Using data and design to support people to stay in work
Cat Drew at Civil Service Quarterly: “…Data and digital are fairly understandable concepts in policy-making. But design? Why is it one of the three Ds?
Brazil’s Public Spending project is looking for leaders in various regions of Brazil to increase participation in the budgeting process.
On the 11th of January, OK Brazil launched its new Public Spending website.
Brazil’s Public Spending project is looking for leaders in various regions of Brazil to increase participation in the budgeting process.
On the 11th of January, OK Brazil launched its new Public Spending website.
Digital Wallet Security: Is there a framework?
Sidharth Deb* Since the announcement of India’s demonetisation policy, there has been a rapid surge in the number of online wallet transactions. The reasons for this are twofold: Cash scarcity; and The convenience afforded to consumers through e-wallet/online wallet services In furtherance of the policy of demonetisation, the Indian government has also incentivised online transactions […]
Se iniciará una nueva edición de la Escuela de Temporada en Arica
El montaje "Por Sospecha" del dramaturgo Luis Rivano dará el vamos a esta actividad de extensión universitaria que se realizará por primera vez en la puerta norte de Chile, organizada por la Vicerrectoría de Extensión y Comunicaciones de la Casa de Bello, la U. de Tarapacá y el Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes.
Admisión 2017: Excelencia, segregación y diversidad
"Un gran desafío para las universidades más selectivas del país es lograr compatibilizar excelencia académica con diversidad", señala en la siguiente columna de opinión el vicerrector de Asuntos Económicos de la U. de Chile, Enrique Manzur, quien analiza las profundas brechas que reveló una vez más el proceso de selección universitaria.
U. de Chile analiza formación en el área de actividad física y deporte
En el marco del compromiso de la Casa de Bello con la educación pública, la comisión encargada de estudiar una nueva carrera en el campo de la actividad física y del deporte recibió a la subsecretaria del Deporte, Nicole Sáez, quien les presentó las líneas generales de la Política Nacional de Actividad Física y Deporte 2016-2025.
GSK and MIT Flumoji app tracks influenza outbreaks with crowdsourcing
Beth Snyder Bulik at FiercePharma: “It’s like Waze for the flu. A new GlaxoSmithKline-sponsored app called Flumoji uses crowdsourced data to track influenza movement in real time.
Quantifying scenic areas using crowdsourced data
Chanuki Illushka Seresinhe, Helen Susannah Moat and Tobias Preis in Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science: “For centuries, philosophers, policy-makers and urban planners have debated whether aesthetically pleasing surroundings can improve our wellbeing. To date, quantifying how scenic an area is has proved challenging, due to the difficulty of gathering large-scale measurements of scenicness.
HIIG research magazine: encore 2016
The latest edition of encore is hot off the press. We are glad to be able to share so many exciting findings and insights with you! Immerse yourself in the day-to-day working... MORE
Lunch talk with Arne Hintz
The collection and processing of massive amounts of data is becoming an increasingly contentious issue. In this public talk on 22 February, Arne Hintz will explore what datafication means for... MORE
Digitaler Salon: Make Fakten relevant again
Make facts relevant again. We’ll figure out whether emotions have replaced reason and how enlightened citizens can oppose populism. How can we save democracy in times of newsbots, fear and... MORE
Conceptualizing Big Social Data
Ekaterina Olshannikova, Thomas Olsson, Jukka Huhtamäki and Hannu Kärkkäinen in the Journal of Big Data: “The popularity of social media and computer-mediated communication has resulted in high-volume and highly semantic data about digital social interactions. This constantly accumulating data has been termed as Big Social Data or Social Big Data, and various visions about how to utilize that have been presented.
Policy Diffusion at the Local Level: Participatory Budgeting in Estonia
Jelizaveta Krenjova and Ringa Raudla in Urban Affairs Review: “The existing studies on participatory budgeting (PB) have paid very limited attention to how this participatory tool has spread across local governments (LGs), what kind of diffusion mechanisms have played a predominant role, and which actors and factors have influenced its adoptio
How Crowdsourcing Can Help Public Transport Innovate Successfully in an Era of Rapid Change
Andrew Nash for the Transportation Research Board: “Crowdsourcing is an organized way of involving people in decision-making and production. Crowdsourced products, like Wikipedia, are replacing established products. Crowdsourced services, like Uber, are replacing established services. Crowdsourced advice, like Trip Advisor, is replacing established experts. Crowdsourcing is becoming ubiquitous as people and organizations realize that it helps them make better decisions and produce better products.
Forged Through Fire
Book by John Ferejohn and Frances McCall Rosenbluth: “Peace, many would agree, is a goal that democratic nations should strive to achieve. But is democracy, in fact, dependent on war to survive?
Indústria da atenção e o futuro da Internet
Esse texto foi baseado na entrevista de Tim Wu ao jornal The Guardian.
“Em um mundo rico em informação essa riqueza significa escassez de outra coisa: a escassez daquilo que as informações consomem. O que a informação consome é bastante óbvio: a atenção dos destinatários. Desse modo uma riqueza de informação gera pobreza de atenção e a necessidade de se alocar eficientemente a atenção num cenário de abundância de fontes de informação que irão consumí-la.” [1]
O contencioso administrativo fiscal no Rio de Janeiro
O contencioso administrativo fiscal no Rio de Janeiro09h00 até 18h00O Evento:
Realização
Comissão Especial de Assuntos Tributários (Ceat)
Programação
9h15 - Abertura
Maurício Faro, presidente da Ceat
Marcos dos Santos Ferreira, presidente do Conselho de Contribuintes
9h30 - Primeiro painel – Decadência
Presidente de Mesa
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