Other News from Participating Centers

Digital Switzerlands

Paper by Kristen Eichensehr: “U.S. technology companies are increasingly standing as competing power centers that challenge the primacy of governments. This power brings with it the capacity to bolster or undermine governmental authority, as well as increasing public demands for the companies to protect users from governments. The companies’ power raises serious questions about how to understand their role.

The Data Transfer Project

About: “The Data Transfer Project was formed in 2017 to create an open-source, service-to-service data portability platform so that all individuals across the web could easily move their data between online service providers whenever they want.

What if economic growth isn’t as positive as you think?

If we don’t quickly create a new economy that isn’t based on constant expansion, we’re going to run out of planet.

Team Human: Moira Weigel and Ben Tarnoff “Humane Tech or Capitalism Rebranded?”


 
Playing for Team Human today, recorded live on the floor at the Personal Democracy Forum 2018, are Moira Weigel and Ben Tarnoff. Moira and Ben will be showing us how the tech industry’s promise to build less harmful products and programs is just capitalism’s way of proving that love means never having to say, “I’m sorry.”

Research-driven efforts for child data protection

Youth and privacy in the Americas: Datos Protegidos, Chile 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: Jessica Matus from Datos Protegidos What: Research, workshops, litigation Mission/vision: To promote, defend and educate about the right to privacy […]

Manuel Kukuljan asumió un nuevo periodo como decano de Medicina

El profesor Kukuljan, reelecto el pasado 5 de junio, agradeció a la comunidad de la Facultad de Medicina y señaló que la articulación de ésta será uno de los elementos fundamentales de su nuevo periodo. Con la presencia del ministro de Salud Emilio Santelices y el alcalde de Cerro Navia, Mauro Tamayo, se realizó este viernes 06 de julio la ceremonia de asunción del decano Manuel Kukuljan, correspondiente a su segundo periodo a la cabeza de la Facultad de Medicina.

Community Networks Can Help Solve World’s Problems, Ebook Says

By bringing broadband to new areas, community networks can help end discrimination, fight climate change, and feed the hungry of the world, says a report newly available as an ebook.

Bytes de Informação: Internet e Eleições

As eleições ainda estão por vir, mas você provavelmente já se deparou com anúncios de políticos na internet, não é? A comunicação digital profissionalizou ainda mais as campanhas eleitorais online, que passam a fazer parte de um trabalho constante construção e lapidação da imagem dos candidatos. Pensando nisso, neste Bytes de Informação Jaqueline Resmini Hansen, Joscimar Silva e Davi Brocanelli, nossos convidados do CEPPI – Centro de Pesquisas em Política e Internet comentam sobre o uso de redes sociais nas campanhas eleitorais. Assista:

Medizinische Fakultät verleiht Doktortitel

Im Rahmen der Promotionsfeier zeichnet Dekan Prof. Dr. Nikolaj Klöcker auch die Doktorarbeit von Dr. Maren Weilandt mit dem Preis für die beste Dissertation 2017 aus. Die Arbeit, die am Institut für klinische Neurowissenschaften der Medizinischen Fakultät der HHU entstand, beschäftigt sich mit der funktionellen Bedeutung bestimmter Hirnregionen und ihrer Verbindung untereinander vor allem im Hinblick auf depressive Erkrankungen.

Publikations- und Open-Access-Beratung an der ULB

Darüber hinaus können auch Fragen zu urheberrechtlichen Themen, zu Verlagsverträgen und zu Möglichkeiten der Zweitveröffentlichung eines bereits publizierten Werkes an die ULB gerichtet werden. 
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Nostalgia 21 - Baustelle der neuen Mensa, 1973

Letztes Mal schon fertig, hier noch im zweiten Bauabschnitt des Campus-Baus (bis ca. 1975): Die neue Zentralmensa als Baustelle - ein Blick vom Dach des Gebäudes 23.01 in Richtung Universitätsstraße, 1973.

Civic sharing projects in Japan: Q&A with urban policy researcher Eguchi Shintaro

Nithin Coca: Egushi Shintaro is a researcher, author, and organizer, focusing on urban policy, rural revitalization, and civic economy projects. Originally from Fukuoka prefecture in the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, Shintaro is now based in Tokyo.

CDMX: Seeds of Transformation

In late June 2018 I spent a week in the City of Mexico (CDMX), to support the municipal government with a variety of foresight related challenges, through its Laboratorio Para La Ciudad (City Lab).
The Lab was founded and is led by Gabriella Gómez-Mont, as the experimental arm / creative think tank of the Mexico City government, reporting to the Mayor. It is highly innovative in its techniques and strategies for urban development.

IETF 102, Day 5: Au revoir Montréal

There’s just the couple of sessions to highlight on the last day of IETF 102 before we wrap up for the week.

More Girls in ICT: The Internet Society Signs MoU with the Mexican Government

Women and girls are significantly less likely to choose ICT (Information and Communication Technology) studies than men. There are many reasons for this. Barriers to access, but also retention in ICT studies are complex as they are often related not only to economic but also to social and cultural barriers.
A lot of initiatives are being developed worldwide to break these barriers, and at the Internet Society we believe that only if we join efforts we can overcome them and help to close the digital gender gap.

Steven G. Huter – The 2018 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award Winner

With so many moving parts to advancing Internet access and enabling communities to reach the rest of the world, the biggest key to success, according to this year’s Jonathan B. Postel Award winner, is listening.

Cátedra de DD.HH. entregó carta abogando por salud de Machi Córdova

Seis puntos contiene la misiva entregada en La Moneda este viernes 6 de julio por parte de integrantes de la Cátedra de Derechos Humanos y la vicerrectora Faride Zeran, acompañados por el vicepresidente de la FECh, Mattías Gallegos, la vocera del Machi Celestino Córdova, Belén Paillal, y estudiantes de la Casa de Bello, documento suscrito también por la Cátedra Indígena en el que emplazan al Ejecutivo a revisar la negativa a la demanda de la autoridad mapuche de visitar su rehue por 48 horas, apelando a la "libertad de culto y el derecho a la salud".

Proyecto se adentrará en las causas de la sequía en Aculeo

"Caracterización del consumo hídrico y del sistema hidrogeológico en la cuenca de Aculeo, determinación de posibles soluciones y campaña de educación ambiental", es el nombre de la iniciativa encabezada por el profesor de la Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y de la Conservación de la Naturaleza, Pablo García, proyecto que gracias al Fondo de lnnovación a la Competitividad de decisión regional (FlC-R) ahondará en las razones de la actual crisis que afecta a este lugar.Como un tema crítico que “nunca antes se necesitó estudiar porque como muchos acuíferos en Chile, nunca hubo

U. de Chile lidera nuevamente a nivel latinoamericano

La medición, hecha por el prestigioso Academic Ranking Of World Universities (ARWU), indica que la Casa de Bello lidera 19 disciplinas a nivel nacional, de las cuales en ocho es la mejor de Latinoamérica.

Srikrishna panel upset at timing of Trai suggestions

The Justice BN Srikrishna Committee, which is drafting a model data protection and privacy law for India, is upset by the timing of recommendations made by the country’s telecom regulator this week, according to a senior member of the panel, as it fears this will delay the submission of its own report, due later this month.