Other News from Participating Centers

On Preferring A to B, While Also Preferring B to A

Paper by Cass R. Sunstein: “In important contexts, people prefer option A to option B when they evaluate the two separately, but prefer option B to option A when they evaluate the two jointly. In consumer behavior, politics, and law, such preference reversals present serious puzzles about rationality and behavioral biases.

Why Do We Care So Much About Privacy?

Louis Menand in The New Yorker: “…Possibly the discussion is using the wrong vocabulary. “Privacy” is an odd name for the good that is being threatened by commercial exploitation and state surveillance. Privacy implies “It’s nobody’s business,” and that is not really what Roe v. Wade is about, or what the E.U. regulations are about, or even what Katz and Carpenter are about.

Basic Income & Women’s Liberation

The UK-based activist network Radical Assembly interviewed Barb Jacobson, coordinator of Basic Income UK and member of the board of Unconditional Basic Income Europe, about basic income and women’s liberation.

Verdi lässt Verhandlungen für Notdienstvereinbarung scheitern

Grund hierfür ist die Weigerung der Gewerkschaft, für die zwei Streiktage eine angemessene Mindestbesetzung zur Patientenversorgung zu vereinbaren: Die Zahl des Pflegepersonals sollte für zwei Tage unter der „Wochenend- und Feiertagsbesetzung“ liegen. „Dadurch wäre aber keine sichere Versorgung auf unseren Stationen mehr möglich. Diese Forderung stellt eine konkrete Gefährdung unserer Patientinnen und Patienten dar. Diesem  Vorschlag können wir aus  medizinischer Verantwortung einfach nicht zustimmen“, erklärt Prof. Dr.

Out now! Deep Pocket no. 2 Shadowbook: Writing Through the Digital by Miriam Rasch

The second volume in our series with experimental writing, Deep Pockets, is available. INC’s very own Miriam Rasch collected some of her work from the past years for an English edition called Shadowbook: Writing Through the Digital 2014-2018. Five experimental essays and one exposition, all dealing with the question ‘How do we write when we write online?’
With a foreword by Maria Fusco, Belfast-born interdisciplinary writer.

Transforming Governance for People and Planet

Over the past six years I’ve had the pleasure of working with many great people in the P2P Foundation and the commons movement. A large part of this life thread has to do with new forms of governance. As I’ve stepped through various projects, the same issue of governance has come up again and again – however always with variations, always contingent on context.

5 biggest risks of sharing your DNA with consumer genetic-testing companies

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United States

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Professores da FGV Direito Rio participam de encontro anual de direito público na América Latina

Evento foi realizado em Porto RicoNa última semana, os professores da FGV Direito Rio Diego Werneck Arguelhes e Eduardo Jordão participaram do “SELA - Seminar in Latin America on Constitutional and Political Theory”, um evento acadêmico anual organizado pela Universidade Yale (EUA). O tema do evento, que este ano foi realizado em  Porto Rico, foi “Democracia, Austeridade e Direito”. Na ocasião, estavam presentes representantes de diversas universidades integrantes da rede do SELA, como é o caso da FGV Direito Rio.

Professores da FGV Direito Rio participam de encontro anual de direito público na América Latina

Evento foi realizado em Porto RicoNa última semana, os professores da FGV Direito Rio Diego Werneck Arguelhes e Eduardo Jordão participaram do “SELA - Seminar in Latin America on Constitutional and Political Theory”, um evento acadêmico anual organizado pela Universidade Yale (EUA). O tema do evento, que este ano foi realizado em  Porto Rico, foi “Democracia, Austeridade e Direito”. Na ocasião, estavam presentes representantes de diversas universidades integrantes da rede do SELA, como é o caso da FGV Direito Rio.

FBI v. Apple -- Round 2 . . .

How important is your iPhone privacy? Does it defeat law enforcement's interest in obtaining evidence of child pornography productions from your iPhone? According to a recent New York Times article, Apple decided to plug a privacy hole in its iPhone through which law enforcement could crawl. This plug was in response to FBI's previous end-run around iPhone software.

What AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner means for the future of the internet

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United States

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Expertos internacionales examinan los riesgos del Internet en las elecciones

Nuevo centro de política digital convoca a la industria para discutir las desinformación, retos regulatorios de las nuevas tecnologías y mejores prácticas de ciberseguridad de las campañas

Professor da FGV Direito Rio realizará pós-doutorado em Harvard e no MIT

Eduardo Jordão fará pesquisas em Teoria da RegulaçãoO professor Eduardo Jordão, da FGV Direito Rio, foi admitido no Departamento de Economia do Instituto de Tecnologia de Massachusetts (MIT) e na Faculdade de Direito de Harvard para o desenvolvimento de sua pesquisa de Pós-Doutorado.

Professor da FGV Direito Rio realizará pós-doutorado em Harvard e no MIT

Eduardo Jordão fará pesquisas em Teoria da RegulaçãoO professor Eduardo Jordão, da FGV Direito Rio, foi admitido no Departamento de Economia do Instituto de Tecnologia de Massachusetts (MIT) e na Faculdade de Direito de Harvard para o desenvolvimento de sua pesquisa de Pós-Doutorado.

EuroDIG 2018 Gathers the Internet Community: What’s New

The 12th edition of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance or the EuroDIG, as it is commonly known, took place in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 5-6 June. The Internet Society (ISOC) is an institutional partner to EuroDIG and the ISOC European Regional Bureau helped shape the agenda and were involved in several sessions.
This year, a few specific aspects caught my attention and created a lot of debate during the sessions and in the corridors.

Hackathon@AIS: Summary report

The annual Hackathon@AIS, in its second year, is aimed at exposing engineers from the Africa region to open Internet Standards Development. This year, the event was held 9-10 May 2018 in Dakar Senegal at the Radisson Blu Hotel during the Africa Internet Summit (AIS-2018).

La Universidad y Volkswagen Navarra colaborarán en cinco proyectos de investigación para la empresa

La Universidad y Volkswagen Navarra colaborarán en cinco proyectos de investigación para la empresa
Biodegradación de fenoles, comunicación e innovación, análisis de aspectos técnicos en la carrocería, movilidad y formación de los empleados, entre los temas de estudio

Miembros de la Cátedra de Empresa y responsables de los proyectos se reúnen en el Museo Universidad de Navarra.
FOTO: Manuel Castells

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Civic Tech: Making Technology Work for People

Book by Andrew Schrock: “The term “Civic Tech” has gained international recognition as a way to unite communities and government through technology design. But what does it mean for our shared future? In this book, Andrew Schrock cuts through the hype by telling stories of the people and ideas driving the movement. He argues that Civic Tech emerged in response to inequality and persistent social problems. The collaborative approaches and early successes of “techies” may not be easy solutions, but they exemplify a powerful political alternative.

UKD-Blutspendezentrale ehrt langjährige Blutspender

Die Zahlen sind beeindruckend: Vier von fünf Menschen in Deutschland sind mindestens einmal in ihrem Leben auf eine Blutspende oder Produkte, die aus einer Blutspende gewonnen werden, angewiesen. Viele Operationen und Therapien können nicht durchgeführt werden, wenn zu wenige Blutkonserven verfügbar sind. Gleichzeitig sinkt deutschlandweit die Bereitschaft Blut zu spenden seit Jahren. „Einen großen Teil der Versorgung unserer Klinik decken wir mit Dauerspendern ab, die teilweise schon seit Jahrzehnten zu uns kommen.

Human Brain Project: Schulung für Neurowissenschaftler in Düsseldorf, Jülich und Maastricht

Die Human Brain Project School „HBP Atlas des menschlichen Gehirns:  Neurowissenschaftliche Grundlagen, Werkzeuge und Anwendungen“ findet an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, dem Forschungszentrum Jülich und der Universität Maastricht statt. Teilnehmen können alle interessierten Studierenden, Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden, sowie junge Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler. Die Bewerbung für eine Teilnahme ist bis zum 27. Juni 2018 möglich.