Other News from Participating Centers

IViR studies opgenomen in Kamerstuk over de toekomst van de onafhankelijke journalistiek in Nederland

Neusser Gesamtschule an der Erft erhält Plakette 'Schule im NRW-Talentscouting'

In Deutschland entscheiden oftmals die familiären Hintergründe über den Bildungsweg. Hier setzt das NRW-Talentscouting an. Im Rahmen des im Ruhrgebiet bereits erfolgreichen Förderprogramms bauen seit 2017 fünf Talentscouts der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf ein Netzwerk mit Schulen in Düsseldorf und dem Rhein-Kreis Neuss auf.

Versicherer fördern juristische Forschung

Am Dienstag, den 03. Juli 2018, unterzeichneten die Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf und
die ARAG SE, die Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender Stiftung für Bildung und Wissenschaft, die Provinzial Rheinland Versicherung AG, die ÖRAG Rechtsschutzversicherungs-AG, der Verband öffentlicher Versicherer, die Deutsche Rückversicherung AG und die RheinLand Versicherungs AG

Meeting Europe’s Connectivity Challenge: The Role for Community Networks

While Europe tops many charts in terms of Internet connectivity in global comparison, a number of challenges still persist. One of these challenges is the continuing urban-rural digital gap, which concerns many countries both in Western and Eastern Europe.

Frome: The town that’s found a potent cure for illness – community

Frome in Somerset has seen a dramatic fall in emergency hospital admissions since it began a collective project to combat isolation. There are lessons for the rest of the country.

Fab City Summit Paris: Changing the Reality of Our Cities

  • The Fab City Summit Gathers Public Institutions, Industry and Society in Paris to Define the Path Towards The Future of Productive Cities.
  • 18 Fab City members, iCapital alumni and International City Leaders will gather in Paris.
  • International speakers such as Neil Gershenfeld, Saskia Sassen and Dave Hakkens will discuss innovative approaches to future-proofing cities through local productivity.

Emojis or empowerment?

By implementing internal communication platforms, enterprises are hoping to promote efficiency (vulgo: to get rid of e-mail), transparency and employee participation. But such platforms are unlikely to take off by themselves. Only those who understand their organization’s communication and information structures are able to exploit the full potential of Slack & Co. Unternehmensinterne Social Media-Plattformen…

Organizacje pozarządowe zabierają głos w sprawie reformy prawa autorskiego

Dwudziestego czerwca Komisja Prawna (JURI) Parlamentu Europejskiego przyjęła propozycję  Dyrektywy o prawie autorskim na jednolitym rynku cyfrowym, która w debacie publicznej wzbudza coraz większe kontrowersje. Kwestia jest na tyle ważna, a zarazem polaryzująca, że wymaga uwagi całego Parlamentu Europejskiego, głosującego na posiedzeniu plenarnym.

ISOC advocates good MANRS within European R&E community

The Internet Society will be participating in the GÉANT Services and Technology Forum this week, as it continues to develop its relationship with research and education networking in support of improved routing security. GÉANT is the pan-European networking activity that connects and supports 41 National Research and Education Networks (NRENs), and which recently joined the MANRS initiative.

Fake news, bots, mecanismos de filtragem e outras ameaças à democracia brasileira

Bipolarização. Aparentemente, uma das palavras mais citadas nas manchetes políticas nos últimos anos. Seja no Brexit, nas eleições americanas ou no Impeachment sofrido pela ex-presidente Dilma Rousseff, as atuais sociedades nunca falaram sobre a construção de muros físicos e imaginários tanto quanto hoje. Visões maniqueístas e extremistas são sustentadas pelo bloqueio e falta de interesse em diferentes opiniões com a ajuda do filtro invisível nas mídias sociais e com as Fake News em diversas plataformas digitais.
A primeira ameaça: O filtro invisível

​NTU Singapore receives S$16.4 million for its Wallenberg-NTU Fellowship to nurture early-career scientists

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Future Thinking: Roxanne Varza on the Internet Economy

In 2017, the Internet Society unveiled the 2017 Global Internet Report: Paths to Our Digital Future. The interactive report identifies the drivers affecting tomorrow’s Internet and their impact on Media & Society, Digital Divides, and Personal Rights & Freedoms. In April 2018, we interviewed two stakeholders –Biddemu Bazil Mwotta, who introduced an agribusiness app, and Roxanne Varza, the director of  a startup incubator  – to hear their different perspectives on the forces shaping the Internet.

Changing Minds by Using Open Data

This blog has been rewritten from the original post on our Open Education Working Group blog and is co-authored by Javiera Atenas, Erdinç Saçan & Robert Schuwer.
 
The Greek philosopher Pythagoras once said:

“if you want to multiply joy, then you have to share.”

Future Thinking: Biddemu Bazil Mwotta on the Internet Economy

In 2017, the Internet Society unveiled the 2017 Global Internet Report: Paths to Our Digital Future. The interactive report identifies the drivers affecting tomorrow’s Internet and their impact on Media & Society, Digital Divides, and Personal Rights & Freedoms. In April 2018, we interviewed two stakeholders –Biddemu Bazil Mwotta, who introduced an agribusiness app, and Roxanne Varza, the director of  a startup incubator  – to hear their different perspectives on the forces shaping the Internet.

Aula Aberta | Introdução às Startups, Venture Capital e Private Equity

Aula Aberta | Introdução às Startups, Venture Capital e Private Equity 19h00O Evento: A FGV DIREITO RIO apresenta a Aula aberta: Introdução às Startups, Venture Capital e Private Equity que integra o programa do LL.M em Direito: Negócios. O curso objetiva desenvolver competências e estimular reflexões em temáticas jurídicas relacionadas ao ambiente de negócios por meio de uma abordagem interdisciplinar e contemporânea. Na ocasião será possível experimentar a metodologia aplicada e conhecer toda a infraestrutura disponível para os alunos.

The Week in Internet News: WiFi Gets a New Security Standard

A more secure Wi-Fi: The Wi-Fi Alliance has released the new WPA2 standard for WiFi that’s designed to mitigate several long-standing security problems. Among the fixes: The new standard mandates stronger WiFi passwords, Wired.com reports. The new standard also will include 192-bit encryption.

Distributed Curation: the commons handling complexity

A story about a wiki
Let me open by saying this is only a sketch – Michel Bauwens would probably want to elaborate, but I would like to mention only the very barest details here. Back around 2006, Michel started putting his notes about Peer-to-Peer and related ideas on the P2P Foundation wiki, and opened it up to trusted others to contribute as well. Naturally, after more than 12 years of committed input, there are thousands of pages, which have received millions of page views. Like many wikis, this can be seen as an information commons.

Gremienwahlen HHU für Studierende: Urnenwahl auf dem Campus am 3. Juli

Mangels Kandidaturen in den übrigen Fakultäten findet die Wahl zum SHK-Rat in diesem Jahr nur in der Philosophischen Fakultät statt!
Gewählt werden 2018 die studentischen Mitglieder

Andreas Baur at the Nuremberg Technology Dialogue

One thing is clear: There is no such thing as absolute security in cyberspace – but not to worry about security is also not a solution. In the meantime, there is a broad legal, technical and also political scope of possibilities; this became clear once again on 21 June 2018 at the Nuremberg Technology Dialogue at the Home Ministry.

CultiMake: Announcing the Results of the Open Call for Ideas

The P2P Lab is happy to announce the results of the