Investigación interdisciplinaria, colaboración con entidades nacionales e internacionales, y apoyo y trabajo coordinado con las unidades que hoy imparten carreras de pedagogía, son algunos de los lineamientos que desarrollará este nuevo Instituto de la Casa de Bello.El fortalecimiento del campo investigativo y profesional de las ciencias de la educación, en el contexto de las discusiones y reformas en la materia, ha sido uno de los lineamientos centrales de la Universidad de Chile los últimos años.

"impact of new technologies on privacy"

Book by Vinod Kumar: “…highlights the rightful role of citizens as per the constitution of the country for participation in Governance of a smart city using electronic means such as high speed fiber optic networks, the internet, and mobile computing as well as Internet of Things that have the ability to transform the dominant role of citizens and technology in smart cities.

Introduction to Special Issue of Big Data & Society by Philip Ashton, Rachel Weber and Matthew Zook: “The urban archetype of the flâneur, so central to the concept of modernity, can now experience the city in w

Paper by Benedikt Morschheuser, Juho Hamari, 

If there was ever a case of shoot the messenger, it is this.
The blog post by Nikhil Pahwa was published by Medianama on May 19, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

国际贸易法委员会亚太地区中心(UNCITRAL RCAP)与北京师范大学(BNU)国际电子商务法联合认证项目(JCP)自2013年建立以来，于2014年至2016年成功举办了三届“国际电子商务法学术周”活动，包括学术研讨会、学术讲座、模拟法庭等，与教学科研紧密结合、良性互动，成效显著。在《中华人民共和国电子商务法》（草案）已经提请中国全国人大常委会初次审议的背景下，“联合认证项目第四届春季国际电子商务法学术周”（2017 Spring JCP Academic Week）活动将于2017年6月第一周在北京师范大学法学院举办，主要包括以下活动：2017年6月5日13:30“一带一路经济体跨境电子商务法律问题国际研讨会”在北师大法学院学术报告厅举行；2017年6月6日18点“国际电子商务法国际专家讲座”在北师大法学院1922教室举行；以及于2017年6月3日合作主办的“电子商务发展与立法国际研讨会”。

一带一路经济体跨境电子商务法律问题国际研讨会

Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS in the 4th National Standards Conclave held on the May 1 and 2, 2017 at The Lalit, New Delhi. The event was organized by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Confederation of Indian Industry.

Aadhaar data of all 23 crore beneficiaries of Direct Benefit Transfer schemes could be publicly available, says a report by Centre for Internet and Society.

The blog post by Anumeha Yadav was published on Scroll on May 20, 2017.

While Aadhaar may be secure from external attacks, a failsafe system hasn’t been developed to protect it from Edward Snowden-style leakages and hacks.
The article by Anirban Sen was published by Livemint on May 5, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

With more and more people falling prey to phishing scams, experts believe that lack of adequate security features in online payment systems will only increase the number of such cases in the coming days. While admitting that the rise in such crimes would be hard to stop or control, cyber security consultants also blame the lack of preparedness before taking the digital economy route as a cause for such problems.

Records of 17 million users were stolen from online restaurant search platform Zomato, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.
The article by Kim Arora and Digbijay Mishra with inputs from Ranjani Ayyar in Chenna was published in the Times of India on May 19, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

Responding to the spate of suicides being livestreamed, social media giant Facebook has announced it will add another 3,000 people to its 4,500-strong review team that moderates content. The review team will also work in tandem with law enforcement agencies on this issue.
The article by Kim Arora was published in the Times of India on May 5, 2017.

Udbhav Tiwari represented the Centre for Internet & Society at the World Press Day event organised by UNESCO and the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) at UNESCO House, New Delhi on May 3, 2017.

The Economist: “In 2013 thousands of school pupils in England received a letter from a student named Ben at the University of Bristol. The recipients had just gained good marks in their GCSEs, exams normally taken at age 16. But they attended schools where few pupils progressed to university at age 18, and those that did were likely to go to their nearest one. That suggested the schools were poor at nurturing aspiration.

Essay by Mircea Eremia, Lucian Toma and 

Paper by Jeremy de Beer, Paula Millar, Jacquelen Mwangi, 

With more and more people falling prey to phishing scams, experts believe that lack of adequate security features in online payment systems will only increase the number of such cases in the coming days. While admitting that the rise in such crimes would be hard to stop or control, cyber security consultants also blame the lack of preparedness before taking the digital economy route as a cause for such problems.

‘Publishing identity info is in clear contravention of the provisions of the Aadhaar Act, 2016’
The article was published in the Indian Express on May 11, 2017.

Aadhaar and its many connotations have grown to be among the most burning issues on the Indian fore today, that every citizen aware of their rights should be taking note of.
The article by Shreyashi Roy was published in the Wire on May 10, 2017.