In the latest edition of The GovLab’s Ideas Lunch series, Dr. Hollie Russon Gilman, the author of Democracy Reinvented: Participatory Budgeting and Civic Innovation in America, explained the concept of Participatory Budgeting (PB), its advantages and various different examples of its implementation in the United States and around the world.
John Hasnas and Annette Hasnas at the Hill: “A perennial complaint about our democracy is that too large a portion of the electorate is poorly informed about important political issues. This is the problem of the ignorant voter. Especially this year, with its multiplicity of candidates, keeping track of the candidates’ various, and often shifting, policy positions can be extraordinarily difficult.
14 marca 2016 roku odbyło się publiczne ogłoszenie Obywatelskiego Paktu na rzecz Mediów Publicznych (PDF). Pakt powstał z inicjatywy OFOP, Obywateli kultury i Obywateli nauki, a jego sygnatariuszami jest 46 organizacji.
One of the important outcomes of the WSIS+10 review was the establishment of the CSTD (Commission on Science and Technology for Development) Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation (WGEC). Subsequently, the establishment of the WGEC was announced in February with Peter Major as its chair and the nomination process to the WGEC will conclude shortly. The […]
Savo Heleta at the Conversation: “Research and creative thinking can change the world. This means that academics have enormous power.
El 1 de marzo los ciudadanos de once estados de Estados Unidos participaron en el denominado "Supermartes", jornada que forma parte de las primarias para elegir a los dos nominados que representarán a los partidos Demócrata y Republicano en las elecciones presidenciales de noviembre. El director del Instituto de Estudios Internacionales (IEI), Dr.
Vienen de Asia, Europa, América y Oceanía. Son jóvenes estudiantes que, a través del Programa de Movilidad Estudiantil de la Dirección de Relaciones Internacionales de nuestra Casa de Estudios, cursarán diversas cátedras en facultades e institutos de este plantel. Este 2 de marzo las máximas autoridades de la Universidad de Chile les dieron la bienvenida y destacaron el aporte de su integración a nuestra comunidad.
A partir del próximo lunes 7 de marzo, una de las calles laterales al edificio del Ministerio de Educación llevará el nombre de la primera académica universitaria en Latinoamérica, Amanda Labarca, quien sobresalió como educadora y feminista, preocupándose por la salud, educación y dignidad de niños y mujeres, además de relevar el carácter extensional de nuestro plantel con las Escuelas de Temporada.El 11 de enero de 2016 la Ministra de Educación, Adriana Delpiano, solicitó bautizar alguna de las calles de la comuna de Santiago -en lo posible alguna de las vías cercana al mi
Emma Rumney at Public Finance: “The United Nations Statistical Commission agreed on a set of 230 preliminary indicators to measure progress towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals published last September.
SmartCitiesCouncil: “Welcome to the Readiness Guide. This document was assembled with input from many of the world’s leading smart city practitioners – the members and advisors of the Smart Cities Council. It will help you create a vision for the future of your own city. Equally important, it will help you build an action plan to get to that better future.
The first goal of the Readiness Guide is to give you a “vision” of a smart city, to help you understand how technology will transform the cities of tomorrow.
Ben Castleman at Brookings: “America’s community colleges offer the promise of a more affordable pathway to a bachelor’s degree. Students can pay substantially less for the first two years of college, transfer to a four-year college or university, and still earn their diploma in the same amount of time. At least in theory.
The Connectivity, Inclusion, and Inequality Group on 14 March 2016 at 09:34AM I am very sad to hear about the passing of Doreen Massey. No other scholar influenced my thinking and my work as much as she did. She inspired me to become a geographer, inspired me to ask questions about who wins… Continue Reading → [...]
Robert Epstein and Ronald E. Robertson at PNAS: “Internet search rankings have a significant impact on consumer choices, mainly because users trust and choose higher-ranked results more than lower-ranked results. Given the apparent power of search rankings, we asked whether they could be manipulated to alter the preferences of undecided voters in democratic elections.
Book by Miha Škerlavaj et al: “How does one implement highly creative ideas in the workplace? Though creativity fuels modern businesses and organizations, capitalizing on creativity is still a relatively unchartered territory. The crux of this issue is explored as contributors present and analyze remedies for capitalizing on highly creative ideas.
Paper by Ruizhi Liao et al in: “As the number of vehicles continues to grow, parking spaces are at a premium in city streets. Additionally, due to the lack of knowledge about street parking spaces, heuristic circling the blocks not only costs drivers’ time and fuel, but also increases city congestion.
Suzanne Tracy at Scientific Computing Source: “Last month, the Flu Near You crowdsourcing tool expanded its data collection to include Zika, chikungunya and dengue symptoms, such as eye pain, yellow skin/eyes and joint/bone pain. Flu Near You is a free and anonymous Web site and mobile application that allows the public to report their health information by completing brief weekly surveys.