Other News from Participating Centers

Elvira Hernández obtuvo Premio Iberoamericano de Poesía Pablo Neruda

Entregada por el Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio en conjunto a la Fundación Neruda, la distinción fue otorgada a la artista que estudió Filosofía en el ex Instituto Pedagógico de la Universidad de Chile, cuyo trabajo ha sido traducido a diversos idiomas y reeditado por diferentes sellos editoriales. “La poesía no es temática. / La poesía es algo que habla de todo al mismo tiempo.

Closing feedback loops for more & better open data in Switzerland

Last week, the annual open data conference in Switzerland took place in St. Gallen. In this post, Oleg Lavrovsky, activist for Open Knowledge and board member of the Swiss Chapter, shares a look back at the event showcasing the latest developments in the country, with results of the first Open Data Student Awards. For more coverage, photos and links visit Opendata.ch/2018.

Rough Guide to IETF 102: Internet Infrastructure Resilience

As usual, in this post I’ll focus on important work the IETF is doing that helps improve the security and resilience of the Internet infrastructure.
At IETF 102 there are a lot of new ideas being brought to the community in the form of Internet Drafts aimed at improving the security and resilience of the Internet infrastructure, and I’d like to introduce some of them to you. But keep in mind – an Internet Draft does not indicate IETF endorsement, is not a standard, and may not result in any further work at the IETF.

Smarter Crowdsourcing: A Global Online Conference for Public Entrepreneurship Learning

The GovLab and Politics for Tomorrow will convene the first in a series of quarterly online meetings to discuss the current state of governance innovation training.

Prizes are a powerful spur to innovation and breakthroughs

John Thornhill in the Financial Times: “…All too often today we leave research and innovation in the hands of the so-called professionals, often with disappointing results. Winning a prize often matters less than the stimulus it provides for innovators in neighbouring fields In recent years, there has been an explosion in the number of professional scientists. Unesco estimates that there were 7.8m full-time researchers in 2013.

Bad Governance and Corruption

Textbook by Richard Rose and Caryn Peiffer: “This book explains why the role of corruption varies greatly between public services, between people, between national systems of governance, and between measures of corruption.
More than 1.8 billion people pay the price of bad government each year, by sending a bribe to a public official.

VII. Interdisciplinary Workshop: Privacy, Data Protection & Surveillance

10.07.2018 - 12:30 - 18:30 Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society Französische Straße 9 Berlin

Open Data in Tourism

European Data Portal: “New technologies are rapidly changing the tourism industry. Data are central assets in management and marketing of tourism destinations and businesses. Data driven services became a prominent tool for tourists to plan their trips. The study “Utilizing open data in tourism” predicts great potential for Open Data to increase innovations and destination management.

What is a data trust?

Essay by Jack Hardinges at ODI: “There are different interpretations of what a data trust is, or should be…

Let’s talk politics: Conference on Social Commons, Barcelona, June 2018 

Here is a good review of the political commons developments, a contribution from Birgit Daiber to the Barcelona Conference on Social Commons, Barcelona June 2018.

Licht steuert Eigenschaften biologisch abbaubarer Kunststoffe

Kunststoffe (Polymere) entstehen, indem man viele kleine Moleküle - die Monomere - miteinander verknüpft. Den Vorgang der Verkettung bezeichnet man auch als Polymerisation. Es entstehen Ketten oder auch zwei- und dreidimensionale Strukturen. Die Eigenschaften eines solchen Kunststoffes hängen stark von den verknüpften Monomerbausteine sowie der Länge und Zusammensetzung der gebildeten Polymerketten ab.

America’s Problem Isn’t Too Little Democracy. It’s Too Much.

Joshua A. Geltzer at PoliticoMagazine: “Democracy’s lamentations sometimes seem deafening these days.

Death by Social Media

The victims of WhatsApp forwards are outsiders, the political class is silent, the state is helpless. There are clear patterns behind the recent mob lynchings.
The article by Pretika Khanna, Abhiram Ghadyalpatil and Shaswati Das was published in LiveMint on July 9, 2018. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

Tecnologia para além da iniciativa privada: questões de políticas públicas

Ao comprar um produto tecnológico, o consumidor comumente atribui a total criação e elaboração da mercadoria pela empresa dona da marca gravada no produto. Contudo, a aplicação de uma tecnologia é consequência da construção de conhecimento e realização de experiências desenvolvidas por diversos atores, dentre eles e assumindo papel ativo, encontra-se o Estado. Mariana Massucato demonstra esta interface no livro O estado empreendedor: desmascarando o mito do setor público x setor privado.

Learn to Play Commonspoly: London, Sunday July 22nd @ Newspeak House

Dear friends and commoners:
In the lead up to the Open Coop 2018 conference, Richard Bartlett and Natalia Lombardo (Loomio, Enspiral, the Hum) will join me in hosting an action-oriented workshop on Commonspoly at Newspeak House, London.

Professor da FGV Direito Rio participa do BRICS Seminar on Governance 2018 na África do Sul

O docente foi convidado pela National School of Government do paísNa última semana, o professor e coordenador do Núcleo de Estudos Brasil-China, Evandro Menezes de Carvalho, participou do BRICS Seminar on Governance 2018 em Johannesburgo, África do Sul. O docente foi convidado pela National School of Government da República da África do Sul para participar do evento para falar sobre o tema "O ‘B’ e o ‘S’ dos BRICS: o desafio de construir pontes na Ásia para um futuro compartilhado da humanidade".

Regulador das telecomunicações da França publica trabalhos de pesquisador da FGV Direito Rio

O relatório foi publicado em francês e inglêsRelatório oficial da Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP) incluiu um artigo analisando as pesquisas sobre Neutralidade da Rede de Luca Belli, pesquisador do Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade da FGV Direito Rio. No texto, o autor analisa a expansão das práticas de patrocínio de aplicativos, ditas de Zero Rating, e o impacto de tais práticas sobre a predefinição do uso da Internet, ao invés de permitir a cada usuário de desenvolver livremente novos aplicativos, novos serviços e novo conteúdo.

UKD-Sommerfest: Herzlicher Dank an Beschäftigte für ihren Einsatz

Zur Begrüßung dankte der Vorstand für die Leistung der Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter des UKD, gerade auch in den letzten Streikwochen. „Wir haben uns  bewusst dazu  entschieden, dieses Fest nicht aufgrund der Streikaktivitäten abzusagen. Es ging uns insbesondere darum, unseren besonders motivierten Beschäftigten zu danken und die große Resonanz freut uns außerordentlich“, so Ekkehard Zimmer, stellvertretender Vorstandsvorsitzender des UKD. Ein großes Dankeschön gab es auch an das Organisationsteam des Sommerfestes.

The Week in Internet News: WhatsApp Looks to Combat the Spread of Fake News

Fake messaging: WhatsApp, the popular messaging tool, will pay researchers up to $50,000 to study the spread of fake news through its platform, notes Mashable.com.

An interview with James Evans

A while ago James Evans, sociology professor at the University of Chicago, was our guest at the Open Journal Club. After his talk  ‘Discourse as a Neural Network’ I asked him a few questions about scientific collaboration and online tools. He argues* that online tools extend people’s reach, thereby making more diverse collaborations possible. At…
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