Other News from Participating Centers

Research to challenge traditional approaches to digital rights

Youth and privacy in the Americas: InternetLab, Brazil How do youth allies promote young people’s critical thinking on privacy, in informal learning contexts in the Americas? This blog post is part of a series showcasing the work of different organizations at the intersection of youth development, digital rights, and online safety. Quick facts Who: Mariana Valente from InternetLab What: Research Mission/vision: To foster academic debate around issues involving law and technology, especially internet policy. Where: […]

EU research on digital DIY “vs” gun control becomes even more relevant

Republished from Stop.zona-m.net with the author’s permission
Marco Fioretti: A landmark legal decision makes it possible for everybody to make their own, untraceable assault rifles at home. What now?

Are the Digital Commons condemned to become “Capital Commons”?

By Calimaq; original article in French translated by Maïa Dereva (with DeepL) and edited by Ann Marie Utratel

ISOC Advocating IoT Trust at APAN 46

APAN 46 is being held on 5-9 August 2018 in Auckland, New Zealand, with the Internet Society being one of the sponsors. I’ll also be talking about IoT Security and the OTA IoT Trust Framework, as well as using the opportunity to continue to raise awareness of the MANRS Routing Security Initiative amongst network operators in the Asia-Pacific region.

Aula de abertura da Cátedra Jean Monnet terá convidados internacionais

O primeiro encontro do curso foi realizado no dia 01/08No dia 8 de agosto a Cátedra Jean Monnet, no âmbito do curso de Regionalismo Comparado, irá realizar sua aula de abertura. A aula será ministrada por dois convidados internacionais: a embaixadora da República do Chile nos Países Baixos, María Teresa Infante, e o ‘senior legal officer’ do Departmento de Direito Internacional da Secretaria de Assuntos Jurídicos da Secretaria Geral da OEA, Luis Toro Utillano.

A hundred places where governments are using tech to crowdsource policy

This article was originally published in Apolitical on July 27, 2018. Available online here.

Universität Düsseldorf begrüßt 18 neue Auszubildende

"Man lernt sich kennen und alle sind gut drauf" (Tobias Strohscheidt, Feinwerkmechanik). "Es ist sehr vorteilhaft sich auch mit anderen Mentoren austauschen zu können" (Christine Seeger-Schnug). "Das Wetter spielt mit und endlich geht es los" (Giuliano Lupi, Gärtnerei) - schon an den positiven Feedbacks erkennt man den Erfolg des diesjährigen Kennenlern-Tags für die beginnenden Auszubildenden. 

Investigadores identifican nueva especie de hongo en Valparaíso

El hallazgo del "Lomentospora valparaisensis" fue publicado recientemente en la revista "Persoonia" y -según comentó el académico de la Facultad de Medicina, Eduardo Álvarez- su reconocimiento y estudio puede contribuir al tratamiento en salud animal y humana en caso de que esta especie las afecte.Con muestras extraídas desde el Parque Italia y de la Plaza O'Higgins de Valparaíso, fue que un equipo de la Unidad Micología del Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas de la Facultad de Medicina logró identificar una nueva especie de hongo, el que denominaron “

Faro de Aleatoriedad creado por la U. de Chile es utilizado por la CGR

El proyecto, liderado por el académico Alejandro Hevia del Departamento de Ciencias de la Comunicación (DCC) de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas (FCFM),se distingue por ofrecer un servicio de aleatoriedad pública verificable, el que provee de transparencia a las decisiones de esta área, destacando además cuatro propiedades: ser verificable, autónomo, consistente e impredecible.Con el objetivo de entregar una herramienta que matemáticamente ayude a mejorar nuestra democracia, por medio de la incorporación de  transparencia a procesos públicos, se lanzó o

¿Cómo se busca y ofrece trabajo en Internet?

El estudio establece que existe un 40 por ciento de postulantes que ya tienen un trabajo, quienes tienden a apostar por avisos con salarios mayores a sus expectativas. En contraste, los desempleados tratan de ajustarse más a los requisitos del aviso al principio de su búsqueda, pero, en la medida que pasa el tiempo, van guiándose cada vez menos por salario, educación y experiencia requeridos.El acelerado desarrollo de internet, los medios digitales y las redes sociales han transformado la manera en que las personas buscan trabajo.

Neue Kunst für die UKD-Kapelle

Zu der UKD-Kapelle hat Arnd Vogelsang eine besondere Beziehung: Nach einer Erkrankung seines Vaters hat er an der Düsseldorfer Uniklinik einen Kurs für die Pflege von Hilfsbedürftigen zuhause belegt. Um Kraft zu tanken besuchte er die Kapelle: „Irgendwann bin ich sogar extra auf das Klinikgelände gekommen, nur um die Kapelle zu besuchen. Ich liebe solche alten Gebäude, die strahlen etwas Beruhigendes aus. Allerdings fiel mir auf, dass die Wände doch sehr kahl sind.“ Zuhause malte er dann ein Bild mit einem Kreuzsymbol.

Las Marías of Azacualpa: Internet for Raising Women’s Voices

Azacualpa Yamaranguila, a village in the Intibuca region in Honduras, is celebrating. And not for nothing.

Reclaiming the Smart City: Personal Data, Trust and the New Commons

Report by Theo Bass, Emma Sutherland and Tom Symons: “Cities are becoming a major focal point in the personal data economy. In city governments, there is a clamour for data-informed approaches to everything from waste management and public transport through to policing and emergency response

Technology, Activism, and Social Justice in a Digital Age

Book edited by John G. McNutt: “…offers a close look at both the present nature and future prospects for social change. In particular, the text explores the cutting edge of technology and social change, while discussing developments in social media, civic technology, and leaderless organizations — as well as more traditional approaches to social change.

To Better Predict Traffic, Look to the Electric Grid

Linda Poon at CityLab: “The way we consume power after midnight can reveal how we bad the morning rush hour will be….

What’s Wrong with Public Policy Education

Francis Fukuyama at the American Interest: “Most programs train students to become capable policy analysts, but with no understanding of how to implement those policies in the real world…Public policy education is ripe for an overhaul…

From Code to Cure

David J.

Open Summer of Code is growing beyond the Belgian borders!

Is there (digital) life after death?

Yes, at least for your digital persona according to the German Federal Court of Justice [1]. The judges found that a social media account is hereditary. Social media accounts are to be treated as analog diaries. Would this mean that your heirs may access the data of your dating apps? In Germany, it passes via Karlsruhe The…
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Book of the day: The Political Economy of the Common

Adam Arvidsson (translated from the Italian by Tiziano Bonini)
The Political Economy of the Common. Ed. by Andrea Fumagalli
(as yet untranslated Italian-language book)
Economia politica del comune, collects a series of essays, mostly published elsewhere, which summarize his analysis of post-crisis contemporary capitalism.