Volunteer Online with UN: Development of MoralityCode – A Moral AI Prototype Inspired by Human Experience

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Age
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Gender
  • Both

Opportunity criteria

Needed documentsCV, Motivation Letter, others

Opportunity description

UN Volunteers platform is offering an online volunteer opportunity with Action Lab for Development Canada, for Development of MoralityCode – A Moral AI Prototype Inspired by Human Experience.

Volunteer duration and working hours:

11-15 hours per week for 12 weeks.

Duties & responsibilities

We are seeking 6 online volunteers to assist with the development of the MoralityCode MVP. Tasks will be divided among six volunteers, with each person focusing on one specific area. This ensures clarity and accountability, in line with our one-task-per-volunteer policy. 

Areas of Responsibility & Individual Volunteer Roles 

  1. App Developer Responsibility: Develop and implement the MoralityCode prototype as a mobile or web application using React Native, Flutter, or a web-based stack. You will translate design and decision-logic flows into a working user interface. 
  2. AI/ML Practitioner Responsibility: Design and build a lightweight, ethical decision-making engine. This includes modeling moral reasoning, integrating emotional logic, and contributing to the development of explainable AI components aligned with human values. 
  3. UX/UI Designer Responsibility: Create wireframes and high-fidelity mockups centered on empathy-first design. You will ensure that the app is intuitive, accessible, and capable of reflecting emotional and moral complexity through visual and user journey design. 
  4. Philosopher, Theologian, or Ethicist Responsibility: Curate moral dilemmas and decision-making frameworks grounded in philosophy, ethics, and theology. Help embed deeper moral narratives into the AI system and ensure cultural and spiritual appropriateness. 
  5. Story Architect Responsibility: Translate Canadian and African oral traditions, emotional narratives, and spiritual wisdom into digital content. You will shape story-based scenarios for the app and co-create language that resonates with ancestral, intuitive, and emotional learning. 
  6. Project Manager Responsibility: Coordinate all development activities, manage timelines, track milestones, and ensure cross-collaboration among team members. You will oversee task completion and maintain documentation for internal progress reporting. 

Eligibility criteria

  • Relevant technical, research, or cultural knowledge for your role
  • Interest in human-centered, ethical, or spiritually-informed technology
  • Self-driven, collaborative, and detail-oriented
  • Respect for Indigenous and Canadian or African cultural traditions
  • Familiarity with Canadian and African spiritual or moral traditions is a plus
  • Languages: English, Level: Fluent, Desirable

About UN Volunteers:

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) program contributes to sustainable human development through volunteerism worldwide.

Online volunteering allows organizations and volunteers to team up to address sustainable development challenges – anywhere in the world, from any device. Online volunteering is fast, easy – and most of all, effective.

Through the Online Volunteering service, UNV offers: 

  1. A global platform for organizations and online volunteers to connect.
  2. An easy-search database of online volunteering opportunities.
  3. Tools to manage volunteers’ and organizations’ online collaboration.
  4. Access to online volunteering experiences, best practices and lessons learned.
  5. The possibility for volunteers and organizations to expand their networks.
  6. The advantage of the universal reach and neutrality of the United Nations.

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