Other News from Participating Centers

Pre. Catherine Régis se voit renouveler sa Chaire du Canada

Suite à un communiqué publié ce vendredi sur le site des chaires re recherche du Canada, nous avons de plaisir d’apprendre que la professeure Catherine Régis s’est vue renouveler sa chaire du Canada niveau 2 s’intitulant «Chaire de recherche du Canada sur la culture collaborative en droit et en politique de la santé ».

Applications for 2019 Chapterthon Now Open

We’re happy to announce that the call for applications for the 2019 Chapterthon is now open.

Our world is more digitally connected than ever before, yet barriers still remain for the half of the world’s population who are unconnected.

For 2019, Chapterthon projects will help with Connecting the Unconnected. The Internet is for everyone and we won’t rest until every person who wants to connect, can connect.

GovLab: How to train and teach for 21st century public leadership

This opinion article was written by Beth Noveck, Professor in Technology, Culture and Society and Director of the Governance Lab at New York University. For more like this, see our government innovation newsfeed. This article was also published on Apolitical. Find out more here.

Stellenausschreibung Studentische Hilfskräfte

Am Institut für Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht,
Zivilrechtliche Abteilung werden ab dem 1.10.2019
Studentische Hilfskräfte (m/w/d)
mit einer Arbeitszeit von 5 Stunden / Woche gesucht.
Die Einstellung ist befristet. Eine längere Zusammenarbeit ist erwünscht.

2019 Hackathon@AIS: Testimonials from the Trainers

What is Hackathon@AIS?

The Internet, with its endless supply of knowledge and information, has become a strategic element in nearly all economic endeavors in Africa. To build tactical awareness among primary stakeholders as well as resiliency and robustness into Internet-enabled grids, the Internet Society and AFRINIC have organized the third Hackathon@AIS event, which is taking place in Kampala, Uganda, from 19-20 June 2019.

27. Juni: HHU berät zum Studienstart im Wintersemester 2019/20

Die Bewerbungsfrist für alle Studienfächer mit Zulassungsbeschränkung endet am 15. Juli. Dies nimmt der Studierendenservice am 27. Juni 2019 zum Anlass um beim „Langen Abend der Studienberatung“ über die Studienmöglichkeiten an der HHU zu informieren und zu beraten.

Once másteres de la Universidad se sitúan entre los mejores de España, según el ‘ranking’ de ‘El Mundo’

Once másteres de la Universidad se sitúan entre los mejores de España, según el ‘ranking’ de ‘El Mundo’
En primer lugar se colocan los posgrados de Nutrición, I+D+I de Medicamentos, Comunicación Política y Corporativa y Dirección de Empresas de Moda

FOTO: Manuel Castells

19/06/19 11:39
Josean Pérez

Rita Segato dicta conferencias y visita Sala Museo Gabriela Mistral

La teórica argentina llegó este miércoles 5 a la Casa Central de nuestro plantel para recorrer la recientemente inaugurada exposición que recoge la historia de las mujeres en el espacio público a la luz de los movimientos feministas actuales.

Radio U. de Chile y ChileActores lanzan programa "Cine Al Oído"

Con la transmisión este sábado a las 22 horas de "El Chacal de Nahueltoro" de Miguel Littin, se dará inicio a la primera iniciativa que llevará estas películas los oídos de todos los chilenos y chilenas a través del 102.5 FM, abriendo la posibilidad al público con discapacidad visual de conocer el patrimonio fílmico del país. A este clásico del cine se sumarán las películas "Mi mejor enemigo", "Historias de Fútbol", "Taxi para 3" y "Julio comienza en Julio".

Epilepsia y trastornos mentales: una doble discapacidad

Se estima que entre 20 y un 30 por ciento de las personas con epilepsia han experimentado o experimentarán, en el curso de la enfermedad, algún trastorno psiquiátrico, siendo la depresión el cuadro más prevalente. Sumado a ello, el estigma asociado a esta comorbilidad incide en que los pacientes tengan una menor esperanza de vida porque estos prejuicios dificultan el acceso a tratamiento. El Dr. Luis Alvarado, junto a profesionales del Instituto de Neurocirugía (INCA) y académicos de la Escuela de Salud Pública de la Facultad de Medicina de la U.

4º de Periodismo y 5º de Dobles, pendientes del reloj

4º de Periodismo y 5º de Dobles, pendientes del reloj
 

FOTO: Cedida

19/06/19 11:04
Sheila Aguerri

The commons

The commons are collective resources managed by self-organized social systems under mutually acceptable terms.

Written by Dana Brown, Director, The Next System Project. Article reposted from The Next System Project

How to Create a Thriving Global Commons Economy

Not since Marx identified Manchester’s manufacturing plants as blueprints for the new capitalist society have our political economy’s fundamentals faced a more profound transformation. As structural crises beset capitalism, a new mode of production is emerging: commons-based peer production.

Rachel O’ Dwyer: The Bank of Facebook

Written by: Rachel O’Dwyer
Marshall McLuhan argued that money is communication. This rings particularly true at a time when so many platforms are entering the payments space. The US payments app Venmo has created a social network for payments, while the Chinese mobile messaging app WeChat has created social and playful ways of exchanging payments as messages, even incorporating the traditional Chinese ‘Hung Bao’ (red envelopes) into the payments process.

AI in the hype cycle – A brief history of AI

In its eventful history, dating back to the 1950s, the research field of artificial intelligence (AI) has experienced several ups and downs. Sometimes the technology went through a phase of hype and governments invested enormous sums of public funding in the development and research of these technologies. Sometimes the interest of the public and politics…
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How Regulation Could Break the Internet: In Conversation with Andrew Sullivan

On 19 June 2019, in the lead up to Cyber 2019; an important cybersecurity event held at world-renowned policy institute Chatham House, Internet Society’s President and CEO Andrew Sullivan discusses the changes regulation may bring to our online world.

From the way we connect, share, learn, and work, the Internet has changed the world.

It has also brought challenges – and increasingly, governments have addressed these challenges with regulation.

Mestranda da FGV Direito Rio é aprovada na Columbia Law School

A dissertação de mestrado fala sobre a Lei AnticorrupçãoA mestranda da FGV Direito Rio, Julia Lavigne, foi aprovada na Columbia Law School, onde irá dedicar-se a condução de pesquisas com o objetivo de finalizar a sua dissertação de mestrado. “Além de ter acesso à biblioteca da universidade e de poder cursar algumas disciplinas, terei contato com especialistas no tema que é objeto do meu estudo”, destaca.

Neue Nutzungsbedingungen für Gebäude 23.31 und 23.32 bis zum 30. September

„Die Sicherheit steht für alle Verantwortlichen an erster Stelle. Ziel der Sofortmaßnahmen ist der Schutz der Studierenden und Beschäftigten bei möglichst geringen Einschränkungen“, erklärt Dr. Martin Goch, Kanzler der HHU. Aus diesem Grund sind die Gebäude ab sofort ausschließlich montags bis freitags von 6:30 bis 20:00 Uhr geöffnet. In dieser Zeit sorgen zusätzliche Brandwachen dafür, dass mögliche Brände früh und schnell erkannt, Nutzer gewarnt und erste Maßnahmen eingeleitet werden.

Online Trust Audit Updates & Translations Now Available

A slightly updated version of the Online Trust Audit & Honor Roll is now available in English, French, and Spanish.

Changes include:

As inscrições para o Laboratório de Ciências Criminais ainda estão acontecendo

O Laboratório faz parte do Núcleo de Educação do IbccrimCoordenado pela pesquisadora, Fernanda Prates, e pelo professor, Thiago Bottino, da FGV Direito Rio, o Laboratório de Ciências Criminais faz parte do Núcleo de Educação do Ibccrim (Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais) e volta-se essencialmente à iniciação científica. Trata-se de um curso de formação, com duração de um ano, destinado a estudantes das faculdades de Direito e Ciências Humanas em geral.