Maxim Kondratiev is a coordinator of Avtozak LIVE, an independent media that covers protests and the violations of rights in Russia. Avtozak LIVE is mostly active on Telegram, where their channel has almost 51.000 followers. We talked with Maxim in early May via Zoom. He is currently residing in a migration centre in the Netherlands, where he applied for political asylum after the war had broken out. In the following interview, he talks about the current state of the Russian protests and explains how the surveillance system helps the Moscow police to detain people.

After the Covid-19 pandemic, the discovery of new viruses became a topic that immediately made the headlines. Even … Widespread Cynicism about Covid-19 Vaccines in SudanRead More »

The QUT School of Communication is currently recruiting 5 positions. Relevant details, including position descriptions and application instructions are available at:

The International Communication Association’s (ICA) hybrid 72nd Annual Conference commences in Paris today. DMRC’s latest research will be featured across 17 conference sessions from 26 to 30 May 2022. Many DMRC researchers have travelled to Paris for this important opportunity to share their research insights and connect with colleagues.
 
 

Congratulations to DMRC PhD alumnus Dr Christel Antonites who was recently awarded a Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice Faculty Dean’s Commendation for her thesis titled Meeting People Where They Are at: The Role of Small-scale Gender Advocacy Organisations in Promoting Digital Inclusion in South Africa.

Die Coronapandemie hat es deutlich vor Augen geführt: Ältere Menschen sind anfälliger für Infektionen, Infektionskrankheiten verlaufen bei ihnen schwerer als bei Jugendlichen, und sie brauchen deutlich länger, bis sie wieder gesund sind. Tatsächlich nimmt die Leistungsfähigkeit der menschlichen Immunabwehr etwa ab dem 60. Lebensjahr kontinuierlich ab.

Tribune d'Olivier Alexandre, Yann Algan et Françoise Benhamou, LeMonde.fr, 21 mai 2022.
L’article « Les plates-formes usent de leur position dominante pour augmenter leurs prérogatives dans le cinéma français » est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.

Call for Proposals for a study on digital solutions and their impact on sustainability and rainforest protection in Indonesia.
The post Call for Proposals: Digital Technology, Climate Resilience and Rainforest Protection (Study) appeared first on HIIG.

By Beata Klimkiewicz, Professor at the Institute of Journalism, Media and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University, Krakow.

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The Lebanese government has just approved two disastrous decisions, proposed by the Minister of Communications, Johnny Corm, that … Disastrous ‘solutions’ to save Lebanon’s telecom sectorRead More »

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Portulans Fellow Claudia Fini and Senior Fellow Anil Nair produced a policy brief for the 2022 UNESCO World Higher Education Conference in collaboration with Alberto Garcìa Gomez from the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights, and Nadejda Komendantova of IIASA.
The brief, titled “Building a digitally ready education system with a bioethical framework – the new normal”, highlights the timely need to foster digital literacy skills in higher education institutions and provides a model of digital education structured through a bioethical framework.

Aujourd’hui, la Fondation du Barreau vient de rendre public le résultat d’un concours de subventions, et ce, dans le cadre d’un reliquat de recours collectif. Aussi, parmi les huit projets financés, 4 proviennent de chercheurs du CRDP, deux provenant de chercheurs réguliers (Vincent Gautrais et Pierre Noreau) et deux de chercheurs collaborateurs (Stéphane Bernatchez et Maya Cachecho)).

À tous le CRDP offre ses sincères félicitations.

Chercheurs réguliers

By Daniel Angus and Axel Bruns

Prof Guillaume Latzko-Toth – Datafication and its publics: a sociotechnical approach to data publics

 
Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Date: Tuesday 7 June 2022
Format: In person – QUT Kelvin Grove campus, and online via Zoom

Location

United States

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Originally published in Dutch on NRC (May 22th, 2022)
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