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Oportunidade de estágio no CRI - Centro de Relações Internacionais da FGV Direito Rio

Número de vagas: 1 
EDITAL PARA PREENCHIMENTO DE VAGA DE ESTAGIÁRIO DO CENTRO DE RELAÇÕES INTERNACIONAIS (CRI) DA FGV DIREITO RIO
O Centro de Relações Internacionais da FGV Direito Rio (CRI) seleciona 1 (um) estagiário para participar das atividades de gestão e internacionalização desenvolvidas por seu Coordenador, assistente e colaboradores.
São requisitos necessários para o preenchimento da vaga:
a) Ser aluno de Graduação, preferencialmente em Relações Internacionais, Comunicação, Administração ou Direito

Workshop realizado no Rio fortalece parceria na área de Direito

O evento foi fruto da parceria com o Mestrado em Direito da Regulação Nos dias 28 e 29 de agosto, foi realizado o workshop “Transformative Constitutionalism in Latin America and International Economic Law: Avoiding Conflict and Fostering Dialogue”, na sede da FGV, no Rio de Janeiro. O evento foi fruto da parceria entre o Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law e o Mestrado em Direito da Regulação da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da FGV (Direito Rio), dirigido pelo professor Sérgio Guerra.

Taxiapp: London’s black cab co-op alternative to Uber

With Uber out of the picture in London — at least temporarily — you would expect to see Platform Coops rising in prominence as a better alternative.

Advancing Urban Health and Wellbeing Through Collective and Artificial Intelligence: A Systems Approach 3.0

Policy brief by Franz Gatzweiler: “Many problems of urban health and wellbeing, such as pollution, obesity, ageing, mental health, cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases, inequality and poverty (WHO 2016), are highly complex and beyond the reach of individual problem solving capabilities. Biodiversity loss, climate change, and urban health problems emerge at aggregate scales and are unpredictable.

User Centric E-Government: Challenges and Opportunities

Book edited by Saqib Saeed, Zaigham Mahmood and T. Ramayah: “This book provides user studies and theories related to user-centered technology design processes for e-government projects. The book mainly discusses inherent issues of technology design implications, user experiences, and guidelines for technology appropriation. Ethnographic studies focusing on real life examples will enable readers to understand the problems in an effective way.

Podcast: The Power and Perils of Cooperatives

Institute for Local Self-Reliance: Christopher Mitchell, the director of ILSR’s Community Broadband Networks initiative, interviews Hannah Trostle and Karlee Weinmann, research associates for the Community Broadband Networks and Energy Democracy initiatives, respectively.

Disaster recovery’s essential tool: Data

Amy Liu and Allison Plyer at Brookings: “To recover from a disaster on the scale of Harvey and Irma requires a massive coordinated effort. Federal, state and local governments must lead. Philanthropy, nonprofits and the private sector will be key partners.

Mapping service design and policy design

UK Policy Lab: “…Over the summer in the Policy Lab we have started mapping different policy options, showing the variety of ways policy-makers might use their power to influence people’s actions and behaviours. We have grouped these into seven categories from low level to large scale interventions.
Carrots or sticks

Rector Vivaldi visitó Liceo Nacional de Maipú

En el marco de la II Jornada Mundo Universitario, organizada por el establecimiento maipucino, el Rector Ennio Vivaldi, realizó una charla sobre educación pública a los estudiantes de los 3ros y 4tos medios del recinto.

Francisco Brieva y Paulino Varas son distinguidos con Medalla Juvenal

Este 20 de septiembre fueron anunciados los nombres de los dos académicos galardonados con esta tradicional distinción universitaria. El profesor Brieva recibirá la medalla en la categoría Ciencia y Tecnología, y el profesor Varas lo hará en Artes, Letras y Humanidades.

Hiring a Media Cloud Contract UX Specialist

Online media is in a state of flux. Twitter, Facebook, blogs, so-called fake news - these are all recent developments that have radically altered the landscape of news and information online. We call this the "networked public sphere", and the Media Cloud project was created to track and understand it. Come help us design easier-to-use data-centric web tools for academic internet researchers and human rights activists that let them investigate coverage and conversations online about topics they care about.

FGV Direito Rio recebe inscrições para processo seletivo por transferência e para portadores de diploma

Os candidatos têm até o dia 17 de novembro para realizarem a inscriçãoA Escola de Direito do Rio de janeiro da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV Direito Rio) está recebendo inscrições para o processo seletivo por meio de transferência externa e para portadores de diploma para o preenchimento de vagas remanescentes na graduação.

Direito Rio premia os melhores trabalhos de conclusão de curso

Prêmio Miranda Rosa de Qualidade e Alfredo Lamy Filho de InovaçãoA Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro (Direito Rio) anunciou os vencedores do VIII Concurso de Premiação de TCC. Realizado anualmente, o concurso premia os melhores Trabalhos de Conclusão de Curso com o Prêmio Miranda Rosa de Qualidade e o Prêmio Alfredo Lamy Filho de Inovação.

Summer visitors

22nd September 2017
Over the summer CSER has welcomed a number of interns and visitors who are pursuing independent projects. The following videos highlight the work of three visitors who were supervised by CSER Research Associate Simon Beard.

Ausgründer entwickeln Medikamente gegen Alzheimersche Krankheit

Priavoid ist ein biopharmazeutisches Unternehmen, das sich auf die Entwicklung neuartiger Therapien für Patienten mit Erkrankungen des Zentralnervensystems konzentriert. Dabei stehen neurologische Erkrankungen im Fokus, die von fehlgefalteten und aggregierten Proteinen verursacht werden.

Ausgründer entwickeln Medikamente gegen Alzheimersche Krankheit

Priavoid ist ein biopharmazeutisches Unternehmen, das sich auf die Entwicklung neuartiger Therapien für Patienten mit Erkrankungen des Zentralnervensystems konzentriert. Dabei stehen neurologische Erkrankungen im Fokus, die von fehlgefalteten und aggregierten Proteinen verursacht werden.

Der aufgeklärte Patient: Zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit

Eine erfolgreiche Therapie des Patienten und eine seriöse Forschung setzen voraus, dass Patientinnen und Patienten von ihren behandelnden Ärztinnen und Ärzten über den Ablauf und die Folgen einer Behandlung umfassend aufgeklärt werden, diese verinnerlichen und in die Therapie einwilligen. International spricht man von „informed consent“. Die Aufklärung und Einwilligung ist Grundvoraussetzung für eine Behandlung.  Doch was heißt: Der Patient ist aufgeklärt? Reicht es über medizinische Fakten zu informieren? Wie geschieht Aufklärung im medizinischen Alltag?

Der aufgeklärte Patient: Zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit

Eine erfolgreiche Therapie des Patienten und eine seriöse Forschung setzen voraus, dass Patientinnen und Patienten von ihren behandelnden Ärztinnen und Ärzten über den Ablauf und die Folgen einer Behandlung umfassend aufgeklärt werden, diese verinnerlichen und in die Therapie einwilligen. International spricht man von „informed consent“. Die Aufklärung und Einwilligung ist Grundvoraussetzung für eine Behandlung.  Doch was heißt: Der Patient ist aufgeklärt? Reicht es über medizinische Fakten zu informieren? Wie geschieht Aufklärung im medizinischen Alltag?

Equifax is a reminder of larger cybersecurity problems

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.
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