On September 29, 2016, Law No. 27,275 was published in the Official Bulletin of Argentina to regulate the right of access to public information. Thus, Argentina is no longer in the list of countries without this right protected.This law is supported across the political spectrum and is the result of significant work across civil society. In addition, this law is in line with the requirements of the model proposed by the OAS.  

Last month, around thirty two lakh debit cards of various banks in India were compromised through a large scale cyber malware attack. As the biggest security breach ever experienced by the financial sector in India, this attack has also been described as the “first major successful attack on a critical information infrastructure in India”. It […]

Essay by Lidia Gryszkiewicz, Tuukka Toivonen, & Ioanna Lykourentzou: “Innovation labs, with their aspirations to foster systemic change, have become a mainstay of the social innovation scene. Used by city administrations, NGOs, think tanks, and multinational corporations, labs are becoming an almost default framework for collaborative innovation.

Election parties that turned into funerals. Sleep-deprived humans floating through the street, numb after a weeknight of crying, alcohol, or both. Silence: the morning of November 9, 2016, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was frighteningly silent. For all the rationality, all the number-crunching, all the exploration of electoral scenarios, dealing with elections remains a deeply emotional task.

Chris Stein for Quartz: “In map after map after

Report by sparks & honey: “Through our interaction with machines, we develop emotional, human expectations of them. Alexa, for example, comes alive when we speak with it. AI is and will be a representation of its cultural context, the values and ethics we apply to one another as humans.

We are happy to announce that The Global Open Data Index (GODI) 2016 is officially live!
After months of hard work, taking the community feedback and building it into the new methodology, and redesigning the whole survey from the questions to interface and how you interact with it.

El médico genetista, quien fuera reconocido como uno de los mayores maestros de la medicina del siglo XX, se destacó no solo como doctor, sino que también por sus grandes aportes a la sociedad y a la política nacional.Nacido en Santiago de Chile en agosto de 1925, el doctor Ricardo Cruz Coke Madrid, obtuvo su título de médico en 1950 en la Universidad de Chile. Realizó estudios de postgrado en París, Madrid, Oxford y en la Universidad Johns Hopkins entre los años 1954 y 1965.

La ausencia de control en la oferta educativa y la poca pertinencia de los programas académicos fueron algunos de los aspectos revisados por la autoridad de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas en el quinto Encuentro Temático Transversal.

"Le Corbusier y el sur de América" es la exposición que este 3 de noviembre se inaugurará en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, integrada por más de cincuenta documentos de proyectos creados por Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, Le Corbusier, uno de los arquitectos más icónicos del siglo XX.

En el marco de la conmemoración de los 50 años de dicha unidad académica, el abogado y Profesor Titular de la Universidad de Chile, y ex subsecretario de Relaciones Exteriores entre los años 2006 y 2009, repasa en la siguiente entrevista parte de lo que han sido las cinco décadas del primer Instituto Interdisciplinario de la Casa de Bello. “La idea de establecer un Instituto de Estudios Internacionales (IEI) surgió en los años sesenta, producto de la mayor actividad internacional de Chile.

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Katherine Curchin at LSE Blog: “…behavioural scientists are calling for a second generation of behaviourally-informed policy. In some policy areas, nudges simply aren’t enough. Behavioural research shows stronger action is required to attack the underlying cause of problems.

Michele Catanzaro at EuroScientist: “Imagine a world without peer review committees, project proposals or activity reports. Imagine a world where research funds seamlessly flow where they are best employed, like nutrients in a food-web or materials in a river network. Many scientists would immediately signup to live in such a world.

Lançamento da CARTILHA DO INVESTIMENTO COLETIVO: orientações a investidores e gestores. Equity Crowdfunding no Brasil hoje.11h00 até 14h00O Evento: A FGV DIREITO RIO e a COMISSÃO DE VALORES MOBILIÁRIOS convidam para o lançamento do livro

 
DEBATE: Equity Crowdfunding no Brasil hoje.
 
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André Mendes - Professor da FGV Direito Rio e Coordenador do Núcleo de Prática Jurídica da FGV Direito Rio

Lançamento do livro “Habeas Corpus nos Tribunais Superiores"18h00O Evento: O livro apresenta os resultados de uma pesquisa financiada pelo Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), com apoio da Secretaria de Assuntos Legislativos do Ministério da Justiça (SAL/MJ) por meio de editais públicos (IPEA/PNPD Nº 131/2012 e IPEA/PNPD nº 098/2014) e faz parte do Projeto “Pensando o Direito” criado em 2007 para promover a democratização do processo de elaboração legislativa no Brasil.

Essa foi a oitava edição do evento, organizado pelo CPDEA Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da FGV (Direito Rio) realizou, no dia 7 de novembro, o VIII Colóquio de Estudos Empíricos. O evento, organizado pelo Centro de Pesquisas em Direito e Economia (CPDE), tem como objetivo apresentar algumas das pesquisas empíricas desenvolvidas pelos centros de pesquisa da Escola.

Our team is looking for two student assistants with interest in IoT and Administration 4.0. The job allows you to actively participate in internet research as well as contribute to publication... MORE

Code for South Africa just launched https://municipalmoney.gov.za/, a New Municipal Money project for South Africa, in partnership with the National Treasury. This is a step forward in collaboration with government. Code for South Africa’s goal is to empower citizens to hold their municipal officials to account. The focus of the portal is on municipal financial performance. It is partly built on the babbage engine being used by OpenSpending.

You know about Bollywood. You might be a fan of Nollywood. But what do you know about Turkish Fantastic Cinema? The HIIG is proud to be screening the documentary Remix,... MORE