Other News from Participating Centers

Comunidad debatirá propuesta de modificación a Ley sobre Ues Estatales

Con el objetivo de proponer cambios a esta iniciativa legal, los académicos, funcionarios y estudiantes de la Casa de Bello se reunirán el 8 y 10 de agosto para debatir y reflexionar respecto a la materia.

Hacking in Hollywood: Why the Industry Needs to Shore Up Security

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United States

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‘Smart Cities’ of the Future Will Require More than Big Data

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United States

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Bytes de Informação: Direitos de Imagem e Direitos de Autor – parte 2

Continuando nossos Bytes sobre Direitos de Imagem e Direitos de Autor, Luíza Brandão e Pedro Vilela explicam como esses direitos são aplicados em redes sociais. Confira:

Biblioteca inclui livro de professora da Direito Rio em lista de publicações recomendadas

Livro: Latin America and the International Court of JusticeO livro intitulado Latin America and the International Court of Justice: Contributions to International Law, organizado pela professora da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da FGV (Direito Rio), Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida, e pelo professor da École de droit de la Sorbonne, Jean-Marc Sorel, foi selecionado como ‘librarian’s choice’ pela Biblioteca do Palácio da Paz da Haia, sede da Corte Internacional de Justiça.

Is it too late to build a better world?

Keith Burnett at Campaign for Social Science: “The greatest challenge we face is to use our intellects to guide our actions in making the world a better place for us and our fellow human beings.
This is no easy task and its history is littered with false dawns and doctrines. You would have to be blind to the lessons of the past to fail to appreciate the awful impact that delusional ideas have had on mankind. Some of the worst are those meant to save us.

E-residency and blockchain

Blockchain for Music? Enter Musicoin

 
Visualise this scenario for a moment.
As a music lover, you have access to all the tunes in the world on your devices: no subscription and platform lock-in, no libraries divided across multiple apps, no regional restrictions. All the music you want, and fully interoperable.

Student Assistant (20h/week)

Student Assistant (20h/week)
We are looking to hire a student assistant starting on September 1, 2017. Please note that this position is open only to students currently enrolled at the European University Viadrina. Please apply as soon as possible by sending your CV to ue.rhicnull@eciffo.
Job description:
– assist with recruitment and induction of staff and interns;
– translations of short documents from English to German
– communicating with Viadrina departments to ensure the effective use of human resources policies and procedures,

Mariana Campos de Carvalho

Ter cursado a graduação em Direito na FGV significou mais do que um simples diploma em uma renomada instituição. Foi o conjunto de oportunidades, de experiências e de trocas com pessoas incríveis que fez valer bastante a pena participar desse projeto diferenciado.

The Politics of Evidence: From evidence-based policy to the good governance of evidence

(Open Access) Book by Justin Parkhurst: “There has been an enormous increase in interest in the use of evidence for public policymaking, but the vast majority of work on the subject has failed to engage with the political nature of decision making and how this influences the ways in which evidence will be used (or misused) within political areas.

Micro-targeting, the quantified persuasion – Keynote talk by Dr. Daniel Kreiss

We cordially invite you to the latest installment of the the RPA Personalised Communication Lecture Series, which is being given by Dr. Daniel Kreiss as the closing Keynote of the Amsterdam Symposium on Political Micro-Targeting.   “ Micro-targeting, the quantified persuasion”  Dr. Daniel Kreiss (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Taking Michael Schudson’s insightful Advertising, […]

La Reforma Agraria, cincuenta años después

El profesor Octavio Avendaño de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Chile analiza en esta columna el proceso que dio vida a la Reforma Agraria en 1967, con la aprobación de las leyes 16.625 de Sindicalización Campesina y 16.640 de Reforma Agraria. El fin del latifundio y del inquilinaje fueron dos de sus más importantes consecuencias, sentando las bases del futuro desarrollo agroexportador del país.Entre abril y junio de 1967 el Congreso Nacional aprobó dos importantes leyes, la 16.625 de Sindicalización Campesina y la 16.640 de Reforma Agraria.

Académicas presentan trabajos sobre tecnologías y salud mental

Las académicas de la Facultad de Medicina e integrantes del Instituto Milenio para la Investigación en Depresión y Personalidad (MIDAP) Graciela Rojas y Vania Martínez, viajaron a México para participar en un seminario donde dieron a conocer las iniciativas que están desarrollando y conformar una red de colaboración científica para el estudio de intervenciones basadas en e-Mental Health para la prevención y el tratamiento de la depresión. La implementación de plataformas web y aplicaciones telefónicas y móviles, abren nuevas formas de intervención en salud mental.

Mastercard’s Big Data For Good Initiative: Data Philanthropy On The Front Lines

Interview by Randy Bean of Shamina Singh: Much has been written about big data initiatives and the efforts of market leaders to derive critical business insights faster. Less has been written about initiatives by some of these same firms to apply big data and analytics to a different set of issues, which are not solely focused on revenue growth or bottom line profitability.

Data Responsibility: Social Responsibility for a Data Age

TED-X Talk by Stefaan Verhulst: “In April 2015, the Gorkha earthquake hit Nepal—the worst in more than 80 years. Hundreds of thousands of people were rendered homeless and entire villages were flattened. The earthquake also triggered massive avalanches on Mount Everest, and ultimately killed nearly 9,000 people across the country.

Stellenausschreibung der WWU für ein Drittmittelprojekt

Am Institut für Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht, Zivilrechtliche Abteilung, ist ab dem 1. November 2017  eine Stelle als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin/wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L) mit der Hälfte der regelmäßigen Arbeitszeit (19 Std. 55 Min.) mit der Möglichkeit zur Promotion zu besetzen. Die Einstellung ist befristet bis zum 28.02.2019. Eine längere Zusammenarbeit ist erwünscht. Es handelt sich um drittmittelfinanzierte Stellen im Forschungsprojekt

An approach to building open databases

This post has been co-authored by Adam Kariv, Vitor Baptista, and Paul Walsh.

Can Government Keep Up with Artificial Intelligence?

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United States

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California Court of Appeal Overturns Dangerous Right of Publicity Ruling

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United States

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