Get Involved

Human Continuity Institute runs on contributors, not just members — volunteer researchers building Digital DNA, writers and analysts for AI News, reviewers in our expert network, and partners helping governments govern AI responsibly. Here’s how to take part.

HCI is a young, growing organisation still building its funding base. Most pathways below are unpaid or in-kind today — that’s also where the real early shaping of these projects happens, and it’s how everyone currently working with HCI got started. No unpaid role implies a future paid one, but as HCI grows, paid roles will draw first from people already contributing.

Ways to contribute

✓ Remote · Flexible · Open worldwide

Volunteer Researcher — Digital DNA

Help build the pipeline that makes a person’s “digital essence” measurable from photos, video, and writing — an open research and engineering problem, not a finished spec to implement.

Read the Contributor Brief →

✓ Open to members · After editorial review

Content Contributor — AI News

Submit analysis, commentary, or reporting on AI ethics and governance to be published under HCI’s name after editorial review.

Submit your piece →

✓ Researchers, lawyers, technologists

Expert Reviewer Network — AI Ethical Labs

Join the global network of specialists in ethics, law, technology, and human rights who conduct AI Ethical Labs’ independent reviews for businesses, governments, and NGOs.

See how reviews work →

✓ Seeking partners in SE Asia & Sub-Saharan Africa

Government & Policy Partner

Help bring AI governance frameworks, training, and technical assistance to government agencies adopting AI without yet having the capacity to govern it ethically.

See the initiative →

✓ Students & researchers · Worldwide · Opens Jan 2027

Continuity Scholars Program

Planned scholarships for students and researchers in AI, machine learning, and computer science who care about responsible AI. Funding is tied to donations.

Learn more →

✓ Free · Anyone, anywhere

General Membership

The starting point for most people: publish to AI News, join events, a place in the Digital DNA founding cohort, discounted ethics reviews, and the global HCI network.

Join HCI →

Open Roles

The pathways above are open-ended; these are the specific, named roles we’re actively looking to fill right now.

HCI-VOL-001
Open

Digital DNA Research Volunteer

Digital DNA Project · Remote · Flexible

Ground-floor applied ML/CV research: help figure out whether a person’s digital essence can be made measurable from photos, video, and writing. Not a finished spec — an open problem.

View role
Apply

HCI-REV-001
Open

AI Ethical Labs Reviewer

Expert Review Network · Remote

Join the roster of specialists — ethics, law, technology, human rights — who conduct independent ethical reviews for businesses, governments, and NGOs submitting to AI Ethical Labs.

View role
Apply

HCI-CON-001
Open

AI News Contributor

Content & Editorial · Remote

Write analysis, commentary, or reporting on AI ethics and governance for publication under HCI’s name, after editorial review.

Submit a piece

HCI-GOV-001
Open

Government & Policy Partner

Policy & Governance · SE Asia & Sub-Saharan Africa

Help bring AI governance frameworks, training, and technical assistance to government agencies adopting AI without yet having the capacity to govern it ethically.

View role
Apply

HCI-SCH-001
Opens Jan 2027

Continuity Scholar

Education · Worldwide

Planned scholarships for students and researchers in AI, machine learning, and computer science who care about responsible AI. Funding is tied to donations.

Learn more

How it works

Pick a pathway or role above and follow its link — most lead to a short form or a contributor brief.
HCI’s founder and founding advisors review what comes in personally; there’s no automated screening yet, so a thoughtful note goes a long way.
You’ll hear back directly by email. HCI is still small, so there’s no fixed response-time guarantee, but every submission gets a reply.

No unpaid pathway above asks for identity documents or payment details — only what’s needed to evaluate interest. If you’d rather not use a public form, email contact@human-continuity.org directly.

For universities, NGOs, and government bodies

Proposing joint research, a training partnership, or institutional collaboration is a different conversation from an individual volunteering. Visit our Partner With Us page to submit a proposal, or see the AI for Developing Governments initiative if government partnership is the fit.