Stefaan Verhulst (et al) in the Conversation: “In January 2015, heavy rains triggered unprecedented floods in Malawi. Over the next five weeks, the floods displaced more than 230,000 people and damaged over 64,000 hectares of land.
La académica de la Escuela de Salud Pública de la Facultad de Medicina de la U. de Chile y editora de la publicación, Marcia Erazo, presentó libro sobre la incidencia del tabaco en enfermedades respiratorias, cardiovasculares y cáncer.
Mediante una nano partícula y humedales construidos, dos son los proyectos que buscan convertirse en alternativas a los actuales sistemas de remoción de este metaloide que puede generar graves problemas de salud.
Open Knowledge International is a member of Open Data for Development (OD4D), a global network of leaders in the open data community, working together to develop open data solutions around the world. In this blog, Nana Baah Gyan talks about his work carrying out an embedded data fellowship with Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA) in Ghana as part of the OD4D programme.
Beth Simone Noveck in Nature: “…Technology is already changing the way public institutions make decisions. Governments at every level are using ‘big data’ to pinpoint or predict the incidence of crime, heart attack and foodborne illness.
This blog is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2017. On Saturday 4 March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.
Kathrin Frauscher, Karolis Granickas and Leigh Manasco at the Open Contracting Partnership: “…Ukraine is one of our Showcase and Learning (S&L) projects, and we’ve already shared several stories about the success of Prozorro. Each S&L project tests specific theories of change and use cases.
Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS at this meeting organized by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) at Manak Bhavan, New Delhi on April 13, 2017.
The meeting was the national mirror meeting for the 28th ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Plenary and Working Group Meetings being held at Hamilton, New Zealand between the April 18 and 25, 2017. The meeting provided a fascinating insight into the government and industry viewpoints on key cyber security and privacy issues, especially on the Aadhaar.
Nailing down the definitive literature on First Amendment expressive freedoms is a tricky task. What’s the consensus among scholars about the classics? Even more complex is figuring out what emerging scholarship on the intersection of speech and press freedoms with new media technologies will have a lasting impact.
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La inédita ejecución de un sistema de admisión en la región de Magallanes, que apunta a poner fin a la selección escolar, es analizada en la siguiente columna de opinión publicada en La Tercera por el prorrector, Rafael Epstein, y los académicos José Correa y Juan Escobar, junto a Angélica Bosch, coordinadora Nacional del Sistema de Admisión Escolar del Ministerio de Educación.Con motivo de la Reforma Educacional, y con el objetivo de implementar el fin a la selección en colegios municipales y subvencionados, entre agosto y diciembre de 2016 se implementó en la región de Ma
Las autoridades consideraron la posibilidad de generar un convenio marco entre el conjunto de las universidades estatales chilenas y sus símiles marroquíes. Exploraron también la opción de facilitar la homologación de títulos.Nuestra Casa de Estudios trabajará junto a la Embajada de Marruecos en Chile en la elaboración de un convenio de intercambio estudiantil y académico.
Dar cuenta de las distintas realidades asociadas al fenómeno y hacer propuestas de políticas públicas que sean implementables en el corto y mediano plazo, es el propósito principal de esta iniciativa impulsada por la Facultad de Medicina.
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featuring Mr. Jean-Pierre Blais, Chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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Join the Berkman Klein Center and the HLS Canadian Law Student Association as Mr. Blais speaks about broadband, internet, and the future of connectivity in Canada and around the world
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At MIT's Day of Action, Nathan Freitas of Guardian Project led a workshop on mobile security for activists, focusing on various secure messaging apps available today, touching on their benefits and risks for different kinds of activities and communities.
Common messaging apps (and their secure setting)
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A spring event series with the MIT Media Lab's Center for Civic Media, and co-sponsored by the Berkman Klein Center
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From using humor as a tool for resisting an authoritarian government, to rating dogs online, this spring's humor event series has got it all!
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Here at irregular intervals we will publish short summaries of doctoral theses that were written at HIIG. We begin with an abstract of the doctoral thesis «Der Abschreckungseffekt auf die... MORE
The special leave petition against the Delhi High Court’s ruling upholding WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy came up for hearing before a bench of five judges today. This policy is contentious because it allows WhatsApp to share valuable personal information of its users, including phone numbers, contact lists and profile pictures, with its parent company Facebook. […]