„Alarmierende Daten: Fünf Prozent der Waldfläche sind weg.“ Diese Nachricht ging im Februar 2022 durch die Medienlandschaft.
Grundlage der Meldung war eine satellitengestützte Auswertung des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR): Demnach wurden von Januar 2018 bis April 2021 in Deutschland 501.000 Hektar Baumbestand zerstört – erheblich mehr als bislang gedacht. Als Hauptursache nannte das DLR die jüngsten Hitze- und Dürreperioden, die wiederum den Befall durch Schadinsekten begünstigten.

“You need a permanent residency,” said an employee at Touch, a mobile services company in Lebanon, to Syrian … Touch Enforcing Strict SIM Policy After Corruption ScandalRead More »

A research team has released policy recommendations for creating independent bodies to monitor social media platforms.
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The Women* in Tech research team is developing strategies to address the structural and systemic discrimination of women*.
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Dans le cadre du 90e Congrès de l’ACFAS, le CRDP vous invite à assister, le 10 mai 2023 de 08h30 à 12h30, au colloque « Le droit des femmes et le cercle vertueux de l’impact de leur respect : enjeux interdisciplinaires ».

Em dezembro de 2022 a Polícia Rodoviária Federal (PRF) contratou o Serviço Federal de Processamento de Dados (SERPRO) para extração e fornecimento de toda base de dados biométricos do Registro Nacional de Carteira de Habilitação (RENACH), contendo dados biométricos faciais, digitais e assinaturas de aproximadamente 80 milhões de pessoas.

Em parceria com a agência de notícias Intercept Brasil, buscamos informações sobre o caso para analisar a contratação à luz do ordenamento jurídico brasileiro. 

Research Presentations at ECREA

Open Postdoctoral Position

Le LexTech Institute, en partenariat avec la Conférence Universitaire de Suisse Occidentale (CUSO), propose aux doctorant.e.s en droit une formation doctorale comprenant six séances de deux heures sur des thématiques en lien avec le droit et la technologie animées par des Professeurs suisses et étrangers.

L’article Cycle de rencontres doctorales « Droit et technologie » 2023 est apparu en premier sur LexTech Institute.

This is the latest entry in my lengthy archive of writing, talks, and interviews about the EARN IT Act: Read more about Academics’ Letter to Congressional Leaders Highlights the EARN IT Act’s Fourth Amendment Problem
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This article was first published by AccessNow on April 27, 2023. Over the last several months, the Tunisian … Tunisia’s digitization programs threaten the privacy of millionsRead More »

As we mark World Press Freedom Day today, the European University Institute acknowledges the critical role that a free and independent media plays in upholding democracy and stresses the need to promote a safe working environment for journalists and media professionals. 

Update (30 June 2023): Submissions of nominations for the Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards are now closed. The screening and selection process will be underway beginning July 2023 and the awardees will be announced in November 2023, at WikiIndaba, the Africa Regional Community Conference for the Wikimedia movement. Between 3 May and 30 June, over 2,000 submissions were received from across the African continent.

Dort unterstützt sie das Direktorium und soll ihre soziologische Perspektive in die Forschungsprojekte einbringen. Daneben lehrt und forscht sie zum Zusammenspiel von Mensch, Technik und Organisation an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Als einzige Frau im Ausbildungsbetrieb

Job Summary The Operations Manager oversees operational aspects related to Finance, HR, Administration, and ICT through leading, monitoring, … Job Opening: Operations ManagerRead More »

How much of the German web uses understandable language? And how much of it is in Leichte Sprache? Our AI & Society Lab takes a closer look.
The post Lowering the barriers: Accessible language and “Leichte Sprache” on the German Web appeared first on HIIG.

With Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, questions around war, conflict and peace have taken on new significance.  This is also evident in the debates in Germany. But the debate often remains on the surface. Therefore, the seminar "Thinking about war from the perspective of peace" in the winter semester 2022/2023 aimed to take a more differentiated look at the topic with recourse to political science and philosophical texts: What forms of violence exist? What distinguishes war from "slow violence"? What is real peace? Can pacifism be immoral?