Thomas De Haan and Jona Linde in The Economic Journal: “Because people disproportionally follow defaults, both libertarian paternalists and marketers try to present options they want to promote as the default. However, setting certain defaults and thereby influencing current decisions, may also affect choices in later, similar decisions. In this paper we explore experimentally whether the default bias can be reinforced by providing good defaults.

En el año 1977 se definió la fecha de celebración para el 16 de octubre ya que coincide con la fundación del Colegio de Profesores de Chile.

En un contexto en el que el perfil de los estudiantes de educación se ha diversificado globalmente, el debate sobre cómo superar las diferencias con las que cargan debido a la inequidad social ha sido parte central de las discusiones sobre políticas públicas en educación. Falta de preparación académica, escasos recursos para solventar sus gastos, e incluso dificultades a la hora de escribir y leer, son algunos de los desafíos que deben enfrentar estos estudiantes no tradicionales.“Leer y escribir es esencial para las labores de un estudiante, sin importar su carrera.

A la comunidad:
Con el objetivo de mantener informada a toda la comunidad acerca del extravío de dos estudiantes de segundo año de Plan Común de la Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias el sábado pasado en el cerro Provincia, comunicamos lo siguiente:
De acuerdo a información entregada por la Oficina Nacional de Emergencia, durante la mañana de hoy se realizó una reunión de coordinación entre los organismos participantes en las labores de búsqueda, informando los siguientes cursos de acción:

The United Nations General Assembly resolution adopted in July 2016 highlights the need to counter extremist narratives online. In the recent past, extremist content, usually content aiding terrorist activity has become a global concern. This post examines the methods adopted by state authorities and private entities to counter such online extremism. STATE RESPONSE  The response […]

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Case study by Sara Mannheimer, Scott W. H. Young and Doralyn Rossmann: “As social media use has become widespread, academic and corporate researchers have identified social networking services as sources of detailed information about people’s viewpoints and behaviors.

Paper by Cristiano Faria & Malena Rehbein  in The Journal of Legislative Studies:”…analyse the implementation of an open parliament policy that is taking place at the Chamber of Deputies, in accordance with the guidelines of the Open Government Partnership international programme (OGP), regarding the action plan of the Opening Parliament

Springwise: “A few months ago, Seoul City launched a month long campaign during September and October asking people to help correct poorly translated street signs. For examples, the sign pictured below has incorrectly abbreviated “Bridge,” which should be corrected to “Brg.” Those who find mistakes can submit them via email, including a picture of the sign and location details.

Mr. Desai resumed his arguments from the previous day on the interplay of Sections 98 and 99 of the RPA. His submission has been that proceedings under Sections 98 and 99 are two independent and separate proceedings. According to him, proceedings under Sections 98 and 99 are civil in nature and are not criminal or […]

Book by Peter Hirshberg, Dale Dougherty, and Marcia Kadanoff: “Maker City, or the Maker City Playbook is a comprehensive set of case studies and how-to information useful for city leaders, civic innovators, nonprofits, and others engaged in urban economic development. The Maker City Playbook is committed to going beyond stories to find patterns and discern promising practices to help city leaders make even

Pérdida de legitimidad de la clase política, fortalecimiento de la democracia y participación ciudadana, fueron parte del diálogo que se instaló este 14 de octubre en el foro "Si Nadie Vota, ¿Cómo Cambiamos Las Cosas?", organizado por la Vicerrectoría de Extensión y Comunicaciones de la Universidad de Chile y la Fundación Ciudadano Inteligente.

Cerca del mediodía de este 16 de octubre, luego de una relativamente extensa enfermedad, falleció el destacado dramaturgo chileno Juan Radrigán Rojas, autor de obras memorables de la escena chilena y Premio Nacional de Artes de la Representación 2011.

Acompañada por el Rector Ennio Vivaldi, la ministra de Salud, Carmen Castillo, y la subsecretaria de Redes Asistenciales, Gisela Alarcón, la Presidenta Michelle Bachelet visitó esta mañana el Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile (HCUCH), para dar a conocer que el plan de inversión proyectado por el HCUCH será financiado por el Estado y que éste permitirá la renovación del equipamiento del recinto.

The free and open source software (FOSS) enthusiasts just celebrated the Software Freedom Day (SFD) on September 17 all across the world. This year, a small group of six of us gathered to celebrate SFD in the Indian city of Bengaluru. The group consisted of open source contributors from communities such as Mozilla, Wikimedia, Mediawiki, Open Street Map, and users of FOSS solutions.

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Date published: October 26, 2016Inverse"The kind of remotely operated weapons Sadowski is talking about likely wouldn’t fall under the proposed autonomous weapons ban, says Peter Asaro, Co-Founder of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, and supporter of a “killer robot” ban.

Day 4 began with the constitutional bench rejecting a plea filed by an activist Ms Teesta Setalvad who requested the Court to redefine the meaning of ‘Hindutva’ as interpreted in the 1996 Manohar Joshi judgment and also sought a ban on the use of this term by the candidates while contesting elections. The constitutional bench […]