DFG und WR haben heute bekannt gegeben, welche Universitäten oder Forschungsverbünde ihre Vollanträge für Exzellenzcluster einreichen dürfen. Die HHU wird sich demnach um die weitere Förderung des Exzellenzclusters für Pflanzenwissenschaften – SMARTe Pflanzen für die Anforderungen von morgen (CEPLAS II) bewerben.
Most local administrations are promoting start-up incubators whose very models of business development often create a huge leakage for the local economy. Michael Shuman calls for local incubators who have a generative effect on the local economy, which he explains very cogently in this video:
‘Pollinating Prosperity’, presentation by local economic development expert Michael Shuman in Adelaide, South Australia, March 2016:
Chris Rankin: On Wednesday, Sept. 13, we celebrated the launch of our new book, “Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons” and crowdfunding campaign, at the Embassy Network house in San Francisco, California. We are grateful to everyone who joined us for a fun and inspiring evening.
Am 2. Oktober 2017 findet die jährliche allgemeine Einführung durch alle Fachschaften sowie den Vorstand des Allgemeinen Studierendenausschusses (AStA) der HHU für Studieneinsteigerinnen und -einsteiger statt. Hierfür wird Parkplatz P2 als Veranstaltungsfläche für den allgemeinen Verkehr gesperrt; Nutzer müssen auf andere Parkplätze am Campus ausweichen oder alternative Verkehrsmittel wählen. Halter dort geparkter Fahrzeuge sind gebeten, diese zu entfernen, da sie sonst kostenpflichtig abgeschleppt werden.
Für die Anreise zur HHU mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln bieten sich an:
Diez son los integrantes de esta instancia ad-hoc en el ámbito del Pregrado, instancia que sostuvo su primera reunión de trabajo con el Comité Operativo de Acreditación Institucional (COAI). Junto a esta comisión se conformarán otras tres, dedicadas a las áreas de Postgrado, Investigación y Creación.
La iniciativa, encabezada por el académico Pablo García, propone diagnosticar la actual situación de dicho lugar, ubicado en la comuna de Paine, a fin de revertir la drástica sequía que la afecta, situación que ha desencadenado la degradación del ecosistema, y por sobre todo, el decaimiento de la actividad económica de la zona. “Donde se juntan las aguas”.
En 2007 AquaChile fundó junto a nuestro plantel y Corfo, la empresa Aquainnovo, dirigida a ofrecer servicios de investigación científica y genética molecular para la acuicultura.
Assista a participação do Conselheiro Científico do IRIS Prof. Dr. Fabrício Bertini Pasquot Polido no Congresso Internacional “Direito, Trabalho e Tecnologia” organizado pela OAB/MG.
New report by Stefaan G. Verhulst and Andrew Young: “The twenty-first century will be challenging on many fronts. From historically catastrophic natural disasters resulting from climate change to inequality to refugee and terrorism crises, it is clear that we need not only new solutions, but new insights and methods of arriving at solutions. Data, and the intelligence gained from it through advances in data science, is increasingly being seen as part of the answer.
Zosia Wasik in the Financial Times: “Opponents of the Polish government have mounted a series of protests on issues ranging from reform of the judiciary to an attempt to ban abortion. In February, they staged yet another, less public but intensely emotive, battle — to save the country’s trees.
Óscar Pau y María José Cabrera, nuevos delegado y subdelegada de la Universidad
Han sido elegidos por los representantes de las distintas facultades y escuelas de la institución
FOTO: Manuel Castells
FOTO: Manuel Castells
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Chris Baraniuk at New Scientist: “There’s a new way to prove you are who you say you are – inspired by the tech underpinning bitcoin. Usually, when you need to verify your identity, the process is archaic, insecure and time-consuming. You get a copy of your birth certificate in the post, put it in an envelope and hope it gets to whoever is asking for it. In the digital era, this should take seconds.
Vinayak Dalmia at Swarajya: “In September last year, a news release stated that NITI Aayog, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will help set up a “nudge unit”.
Nora Ni Loideain at the Journal of International Data Privacy Law: “Promises abound that ‘smart city’ technologies could play a major role in developing safer, more sustainable, and equitable cities, creating paragons of democracy.
Vom 23. bis 29. September 2017 besucht Prof. Andrea von Hülsen-Esch insgesamt sechs Partneruniversitäten der HHU in Japan. Gleich zu Beginn besuchte sie eine der prestigeträchtigsten privaten Universitäten des Landes, die Waseda-Universität in Tokio. Die seit 2014 bestehende Zusammenarbeit soll in den kommenden Jahren intensiviert und erweitert werden: Die HHU strebt unter anderem neue Kooperationen in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften und zwischen den juristischen Fakultäten an.
Paper by Felix Ritchie: “The ‘Five Safes’ is a popular way to structure thinking about data access solutions. Originally used mainly by statistical agencies and social science academics, in recent years it has been adopted more widely across government, health organisations and private sector bodies. This paper explains the Five Safes, how the concept is used to organise and simplify decision-making, and how it helps to address concerns of different constituencies.
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Is it possible to historicize the commons, to describe the evolution of the commons over time? This is our first draft and preliminary attempt to do so.
To do this we must of course define the commons. We generally agree with the definition that was given by David Bollier and others and which derives from the work of Elinor Ostrom and the researchers in this tradition.