January News: New climate partnership, post-doc fellowship, and more!
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New partnership to help communities manage fisheries and tackle the climate crisis
As a crisis brews in the world’s oceans and marine ecosystems deplete alarmingly, we are launching a new collaboration to put power in peoples’ hands and restore balance. The Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) , People Powered, and Participation Factory are piloting a solution in the Seychelles and Madagascar that seeks to strengthen the participation of local stakeholders in how marine fisheries are managed.
?? Explore the partnership: https://www.peoplepowered.org/news-content/partnership-democratizing-fisheries
We funded 4 research projects on participatory democracy. The results are in!
With the growing movement for participatory democracy globally, the need for effective, context-specific solutions has never been more pressing. In 2021, our members voted to allocate $50,000 to fund participatory democracy research that directly responded to practitioners' needs. We funded four research projects, through an open call to our members, and we just released the final reports.?
The findings provide insight on involving students in participatory budgeting, transitions to e-democracy, increasing the participation of internally displaced people, and more.
?? Read the research reports: https://www.peoplepowered.org/news-content/we-funded-4-innovative-research-projects-on-participatory-democracy-the-results-are-in
Apply to be our learning and evaluation specialist!
Attention PhD students and graduates! People Powered is hosting a fully funded two-year postdoc fellowship for a learning and evaluation specialist. We are honored to have been selected as a host organization by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) for its Leading Edge Fellowship program for a second time. The learning and evaluation specialist will help us understand, communicate and grow the impact of our work, in order to accelerate transitions to participatory democracy around the world.??
Apply by 9 p.m. ET on Monday, March 13, 2024 (2 a.m. UTC on Tuesday, March 14, 2024). Applicants must be authorized to work in the US for the entire duration of the fellowship term.
?? See the details and apply: https://www.peoplepowered.org/news-content/post-doc-fellowship-learning-and-evaluation-specialist