Friday February 2nd IViR will host a workshop for professionals from the media and academia who are involved with news personalization. The workshop will provide those who have to lead the way on news personalization the opportunity to exchange ideas, discuss shared problems and solutions, and connect for future collaboration. Karen Yeung, Interdisciplinary Professorial Fellow in […]
Atualmente, mais de três bilhões de pessoas ao redor do mundo ainda não possuem qualquer tipo de acesso à infraestrutura de comunicação. Nesse contexto, as redes comunitárias (Community Networks, em inglês) representam uma mudança de paradigma, permitindo a qualquer grupo de indivíduos, as administrações locais ou empreendedores de desenvolver uma nova infraestrutura de acesso, gerenciada como um bem comum.
Der Verein Elterninitiative Kinderkrebsklinik e.V. trägt mit verschiedenen Aktionen und Programmen dazu bei, dass die Betroffenen während ihres Krankenhausaufenthalts einen abwechslungsreichen Alltag erleben können. Gabriele Hänsel erklärt: „Wir wollen den Kindern ein Stück Normalität ermöglichen. Deshalb bieten wir von Kochkursen über Musiktherapie bis hin zu Urlauben alles an, was Spaß macht.“„Die Elterninitiative Kinderkrebsklinik e.V. trägt dazu bei, den erkrankten Kindern und ihren Familien ein Stück Lebensqualität zurückzugeben.
A regulação das plataformas digitais é um dos assuntos mais debatidos no âmbito de direito e tecnologia. Vários policymakers brasileiros estão propondo sua regulação; a Comissão Europeia lançou uma consulta sobre o assunto no final de 2016 e a ONU está organizando uma consulta sobre o assunto. Debater a importância do tema é a proposta de Luca Belli, do Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS) da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro (FGV Direito Rio) e Nicolo Zingales, no livro "Platform Regulations: how platforms are regulated and how they regulate us"
Trabalho foi desenvolvido pelo ex-aluno Bruno RamalhoA FGV teve desempenho destacado no VII Prêmio IESS de Produção Científica em Saúde Suplementar. A pesquisa "Processo decisório e motivação no âmbito das normas sobre o rol de procedimentos e eventos em saúde: uma análise exploratória", de autoria de Bruno Araújo Ramalho, do Mestrado Acadêmico em Direito da Regulação da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro (FGV Direito Rio) foi escolhida como a vencedora na categoria Direito.
El también presidente del Consorcio de Universidades del Estado de Chile valoró que las especificidades de las universidades estatales fueron recogidas por los senadores, los que en su mayoría reconocieron la importancia de tener un marco jurídico para los planteles públicos y un proyecto separado de la ley general de universidades.
En el marco de la Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestre (CITES) y del Acuerdo de Colaboración Ambiental entre Chile y Estados Unidos, expertos de la Casa de Bello fueron parte del desarrollo de un nuevo método que permite identificar en materia de segundos la especie de un cargamento maderero.
El espacio universitario es una de las sedes oficiales de la versión número 25 de este evento cultural, a partir del cual entre el 4 y el 21 de enero se presentarán en este escenario cinco destacadas obras locales: "Violeta, al centro de la injusticia", dirigida por Rodrigo Pérez; "La imaginación del futuro" a cargo de la compañía la Re-sentida; el montaje familiar "Lickan Tatai, la amistad de dos pueblos"; "El Hotel" Alexandra von Hummel y Alexis Moreno y "Ayudándole a sentir", con dramaturgia de Manuela Infante y dirección de Juan Pablo Peragallo.
La herramienta permite planificar, escribir, revisar y editar los textos, mediante un sistema de corrección online. La iniciativa busca fomentar la retroalimentación de la escritura en el aula, entre otros objetivos, y tendrá su marcha blanca este año en la comuna de Teno.
To Catch the Rain is a book of inspiring stories of communities coming together to harvest the rain, and how you can do it too. Go to the project’s Kickstarter page to support the publication of this exciting book.
What’s To Catch the Rain all about?
To Catch the Rain is a book of inspiring stories of communities coming together to catch their own rain, with the nitty-gritty details so you can do it as well.
Hannah Norman at Yes! Magazine: “When Teresa Salazar first encountered the notice posted to her front door—which offered tenants $10,000 to move out of their East Oakland, California, apartment building—she knew the place she called home was in jeopardy.
Essay by Michael Batty at Urban Analytics and City Sciences: “…The notion of the smart city of course conjures up these images of such an automated future.
Book by Jeffrey Alan Johnson: “…presents a theory of information justice that subsumes the question of control and relates it to other issues that influence just social outcomes. Data does not exist by nature. Bureaucratic societies must provide standardized inputs for governing algorithms, a problem that can be understood as one of legibility.
Shane Hickey at the Guardian: “This week sees the beginning of a quiet revolution in banking which some have championed as one of the greatest shake-ups in personal finance in years, while others have warned it could have serious implications for people’s private data.
David Zipper at City Lab: “How, exactly, should policymakers respond to the rapid rise of new private mobility services such as ride-hailing, dockless shared bicycles, and microtransit? … The most likely solution is via a data exchange that anonymizes rider data and gives public experts (and perhaps academic and private ones too) the ability to answer policy questions.
Galit A. Sarfaty in the Journal of International Law: “International human rights efforts have been overly reliant on reactive tools and focused on treaty compliance, while often underemphasizing the prevention of human rights violations. I argue that data analytics can play an important role in refocusing the international human rights regime on its original goal of preventing human rights abuses, but it comes at a cost.
Playing for Team Human today is Stacco Troncoso of the P2P Foundation. Stacco brings with him deep knowledge and enthusiasm for the power of the commons. Stacco and the Commons Transition team put their faith in people, believing in the potential of diverse, empowered communities to address complex problems.
Hugo Guyader and Julian Agyeman: Analysis: The sharing economy is often lauded with offering a number of opportunities, from access to cheaper and more convenient consumption alternatives to new revenue streams for on-demand services. Next to the economic benefits are promises of sustainability and social inclusion. Unfortunately, not everybody stands equal in this emerging economy. Several academic papers have started to document evidence of discrimination in the sharing economy. Here we focus on racial discrimination.