Environmental Justice in Tech (EJIT) Fellowship

Join us as one of four Environmental Justice in Technology (EJIT) Fellows for Summer 2025! This remote fellowship offers a unique opportunity to shape the intersection of environmental justice and technology while building expertise in research, education, and creative intervention.

APPLICATION CLOSED.

Application Process Timeline:

Application Deadline: Rolling until April 15th, 2025 (11:59PM, anywhere on Earth)!

Finalist notified by: early-June, 2025

Fellowship Begins: mid- to late-June, 2025

Fellowship Details

  • Duration: 12 weeks (June 15 - August 29, 2025; flexible)

  • Time Commitment: ~20 hours per week

  • Location: Remote

  • Compensation: $3,000 stipend (flexible payment schedule)

Project Areas

Fellows will lead one transformative project while collaborating on others:

    • Lead the creation of our annual environmental justice in tech publication.

    • Curate and shape compelling narratives around tech and environmental justice.

    • Coordinate the design, layout, and distribution of both digital and print editions.

    • Investigate digital climate misinformation through a climate justice lens.

    • Contribute to groundbreaking research in just data infrastructure.

    • Work under the supervision of Dr. Benedetta Brevini.

    • Create climate justice and coding workshops using Jupyter Notebook/Google CoLab, etc.

    • Develop educational resources for popular and higher education.

    • Design digital mapping and interactive activities.

    • Conceptualize and prototype innovative ways to engage new audiences on environmental justice and technology.

    • Collaborate with artists, writers, and technologists to create interdisciplinary projects.

    • Potentially organize and facilitate community events or online experiences that showcase the interventions.

What We’re Looking For!

We welcome applicants who:

  • Have experience with environmental justice through community work, lived experience, or study

  • Strong writing and communication skills

  • Self-motivated project management abilities—working independently and meet deadlines

  • Collaborative spirit and kind teamwork

  • Proficiency with digital collaboration tools (Slack, Zoom, Google Suite)1

Note: A STEM background is not required. We actively encourage applicants from interdisciplinary and traditionally "non-technical" fields!

Commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility (IDEAS)
Rooted Futures Lab actively welcomes and encourages applications from individuals of traditionally underrepresented identities. We do not discriminate based on sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, age, disability, or economic background. We recognize that the most innovative solutions emerge when diverse voices, experiences, and ways of knowing converge. Our fellowship intentionally creates space for those who have been systematically excluded from both tech development and environmental decision-making. We actively seek perspectives from frontline communities, indigenous knowledge keepers, interdisciplinary thinkers, and those who bring critical lived experience to environmental justice work. This isn't just about demographic diversity—it's about transforming who gets to shape our technological futures."

APPLICATION CLOSED.