New paper by Stefaan G. Verhulst at Global Partners Digital : “In recent years, multistakeholderism has become something of a catchphrase in discussions of Internet governance. This follows decades of attempts to identify a system of governance that would be sufficiently flexible, yet at the same time effective enough to manage the decentralized, non-hierarchical global network that is today used by more than 3 billion people.
The Sinar Project in Malaysia is exploring ways of making critical information public and accessible to Malaysian citizens. The project is supported by the Open Data for Development (OD4D) programme and has been run in collaboration with OpenSpending at Open Knowledge International.
Desde el año 2011 que Siria, reconocida por su modernidad y multiculturalidad, se desgarra en una brutal e intensa guerra civil en la que se enfrentan diferentes bandos, cada uno con el apoyo de potencias mundiales y regionales, que luchan por controlar el país.
Diez meses después de su creación por ley se realizó la ceremonia de instalación de la U. de Chile. Con un potente discurso, Andrés Bello, primer rector de la institución, marcó los lineamientos fundacionales de la primera universidad pública del país y del rol de la educación en la naciente República.
Desde ayudar al desarrollo de la agricultura en zonas áridas hasta el estudio del comportamiento de algunos tipos de cáncer, estos son algunos de los potenciales de este trabajo de académicos del Departamento de Física que será publicado en la revista Scientific American Report, y que demuestra que el crecimiento de especies vegetales en el desierto responde a lógicas organizativas.Un equipo de científicos chilenos y europeos diseñaron un modelo que logra predecir y comprender cómo crece y se organiza un tipo de planta que habita zonas de extrema sequedad: la Paja B
El académico y Premio Nacional de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades estuvo a cargo de iniciar este miércoles 28 de septiembre el primer Encuentro Temático Transversal, uno de los mecanismos de participación del proceso de discusión sobre la Reforma a la Educación Superior al interior de la U. de Chile. Consolidar y hacer crecer la presencia y matrícula de las instituciones estatales fue uno de los puntos abordados en la jornada.
A Research Briefing by Wood, Alexandra and O’Brien, David and Gasser, Urs: “Political leaders and civic advocates are increasingly recommending that open access be the “default state” for much of the information held by government agencies. Over the past several years, they have driven the launch of open data initiatives across hundreds of national, state, and local governments.
Book by Ryan Avent: “None of us has ever lived through a genuine industrial revolution. Until now.
Robert M. Patton, Christopher G. Stahl and Jack C. Wells at DLib Magazine: “Measuring scientific progress remains elusive. There is an intuitive understanding that, in general, science is progressing forward. New ideas and theories are formed, older ideas and theories are confirmed, rejected, or modified. Progress is made. But, questions such as how is it made, by whom, how broadly, or how quickly present significant challenges.
Anna Lauren Hoffmann at O’Reilly: “When I explain the value of ethics to students and professionals alike, I refer it as an “orientation.” As any good designer, scientist, or researcher knows, how you orient yourself toward a problem can have a big impact on the sort of solution you develop—and how you get there.
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The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is excited to announce that it is one of nine winners of the “6th Digital Media and Learning (DML) Competition: Playlists for Learning,” and has received funding to develop four “Digital Citizenship” playlists: My Digital Self, College Career, Advocacy, and Authorship.
The only conference's public Panel Discussion "Who Rules the Internet?" with Kate Crawford, Fieke Jansen and Carolin Gerlitz took place on 6 October 2016, 7 – 9pm Audimax der HU Berlin. Who are the actors both in practices of rule-making and rule-breaking online, what are their motivations and resources, and how can their power relations and communicative figurations be described? How does the Internet influence the proliferation of the values that its platforms, services and infrastructures embody, and what spaces of creative resistance persist?
Since mid September 2017, Marta Portalés Oliva works as guest researcher at the institute for three months. Marta Portalés Oliva is a PhD candidate at the “Gabinete de Comunicación y Educación” Research Group of the Journalism Department at the Communication Sciencies Faculty of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
Say you want to digitally manipulate a photo to send it in for an online contest, are you violating the original photographer’s copyright, if you don’t ask for permission? In... MORE
Ken Doctor at Politico: “Get ready to hear a lot about the “uberfication” of user-generated content.
Open Knowledge International is a member of Open Data for Development (OD4D), a global network of leaders in the open data community, working together to develop open data solutions around the world. In collaboration with the OD4D program, Open Knowledge International coordinates the Africa Open Data Collaboration Fund which is designed to provide seed support to empower Africa’s emerging open data civic organisations and entrepreneurs.
The Telangana government has over the past year made information technology (“IT”) a major focus area for development. It aims to double IT exports within a period of five years. It has, to this end, created a single-stop online clearance mechanism for companies. Amongst other activities, it has also signed MoUs and letters of understanding […]