduate degree, in one or more of the following fields: Political Science, political economy, sociology, social/solidarity economy, public administration, civic movements.

Contact: John Restakis, Research Co-ordinator, Stream 3

restakis@gmail.com

Stream 4 Researcher
The FLOK Society Research team, which is working on transition policies to create open-commons based knowledge for Ecuadorian society, is looking for a Spanish language PhD candidate with excellent research skills for Ecuadorian research material. The candidate will support the Coordinator of Research Stream #4: Open Technical Infrastructures in data collection and analysis in the following areas :


 * Hardware and connectivity (Open Source Hardware)
 * Free Software
 * Cyber Security

Candidate should have:


 * Fluency in Spanish and English (reading and writing)
 * Interest in Public Policy particularly in the Ecuadorian context

Stream 5 Researcher
The FLOK Society Research team, which is working on transition policies to create open-commons based knowledge for Ecuadorian society, is looking for an individual for data collection and analysis on Ecuadorian research material.

The ideal candidate, who will be supporting the Coordinator of Research Stream #5: Physical Infrastructures for collective life (housing, healthcare, food/urban agriculture, sustainability, collaborative consumption), will match most of the following qualifications:


 * Excellent research skills (mandatory)
 * Fluency in Spanish and English (reading/writing/speaking). (mandatory)
 * Experience in the areas of housing cooperatives / health care cooperatives
 * Excellent understanding of sustainability issues
 * Interest in Public Policy, particularly in the Ecuadorian context.
 * Passionate about alternative models to social, economic and environmental issues.
 * Experience with collaborative consumption practices.
 * Preference for a candidate with a graduate degree.
 * Knowledge of the Ecuadorian context is a high plus!
 * Hard-worker and committed individual