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Campuskickern: Großer Erfolg!

Am letzten Donnerstag fand im Keller des ITM das Campuskickern 2019 statt. Studierende aller Fachrichtungen waren eingeladen, dem wilden Treiben rund um die weiße Kugel zu frönen. So spielten Designer gegen Juristen oder auch Musiker gegen Architekten. Für das leibliche Wohl war gesorgt, daneben wurde es dank Wikingerschach, Flunky-Ball und netten Gesprächen niemandem langweilig, der gerade am Kicker-Tisch aussetzen musste.

U. de Chile y CTeC firman alianza para desarrollo de proyecto en Carén

La nueva infraestructura tiene como propósito impulsar el desarrollo de soluciones sustentables y productivas en el área de la construcción a partir de la vinculación entre la academia y la industria.

Casa de Bello lanzó su nueva Subdirección de Educación Continua

Como parte de los esfuerzos de la Universidad de Chile por innovar y fortalecer su relación con la sociedad, este 27 de junio se presentó esta nueva unidad, dependiente del Departamento de Postgrado y Postítulo de la Vicerrectoría de Asuntos Académicos.

Autoridades participaron de reunión de la APRU

El Rector Ennio Vivaldi, la vicerrectora de Asuntos Académicos, Rosa Devés, y el director de Relaciones Internacionales, Eduardo Vera, estuvieron en la Universidad de California, Los Ángeles, en esta cita que este año llevó por título "Universidades en la era de las migraciones globales", donde las y los representantes de los casi 50 planteles ahondaron en los desafíos de la inclusión.

[July 1-July 8] CCG’s Week in Review: Curated News in Information Law and Policy

The Union Budget for 2019-2020 brought with it a boost for using Aadhaar to file I-T returns amid escalating privacy concerns, but disappointed those hoping for larger allocations to modernisation of the armed forces. As the uncertainty over Huawei’s inclusion in 5G trials continues — presenting this week’s most important developments in law and tech. […]

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Helmut Sies erhält Kopernikus-Medaille der Universität Ferrara

Die Verleihung fand im Rahmen der Tagung „Redox Homeostasis: from Signalling to Damage“ in Ferrara statt.
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Helmut Sies (geboren 1942 in Goslar) studierte Medizin in Tübingen, München und Paris. Er promovierte 1967 an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, wo er sich auch 1972 für Physiologische Chemie und Physikalische Biochemie habilitierte. 1979 wurde er Professor an der HHU, wo er bis zu seiner Emeritierung im Jahr 2008 das Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie leitete.

Australia’s anti-encryption bill is allowing the government to openly spy on journalists

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No Fintech company meets every single privacy requirement under IT Act: CIS report

The study shows that privacy policies companies such as Paytm, Jio Payments Bank, Airtel Payments Bank, Amazon Pay, Bhim are not accessible from the main website.
The blog post by Shilpa S. Ranipeta published by the News Minute on June 10, 2019, quotes the research done by Aayush Rathi and Shweta Mohandas of the Centre for Internet & Society.

Kinder haben Rechte!

Millionen Kinder und Jugendliche zwischen 6 und 17 Jahren haben weltweit keinen Zugang zu Bildung. Besonders schwer haben es einige Kinder in verschiedenen Ländern in Afrika, Asien und Südamerika. Warum können Kinder mal nicht zur Schule gehen dürfen und warum gibt es in Deutschland sogar eine Schulpflicht?
In ihrem Vortrag spricht Dipl.-Päd. Britta Kroll, Mitarbeiterin Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, darüber, wo Bildung auch außerhalb von Schule und Schulbüchern stattfindet.

Public-Common Partnerships: Building New Circuits of Collective Ownership

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Executive summary

This report introduces a new institutional framework for a transformative socialist politics: the Public-Common Partnership (PCP).

Interpreting the Outer Space Treaty's Non-Appropriation Principle: Customary International Law from 1967 to Today

Arindrajit Basu's research was quoted in the journal article authored by Abigail D. Pershing and published by Yale Journal of International Law.
Origin wants to take tourists to space by April 2019. The European Space Agency points to the possibilities of mining Helium-3 on the moon to providecleaner energy here on Earth. Space tourism, exploration, and exploitation are very real possibilities in the near future—at least technologically. Legally,however, the way forward is less clear.

Fragmenting Cybersecurity Norms through the Language(s) of Subalternity: India in the East and the Global Community

Arindrajit Basu's research was quoted in the article by Riccardo Vecellio Segate published in Columbia Journal of Asian Law.

Workshop on 'Urban Data, Inequality and Justice in the Global South'

Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon presented our research on video-based surveillance in New Delhi at a workshop on urban data, inequality, and justice in the global South at the University of Manchester on 14 June 2019.

ICANN 65

Akriti Bopanna attended ICANN 65 in Marrakech, Morocco from 24 - 27 June 2019.

Workshop on Cyber-Ethics: Values-driven Innovative Solutions

Arindrajit Basu moderated a discussion on Cyber-Ethics at Swiss Nex (Consulate General of Switzerland, Bangalore on 28 June 2019. The event was organized by the Embassy of Switzerland.
Cyber-space – the virtual reality – influences all countries in the world and all sectors of society. The cyber-world of e-mails, e-commerce, e-government, e-education, e-music, e-prosecutors, artificial intelligence, crypto-currencies are daily reality, with new opportunities. On the other hand, cyber-bullying, cyber-criminality, cyber-security, cyber-war etc. are great challenges.

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.

Myanmar’s March Towards a Digital Future

Earlier this month, in collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) and the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, we delivered a training program on Internet Governance for 32 government officials in Myanmar’s capital city, Naypyidaw.

The program ran over three days covering various topics such as Internet policy principles and regulatory frameworks, Internet infrastructure and standards, Internet for development, and cybersecurity.

Félicitations !!!

Il nous fait plaisir de souligner qu’à l’issue de l’appel à contributions des jeunes chercheurs-es dans le cadre du concours de la meilleure publication CRDP – Lex Electronica 2018 pour le numéro spécial de la revue Lex Electronica sous la thématique de la Justice, la proposition de Madame Évelyne Jean-Bouchard a été retenue comme meilleur article soumis dans l’Axe 1. Elle recevra donc la bourse prévue à cet effet.

Your weekly photo from the world’s free photo repository: 5 July

A long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) in Labuk Bay, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

86 Nachwuchswissenschaftler und erster Goldpromovend geehrt

Nachdem die HHU im Jahr 2015 ihr 50. Gründungsjubiläum feiern konnte, kommen nun auch die ersten damals jungen Nachwuchswissenschaftler ins „wissenschaftliche Jubilarsalter“. Zum ersten Mal in ihrer Geschichte kann die Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät in diesem Sommer einen Goldpromovenden ehren, dem im Jahr 1969 die noch junge Universität Düsseldorf seinen Doktortitel verlieh.