Article by Michael Walton: “Two ideas in development – activating agency of citizens and using “nudges” to change their behavior – seem diametrically opposed in spirit: activating latent agency at the ground level versus  top-down designs that exploit people’s behavioral responses. Yet both start from a psychological focus and a belief that changes in people’s behavior can lead to “better” outcomes, for the individuals involved and for society.  So how should we think of these contrasting sets of ideas?

Introduction by Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to the UK’s Data Ethics Framework: “Making better use of data offers huge benefits, in helping us provide the best possible services to the people we serve.

Technical note by Lafuente, Mariano and González, Sebastián prepared as part of the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) agenda on Center of Government: “… analyzes how delivery units (DU) have been adapted by Latin American and Caribbean governments, the degree to which they have contributed to meeting governments’ priority goals between 2007 and 2018, and the lessons learned along the way.

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Cory Doctorow: The pending update to the EU Copyright Directive is coming up for a committee vote on June 20 or 21 and a parliamentary vote either in early July or late September. While the directive fixes some longstanding problems with EU rules, it creates much, much larger ones: problems so big that they threaten to wreck the Internet itself.

El MERC analiza en Barcelona la gestión de la Reputación en el entorno digital
Charo Sádaba, decana de la Facultad de Comunicación, abordó la revolución tecnológica y la velocidad de desarrollo de las crisis en redes sociales

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Charo Sádaba
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Jorge Aliende

Fünf Slammerinnen und Slammer aus unterschiedlichen Disziplinen der Philosophischen Fakultät traten in diesem hochkarätigen wissenschaftlichen Vortragswettbewerb gegeneinander an. In nur zehn Minuten präsentierten sie mit viel Witz ihre interessanten Forschungs- und Untersuchungsergebnisse. Während Johannes Krause mit seinem Slam „Kultivierung oder der Einfluss von Germany's Next Topmodel auf unsere Schönheitsvorstellungen“ Heidi Klums mediales Evergreen gesellschaftskritisch beleuchtete, reflektierte Svenja Peters (Medien- und Kulturwissenschaften) in „Medien Kultur Wissen.

The Internet of Bodies

Aaron Fernando: Blockchain has become one of those buzzwords that commands attention and carries a powerful social glow, yet in the likes of similar buzzwords that have attained such a prized status, it has lost much of its meaning. Blockchain has become a catchall term for just about any digital ledger system regardless of crucial variations in its design. With so many blockchain projects ranging from social impact initiatives to opportunistic marketing ploys, it can be difficult to discern which projects hold real potential.

Eingeleitet wird der „Frankreichtag“ bereits am 18. Juni mit der Vorführung des Films „La Melody – Der Klang von Paris“ im Haus der Universität. Am 19. Juni wird dann zwischen 13 und 16 Uhr ein Hochschulmarkt mit verschiedenen Informationsständen stattfinden. Hier können sich Interessierte über ein Studium oder ein Praktikum in Frankreich informieren und bei einem „Speedmeeting“ auch Kommilitonen kennenlernen, die einen solchen Aufenthalt bereits absolviert haben.

Die Bildergalerie "HHU-Nostalgia" stellt interessante Archiv-Motive vor und wird kontinuierlich ausgebaut und ergänzt: Viel Spaß! Hier geht es zur kompletten Galerie (Übersichtsseite).Haben Sie vielleicht auch noch ein interessantes "historisches" Foto der HHU? Die HHU-Bildredaktion freut sich über jede Einsendung: Dieter Joswig, Tel. +49 211 81-14861E-Mail senden

Exzellenz in der Forschung
Hohes Ansehen genießt der Studiengang in der deutschen Wissenschaftsgemeinde: Universitätsprofessoren konnten in der Befragung durch das CHE fünf Universitäten in Deutschland nennen, die sie für führend in der Forschung in ihrem Fach halten. Der gute Ruf der politikwissenschaftlichen Forschung hat die HHU als einzige Hochschule in NRW in die bundesweite Spitzengruppe gebracht.

Die Gewerkschaft hatte die Entlastungsgespräche mit dem Klinikvorstand abgebrochen. In dem offenen Brief an die Geschäftsführerin des verdi-Bezirks Düssel-Rhein-Wupper, Stephanie Peifer, weist der Klinikvorstand nochmals darauf hin, dass die aktuelle Forderung zu eigenständigen Tarifverhandlungen durch das UKD „falsch und sinnlos“ ist: Das UKD ist Mitglied des Arbeitgeberverbandes NRW und damit der „Tarifgemeinschaft deutscher Länder“ (TdL). Daher ist das UKD nicht zu eigenständigen Verhandlungen berechtigt.

We are constantly upset about our digital helpers. That should give us food for thought. When was the last time you got digitally annoyed? When Skype refused to work right before an important interview? When Spotify stuttered through your playlist? When Google Maps kept guiding you back into a traffic jam? While others float weightlessly…
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World Bank Policy Research Paper by Daniel Ayalew Ali, Klaus Deininger and Michael Wild: “The technical complexity of ensuring that tax rolls are complete and valuations current is often perceived as a major barrier to bringing in more property tax revenues in developing countries.

Carlos Ragazzo, professor da FGV Direito Rio, foi um dos convidadosO professor da FGV Direito Rio, Carlos Ragazzo, foi um dos palestrantes do evento Brasil Streaming, que ocorreu no dia 11 de junho, no WTC Events Center em São Paulo. Em sua terceira edição, o encontro reuniu especialistas, produtores de conteúdo, programadores e algumas das maiores empresas do setor para debater as mudanças no mercado de TV por assinatura e os impactos das novas tecnologias.

Carlos Ragazzo, professor da FGV Direito Rio, foi um dos convidadosO professor da FGV Direito Rio, Carlos Ragazzo, foi um dos palestrantes do evento Brasil Streaming, que ocorreu no dia 11 de junho, no WTC Events Center em São Paulo. Em sua terceira edição, o encontro reuniu especialistas, produtores de conteúdo, programadores e algumas das maiores empresas do setor para debater as mudanças no mercado de TV por assinatura e os impactos das novas tecnologias.

Anthony Sanford at The Conversation: “Social media sites’ responses to the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal and new European privacy regulations have given users much more control over who can access

UK Government Press Release: “…the government has announced that key parts of the OS MasterMap will be made openly available for the public and businesses to use.
It is estimated that this will boost the UK economy by at least £130m each year, as innovative companies and startups use the data.

Paper by Serena Zheng, Marshini Chetty, and Nick Feamster: “Despite the increasing presence of Internet of Things (IoT) devices inside the home, we know little about how users feel about their privacy living with Internet-connected devices that continuously monitor and collect data in their homes. To gain insight into this state of affairs, we conducted eleven semi-structured interviews with owners of smart homes, investigating privacy values and expectations.

On June 12, 2018, the Internet Society hosted a briefing for Congressional staff on Considerations Regarding Encryption and Exceptional Access. The briefing offered an opportunity for participants to learn more about the technical aspects of encryption, and the risks associated with creating back doors or other technical means for exceptional access.