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The Industry Fellowship program at the Digital Ethics Center (DEC) offers an exciting opportunity for distinguished industry practitioners, private or publicthought leaders to engage in groundbreaking research on digital ethics and AI governance. This program is designed to support professionals at different stages of their career, bridging the gap between industry innovation while still fostering a shared mission of advancing digital ethics scholarship.
Program Structure
Each fellow will complete a semester-long research paper and participate in a “semester-in-residency” Center visit.
To foster a true residency atmosphere, fellows are expected to be on-site at the Center in New Haven as regularly as possible for one semester (For example, Fall Semester: September 1st to December 2026). This is a non-stipendiary fellowship with institutional affiliation and access to the Digital Ethics Center (DEC) and Yale resources. We can offer ground transportation reimbursements at the end of the semester depending on the proximity of the fellow to New Haven.
The time spent at the center will allow the fellow the opportunity to meet with the Center’s rich and interdisciplinary community–from the DEC Research team, Yale students, affiliated Yale faculty and colleagues across departments and schools. This time at the Center will allow the fellows to discuss current topics in digital ethics and exchange feedback on their research projects. The goal is for each fellow to research, write, and revise a collaborative paper of publishable quality by the end of the semester, on a topic relevant to the activities of the Center, with the support of Professor Floridi and, if applicable, in collaboration with other researchers. The fellowship may complement the work that practitioner is already doing full-time or may be independent of it.
The Industry Fellowship program is cross-sectoral and inclusive of private and public sector leaders from all backgrounds and disciplines. The only requirement is a demonstrated track record of leadership in researching or implementing the governance, ethical, legal, and social implications (GELSI) of digital innovation.
Exceptionally, the Industry fellowship may be renewed for a second semester depending on progress made during the semester.
Eligibility Criteria
- Must be able to visit the Yale Digital Ethics Center on a regular cadence (weekly, monthly, short-term visit) for one academic semester. Please note this does not require the fellow to reside in New Haven or Connecticut
- Demonstrated interest in digital ethics
- Demonstrated interest in governance, ethical, legal, and social implications (GELSI) of digital innovation
- Prior research experience is preferred but not required
- All private and public sector disciplines welcome
- Balance the demands of a full-time role while also the expectations of the semester’s program
How to Apply
Applications should include:
1. A short CV (max 2 pages) containing all relevant information – Please submit it as a PDF with the
format LastName-FirstName-IndustryFellowApplicant.CV.pdf
2. A research proposal (max 2 pages) for the project you would like to develop as a fellow
- Please submit it as a PDF with the format LastName-FirstName-
IndustryFellowApplicant.proposal.pdf - The research proposal should follow this structure:
- What is the specific question addressed by the research?
- Why is it important? Or, if you prefer, why does it matter to address it?
- What’s the working hypothesis about the specific answer?
- How do you plan to support or justify it?
- What are the objections or criticisms that can be raised and yet overcome?
- What’s the methodology (if relevant)?
- What’s the timeline? (please add a Gannt chart)
- Why are you the right researcher to develop this project?
- Why is the DEC the right place where to develop it?
- How are you going to balance the fellowship with your other full-time work
commitments?
- Please refer to publications of the Digital Ethics Center and our most recent Senior Industry
Fellow, Yasmin Alameddine’s published paper XXX, for potential research topic inspiration. These are just examples. New and original topics of research are a priority.
Please send your application to dec@yale.edu, using the subject line “Industry Fellow Applicant”
by Wednesday, April 1st at 11:59 PM. Contact Industry Yasmin Alameddine
(yasmin.alameddine@yale.edu) with any questions.
You will be contacted by June 2026 about next steps if you are selected. If you do not hear back from us,
we have decided not to move forward with your applications.