Alejandro Posada
Lead Social Scientist
Internews
| Location | Cali , Colombia |
| Gender and Title | Male, Mr. |
| aposadabermudez@internews.org | |
| Telephone | +573107639276 |
| Website | https://rootedintrust.org/ |
| Bio |
Expertise
| Expertise | Country | Affiliation | Local |
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| Political economy | Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Zaire), Haiti, Iraq, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, South Sudan, Sudan, Yemen, Zimbabwe | Internews |
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The Lead Social Scientist position involves being a part of the global technical advisory team at Rooted in Trust, a multimillion-dollar Internews project financed by BHA. The project's primary objective is to strengthen the information ecosystem and tackle health-related misinformation across 13 humanitarian locations, encompassing Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, Colombia, Brazil, Mali, Zimbabwe, DRC, Sudan, and South Sudan. As the Lead Social Scientist, the responsibilities included: ➤ Consolidating the formation of 13 national teams, each comprised of 10 staff members, which included onboarding, supervision, and, technical support. ➤ Supervising the work of community engagement and accountability officers in 13 countries, providing technical support and expertise related to infodemic management, rumor tracking, social listening, research, and social science. ➤ Developing global-level onboarding material on various topics including reality and fact-checking, qualitative analysis, community-centered approaches, and information ecosystems. ➤ Leading and supervising global-level research projects contributing to the emerging field on infodemic management in humanitarian contexts. The research projects included: Turning Social Listening Data into Action (All locations), Inequity Driven Mistrust (Iraq, Brazil, Colombia), and Information Ecosystems Preparedness (DRC, South Sudan, Mali). |
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