Other News from Participating Centers

Can Big Data Revolutionize International Human Rights Law?

Galit A. Sarfaty in the Journal of International Law: “International human rights efforts have been overly reliant on reactive tools and focused on treaty compliance, while often underemphasizing the prevention of human rights violations. I argue that data analytics can play an important role in refocusing the international human rights regime on its original goal of preventing human rights abuses, but it comes at a cost.

Team Human: Stacco Troncoso “The Commons is the Glue”

Playing for Team Human today is Stacco Troncoso of the P2P Foundation. Stacco brings with him deep knowledge and enthusiasm for the power of the commons. Stacco and the Commons Transition team put their faith in people, believing in the potential of diverse, empowered communities to address complex problems.

Racial discrimination and the sharing economy — what does the research tell us?

Hugo Guyader and Julian Agyeman: Analysis: The sharing economy is often lauded with offering a number of opportunities, from access to cheaper and more convenient consumption alternatives to new revenue streams for on-demand services. Next to the economic benefits are promises of sustainability and social inclusion. Unfortunately, not everybody stands equal in this emerging economy. Several academic papers have started to document evidence of discrimination in the sharing economy. Here we focus on racial discrimination.

New Developments in the Net Neutrality Debate

Democrats in the USA haven’t given up on net neutrality since the FCC voted to repeal the 2015 Open Internet Order in December.
Senator Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, has put forward a bill that would use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision. The CRA allows lawmakers 60 legislative days after the FCC submits its regulations to Congress to take action.
That bill now has the support of more than 40 Senators, including Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), its first Republican supporter.

Workshop Interinstitucional de Pesquisa: Jurisdição e cooperação jurídica internacional nos conflitos da internet – Parte 1

Abertura e primeiro painel “Jurisdição, Territorialidade e Direito de Internet” do Workshop Interinstitucional de Pesquisa: Jurisdição e cooperação jurídica internacional nos conflitos da internet.

NATO: From Defensive to Offensive

To keep pace with the rapidly developing landscape of military technologies, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is reportedly changing its approach to cyber warfare. NATO, a primarily defensive alliance so far, is considering the adoption of offensive cyber warfare strategies to confront hacking attacks from its opponents. Member states including United States, Germany, Spain, […]

Asistentes valoraron la experiencia de la Semana del Postulante 2017

El tradicional evento universitario, dedicado a los postulantes a la educación superior y sus familias, recibió a más de ocho mil visitantes en cuatro jornadas, donde los futuros estudiantes de la Universidad de Chile recibieron orientación y apoyo por parte de los más de 300 monitores representativos de las diferentes unidades académicas de la casa de estudios.

U. de Chile inaugurará Escuela de Temporada 2018 en Chiloé

Para las 19:00 hrs.

U. de Chile apoya comunidades indígenas en manejo productivo de tierra

Un proyecto pionero se está realizando en la Región de la Araucanía para asesorar a cinco comunidades en el manejo productivo de predios restituidos. La iniciativa se ejecuta gracias al Convenio entre la Corporación Nacional de Desarrollo Indígena y la Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas de la U.

Encuentro internacional analizará medidas sobre envejecimiento

Especialistas de diversas disciplinas expondrán iniciativas y propuestas para enfrentar el rápido envejecimiento de la población mundial en la V Escuela Internacional de Verano sobre esta materia, realizada en la U. de Chile. La actividad abordará diversas aristas sobre este fenómeno que representa uno de los principales desafíos de nuestro país.Las Estadísticas Sanitarias Mundiales de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) en 2016 mostraron un envejecimiento acelerado de la población mundial, particularmente en países del mundo desarrollado.

Casa de Bello formará profesionales para un Chile cada vez más global

Historia, relaciones internacionales, derecho, política comercial, filosofía, derechos humanos y género y economía son algunas de las áreas que abarca la malla curricular de la nueva carrera de Estudios Internacionales que este año recibe a su primera generación.

Studierendenprojekt: Bedarfsgerechtes Ernährungsmanagement in der stationären und häuslichen Pflege

Die Studierenden legten nun die Ergebnisse des Projektes vor, das im Oktober 2016 gestartet war: Ernährung muss stärker in den Fokus der professionellen Betreuung rücken und nicht allein als in der Verantwortung des Patienten angesehen werden. Mangelernährung wird häufig nicht oder spät erkannt und braucht dafür spezifische Vorgaben. Die Kommunikation zwischen Ärzten, der Pflege und weiteren Betreuern kann nur klappen, wenn Zuständigkeiten eindeutig geklärt sind und eine leicht erfassbare Verlaufsdokumentation zur Ernährung des individuellen Patienten erfolgt.

Neues Graduiertenkolleg in Mathematik in Düsseldorf und Wuppertal

In dem neuen in Düsseldorf und Wuppertal ansässigen Graduiertenkolleg wird ein Bereich der reinen Mathematik erforscht. „Die algebraische Geometrie ist eines der traditionsreichsten und faszinierendsten Gebiete der Mathematik“, so die Wissenschaftler. Die zentralen Forschungsgegenstände der beteiligten Mathematikerinnen und Mathematiker sind homogene Räume, algebraische Varietäten im Zusammenhang mit Darstellungen von Gruppen, Moduli-Räume von Köcherdarstellungen, Brauer-Gruppen und algebraische Kobordismen.

New edition of Data Journalism Handbook to explore journalistic interventions in the data society

How the co-op movement made steps towards equality in 2017

An encouraging article which, among other things, mentions Platform Coops. Let’s hope that in 2018 we can speak about strides, rather than steps. The article was originally published in Cooperative News.
Building a ‘human economy’

The catastrophic consequences of the non-Neutral Net will be very hard to spot, until it’s too late

Writing for Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow summarizes the conclusions of a standout interview with Stanford Law expert Ryan Singel and International Studies expert Didi Kuo about the meaning of the post-neutrality web.

Stanford CIS Privacy Counsel Lunch Series: Janis Kestenbaum and Rebecca Engrav

RSVP is required for this free event. January 23, 2018Stanford Law School

People-Led Innovation: Toward a Methodology for Solving Urban Problems in the 21st Century

New Methodology by Andrew Young, Jeffrey Brown, Hannah Pierce, and Stefaan G. Verhulst: “More and more people live in urban settings. At the same time, and often resulting from the growing urban population, cities worldwide are increasingly confronted with complex environmental, social, and economic shocks and stresses. When seeking to develop adequate and sustainable responses to these challenges, cities are realizing that traditional methods and existing resources often fall short.

Oberbürgermeister Thomas Geisel unterstützt UKD-Blutspende

Rund 60.000 Blutpräparate werden am größten Düsseldorfer Krankenhaus jährlich benötigt – davon etwa 12.000 Thrombozytenpräparate und der Rest Präparate aus Vollblutspenden von denen Erythrozyten-Konzentrate und Plasma-Präparate hergestellt werden können.

Solving Urban Challenges Through People-Led Innovation

More and more people live in urban settings. At the same time, and often resulting from the growing urban population, cities worldwide are increasingly confronted with complex environmental, social, and economic shocks and stresses. When seeking to develop adequate and sustainable responses to these challenges, cities are realizing that traditional methods and existing resources often fall short.
Addressing 21st century challenges will require innovative approaches.