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FGV Direito Rio recebe inscrições para o prêmio Melhores Práticas em Regulação

Objetivo é avaliar às práticas adotadas por agências reguladoras no BRO “Prêmio FGV Direito Rio – Melhores Práticas em Regulação”, vinculado ao projeto de  pesquisa Regulação em Números, desenvolvido pelo Centro de Pesquisa em Direito e Economia (CPDE) da FGV Direito Rio, tem como objetivo reconhecer e dar destaque às melhores práticas de regulação adotadas por agências reguladoras no Brasil, premiando iniciativas inovadoras em matérias como transparência, governança, participação, gestão e proteção aos direitos dos consumidores ou usuários.

The Week in Internet News: Testing 1, 2, 3

This is a test: Amazon has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for permission to test a new wireless Internet service using the 3.5 MHz spectrum band, Cord Cutters News reports. The test, in Sunnyvale, California, would run from mid-August to mid-February. The test is in addition to Amazon’s plans to launch 3,236 satellites for a new home Internet service.

Umzug in das Medizinische Forschungszentrum II am 13. und 14. August

Folgende Einrichtungen beziehen den Neubau (Geb. 17.11):
· Dekanat der Medizinischen Fakultät
· Studiendekanat
Einrichtungen des Center for Health and Society (chs):
· Institut für Allgemeinmedizin (Prof. Wilm)
· Institut für Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin (Prof. Angerer)
· Institut für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin (Prof. Fangerau)
· Institut für Medizinische Soziologie (Prof. Dragano), Sektion Public Health (Prof. Pischke), sowie der Weiterbildungsstudiengang Public Health

[August 5-12] CCG’s Week in Review: Curated News in Information Law and Policy

This week, the President assented to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill passed by Parliament, diving the state into two Union Territories as a state-wide communications shutdown continues; Reliance Jio announced release of Jio Fibre and its IoT platform; the cryptocurrency bill likely to come up in the next session of Parliament; PMO expected to […]

Comunidad avanza en acuerdos para erradicar violencia en Campus JGM

Un plan de trabajo triestamental y reuniones locales de trabajo son parte de las medidas acordadas para promover el fortalecimiento de la comunidad de dicho campus y la erradicación de la violencia en el mismo. Esta primera inédita instancia, convocada por el Rector Ennio Vivaldi, reunió a vicerrectores, decanos y directores de institutos, y representantes del Senado Universitario, de la Fech, Acauch y Fenafuch.

Boris Johnson y el Brexit: ¿Un paso hacia la fragmentación?

"Sin duda, es un panorama complejo y poco auspicioso para el carismático Boris Johnson, donde seguramente pondrá a prueba todas sus aptitudes, redes, grandilocuencia, promesas y verdades a medias, pero que ciertamente no serán suficientes", señala la académica Lorena Oyarzún del Instituto de Asuntos Públicos (INAP), en la siguiente columna de opinión sobre el Brexit, uno de los grandes desafíos que enfrenta el recién nombrado nuevo Primer Ministro de Reino Unido, Boris Johnson.

Rector Vivaldi y ex ministro Varela debatieron sobre educación pública

"¿Combina Chile competencia y financiamiento público en la educación?" fue el nombre del encuentro organizado por la Fundación Para el Progreso, donde el ex titular de Educación y el rector de la Universidad de Chile discutieron distintos temas, entre ellos, la gratuidad.

Wiedereinstieg für wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs

Wenn wissenschaftliche Nachwuchskräfte zum Beispiel für die Erziehung von Kindern oder die Pflege von Angehörigen ihren wissenschaftlichen Karriereweg unterbrechen mussten, so bietet ihnen das COMEBACK-Programm die Möglichkeit für einen Wiedereinstieg an der HHU.
„Die Unterbrechung des Qualifikationsweges kann eine große Hürde für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs sein“, so Forschungsprorektor Prof. Dr. Peter Westhoff. „Mit COMEBACK greifen wir jungen Forscherinnen und Forschern unter die Arme und geben ihnen die notwendige sichere Basis, um sich qualifizieren zu können.“

The Equal Edit: Making Swedish history on Wikipedia more gender equal

For centuries, much of our recorded history has been written by men. Even in Sweden, which is considered a leader in gender equity, less than ten percent of the people mentioned in the main article about Swedish history on the Swedish language Wikipedia, “Sveriges historia”, are women. With Wikimania, the annual conference celebrating Wikipedia and free knowledge, coming to Stockholm, Sweden this week, we wanted to do something to help change this.

How YouTube Radicalized Brazil

Dörthe Eickelberg: Chicks on boards

In vielen Kulturen sind Frauen auf dem Surfbrett ein Affront, häufig verbunden mit Ausschluss oder Sanktionen Es gibt aber Mädchen und Frauen die surfen trotzdem: Für die Festivaldokumentation (80min) »Chicks on Boards« begibt sich die Arte-Moderatorin und passionierte Surferin Dörthe Eickelberg auf eine Reise zu Frauen in aller Welt, die sich trotz ihrer Religion, Hautfarbe, Alter oder Tradition in der Gesellschaft ein Stück Freiheit erobern – auf dem Brett, auf dem Meer – und damit viel riskieren.

You can easily secure America's e-voting systems tomorrow. Use paper.

Why AI needs more social workers

What is YouTube Pushing You to Watch Next

Your weekly photo from the world’s free media repository: 9 August

The panther chameleon is native to northern and eastern Madagascar, and has also been introduced to Réunion and Mauritius.

Restore Network Access in Jammu and Kashmir

A coalition of digital rights groups have condemned the Indian government and demanded to immediately restore network access in occupied Jammu and Kashmir.  The entire region has been subjected to a total telecommunications blackout. This is the 51st time in 2019 that access to internet, declared a basic human right by the United Nations, has been suspended here. Last year, there were 65 shutdowns, and 176 over the past eight years, including a six-month ban in 2016.

Combating Hate Speech Through Counterspeech

Ulukhaktok: Community Networking in the (Far) North

In June of this year, I had the great privilege of traveling to Ulukhaktok, NWT, Canada to talk to community members about the possibility of building a new, local Internet service network. As a result of these meetings, and the incredibly driven individuals I met with in Ulu, this time next year, Ulukhaktok will be the proud owner of the far-most Northern community network in the world.