Harvard Center for International Development - Onsite in Cambridge, MA (next to Boston)<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;cid-harvard&#x2F;job-descriptions" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;cid-harvard&#x2F;job-descriptions</a><p>* UI Developer (Visa possible) * Web and Data Developers (Visa possible) * Web Development INTERNS<p>What we do:
We take real world government data and research, and turn them into interactive data viz tools. The Atlas of Economic Complexity is our current online tool that lets you interactively visualize a country’s trade and explore growth opportunities for more than a hundred countries worldwide. There are also other National Atlas projects launching soon, one for Colombia and one for Mexico.<p>Our stack:
We use python, django, mysql (hopefully postgres soon), elasticsearch, ansible for the back end. For the frontend, it&#x27;s ember &#x2F; d3 on big national projects, jquery&#x2F;d3 on atlas.cid.harvard.edu&#x2F; and WebGL with Three.js on some 3d projects that we’ve launched such as globe.cid.harvard.edu&#x2F; Everything we do is open source: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;cid-harvard" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;cid-harvard</a><p>Demo of the current atlas:
An example of how the atlas is useful take this story here: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;interactive&#x2F;2014&#x2F;03&#x2F;21&#x2F;world&#x2F;europe&#x2F;how-much-europe-depends-on-russian-energy.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;interactive&#x2F;2014&#x2F;03&#x2F;21&#x2F;world&#x2F;europe&#x2F;h...</a><p>Last year the EU placed sanctions on sales of oil equipment, but not on oil imports. Why could this be? Almost 70% of russia&#x27;s exports are petrol products: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;atlas.cid.harvard.edu&#x2F;explore&#x2F;tree_map&#x2F;export&#x2F;rus&#x2F;all&#x2F;show&#x2F;2013&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;atlas.cid.harvard.edu&#x2F;explore&#x2F;tree_map&#x2F;export&#x2F;rus&#x2F;all...</a><p>And Russia exports the overwhelming majority of its petroleum products to Europe:
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;atlas.cid.harvard.edu&#x2F;explore&#x2F;tree_map&#x2F;export&#x2F;rus&#x2F;show&#x2F;2709&#x2F;2013&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;atlas.cid.harvard.edu&#x2F;explore&#x2F;tree_map&#x2F;export&#x2F;rus&#x2F;sho...</a><p>The big blue chunk is europe, meaning a sanction would really hurt Russia. However, when you look at who else the EU could buy from, the situation is grim: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;atlas.cid.harvard.edu&#x2F;explore&#x2F;tree_map&#x2F;net_export&#x2F;show&#x2F;all&#x2F;2709&#x2F;2013&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;atlas.cid.harvard.edu&#x2F;explore&#x2F;tree_map&#x2F;net_export&#x2F;sho...</a><p>There’s practically no one who’s a real political ally that Europe could depend on, save for Norway. It’s interesting how it’s practically impossible to buy oil from a country that’s relatively stable and doing well on the HDI front.
It’s worse if you consider the cost of transporting it, and how close Russia is:
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;atlas.cid.harvard.edu&#x2F;explore&#x2F;map&#x2F;net_export&#x2F;show&#x2F;all&#x2F;2709&#x2F;2013&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;atlas.cid.harvard.edu&#x2F;explore&#x2F;map&#x2F;net_export&#x2F;show&#x2F;all...</a><p>Which probably explains why EU hasn&#x27;t placed sanctions on oil imports from Russia.
Get in touch:Send us some work you&#x27;re proud of to greg_shapiro at hks dot harvard dot edu.