A new Internet Society Chapter had been founded within the Regional Bureau in Latin America & Caribbean. The creation of the Internet Society Dominica Chapter was officially launched on January 11, at the Fort Young Hotel in Roseau City.
Ahead of Open Data Day on Saturday 2nd March 2019, Tomoaki Watanabe from our Japanese chapter Open Knowledge Japan shares more information on a tool they developed to facilitate dealing with intellectual property (IP) rights during hackathon events. This year, many Open Data Day events are planned in Japan: Open Knowledge Japan created an overview at https://odd.okfn.jp/.
"Wir verstehen Chancengerechtigkeit als Querschnittsaufgabe“, erklärte Prof. Pfeffer. Ein Lenkungskreis, der sich aus Vertreterinnen und Vertretern der Statusgruppen an der Universität zusammensetzte, habe es ermöglicht, Sichtweisen und Ideen sowohl von Studierenden, von Vertreterinnen und Vertretern der Lehrenden, der Administration als auch vom Rektorat zu entwickeln und zu diskutieren. Die Umsetzung des Auditprojekts übernahm die Koordinierungsstelle Diversity.
Heiner Flohr studierte von 1954 bis 1958 Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften an der Universität zu Köln, wo er 1963 mit der Arbeit Probleme der Ermittlung volkswirtschaftlicher Erfolge promoviert wurde und sich 1966 zum Thema Parteiprogramme in der Demokratie. Ein Beitrag zur Theorie der rationalen Politik habilitierte. Nach einer Lehrstuhlvertretung für Politische Wissenschaften an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum wurde er 1970 Professor für Politikwissenschaft an der Pädagogischen Hochschule Rheinland, Abteilung Neuss.
INC is happy to announce the publication of Communities at a Crossroads as the 28th book in our Theory on Demand series. The author of the book, Annalisa Pelizza, will be joined by Stefania Milan to discuss the book and open a discussion. Please join us on Monday April 15th at 17:00 hours at Spui25 in Amsterdam to celebrate the launch.
COMMUNITIES AT A CROSSROADS
Michel Bauwens: I very strongly believe this is one of the key solutions for climate change mitigation, and more generally, about creating ‘circular finance’ mechanisms, i.e. rewarding generative, rather than extractive activity. Capitalism rewards extractive activities, but has a great structural difficulty in financing generative impacts. One of the potential solutions are ‘circular finance’ mechanisms, in which positive and generative ‘externalities’ can be recognized, valued and financed by those benefitting from it.
Michel Bauwens: Here is an excellent article on communities from Allen Butcher.
A. Allen Butcher • The School of Intentioneering • 4thWorld@consultant.com • February 24, 2019
The papers and presentations are done, the awards and appreciation certificates have been handed out, and the boxes are packed and labeled for shipping. NDSS 2019 has come to a successful close. It was a record setting event with over 550 registrations, 89 papers, 36 posters, and four workshops. It was inspiring to see such energetic and passionate security research professionals gathered together in one place discussing their work.
Na última segunda (25/07), o jornal Bahia Meio Dia revelou que a tecnologia de reconhecimento facial será utilizada nos circuitos da folia durante o carnaval da cidade de Salvador, para fins de segurança pública.
Wikimania 2019 will take place on 14–18 August at Stockholm University. Hosted by Wikimedia Sweden, the conference will bring together leaders within free knowledge spaces across the world for five days of pioneering discussions on the role of Wikimedia and free knowledge in fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined by the United Nations in its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Why we chose this theme
Während der Schreibnacht erhalten alle Studierenden, die ein Schreibprojekt beginnen, bearbeiten oder beenden möchten, Unterstützung. Sie können sich in individuellen Beratungen und Workshops Tipps für ihre Haus- und Abschlussarbeiten holen. Auf dem Programm stehen u. a. Zeitmanagement, Recherchestrategien, Fact-checking, Plagiatsvermeidung und Academic English.
Eine Schreiblounge bietet die Möglichkeit in entspannter Atmosphäre unter Gleichgesinnten und mit fachkundiger Anleitung Schreibprojekte zu beginnen, weiterzuführen oder einen letzten Feinschliff vorzunehmen.
La Universidad, entre las 100 mejores del mundo en Negocios y Administración, Comunicación, Filosofía, y Contabilidad y Finanzas
La institución suma 12 especialidades en el último ranking QS por materias
FOTO: Manuel Castells
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María Salanova
This article was originally published in The Scotsman.
With councils across the UK facing major financial pressures, libraries are too often seen as an easy target for cuts.
In 2017, it is estimated that more than 120 libraries closed their doors in England, Wales and Scotland. That figure is likely to have increased last year.
Internet Democracy Project and Point of View co-organized a two-day Imagine a Feminist Internet event in Sri Lanka on 22011 and 22 February 2019. Ambika Tandon was a speaker and presented a paper 'Framing Reproductive Health as a Data Problem? Unpacking ‘Dataveillance’ in India' which was co-authored by herself and Aayush Rathi.
This post by Sohail Inayatullah is republished from Journal of Future Studies
Legal Tech Talks - Advogadas Empreendedoras18h30 até 21h30O Evento: A FGV DIREITO RIO apresenta a palestra “Legal Tech Talks - Advogadas Empreendedoras“ que integra o programa do curso Lawtechs: Programação para advogados e empreendedores. O curso visa capacitar profissionais do Direito, empreendedores e demais interessados no tema em aspectos básicos de programação para que possam atuar, direta ou indiretamente, com Startups (ex. lawtechs, fintechs, insurtechs, healthtechs, etc), bem como nas diversas áreas nascentes da advocacia de ponta.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra will hold six public forums on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The forums will provide an initial opportunity for the public to participate in the CCPA rulemaking process. As part of the rulemaking process, the Department of Justice invites all members of the public to speak at these events.
March 5, 2019Room 290 - Stanford Law School
