Other News from Participating Centers

Open Data Day: Open Science events in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Costa Rica

This report is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2019. On Saturday 2nd March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.

Will Rudrick on Community Currencies and Grassroots Economics

Will Ruddick is a development economist focusing on currency innovation. After completing graduate school researching high energy physics as a collaboration member at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, he found his analysis skills and passion drawn to alternative economics and development. Since 2008 Will has lived in East Africa and managed several successful development programs in environment, food security and economic development.

Das Junge Rheinland. Gegründet, gescheitert, vergessen?

Die Tagung ist Teil eines zweijährigen Forschungsprojekts zum Jungen Rheinland unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Andrea von Hülsen-Esch und findet parallel zur Ausstellung „Zu schön um wahr zu sein - Das Junge Rheinland“ (Museum Kunstpalast, 07. Februar – 02. Juni 2019) statt.

Interview met Jef Ausloos in Campuskrant

Privédata op internet: gegeven is gegeven?

Lebensmittelallergien: Nüsse auf dem Salat

Die aktuelle Düsseldorfer Untersuchung bestätigt ähnliche Studienergebnisse aus anderen Ländern. In der EU regelt die Lebensmittelinformations-Durchführungsverordnung (LMIDV - 2017) die Rechtslage für Gaststätten. Auch bei unverpackten Lebensmitteln müssen sie Informationen darüber vorhalten, in welchen Produkten Zutaten enthalten sind, die möglicherweise Allergien auslösen. In einer Untersuchung mit 300 Mitarbeiter/innen in Düsseldorfer Restaurants fand Priv.Doz. Dr.

Las claves para una educación en cambio climático para niños y jóvenes

La actualización de los docentes, la preparación de herramientas y materiales adecuados y pertinentes, y plantear este fenómeno como un desafío para ser abordado desde una ciudadanía activa y desde el pensamiento crítico, son algunas de las propuestas de representantes de las instituciones organizadoras de la Conferencia Internacional Educación en Cambio Climático "Hacia la formación de una ciudadanía activa", que se desarrollará este 6 y 7 de mayo en la U. de Chile.

Planteles impulsan encuentro de países de la Alianza Asia Pacífico

La Universidad de Chile es parte de las instituciones académicas de México, Colombia, Perú y Chile, cuyos representantes se reunirán la próxima semana en nuestro país para abordar los desafíos de la democracia y educación en América Latina.

U. e Chile arremete con masiva campaña de prevención del VIH

Enfocada especialmente en sus cerca de 40 mil estudiantes, este 16 de mayo la Casa de Bello dará el vamos a su campaña "El VIH no discrimina" con un testeo masivo en el Campus Juan Gómez Millas.

Revision 1.0 – How to Cultivate Empathy in uncertain times?

World Religion has been mostly excluded from the technology discussion so far. But how much do the different Religions, mostly based on ideas of community, interconnection and empathy have in common with the ways we celebrate technology?

Both are often based on devotion and various practices and rituals. Addressing the common grounds we ask what is needed to cultivate empathy and understanding in our uncertain times.

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Internet research in Germany supported by 4.5 Million

The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) is pleased to announce a further donation of 4.5 million euros from GFI gGmbH, the institute's previous main sponsor. In addition to the continuation of the HIIG's research programmes, the establishment of an AI & Society Lab is also planned. Berlin, 14. Mai 2019 –…
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IV Curso de Inverno FGV Direito Rio

O que é? O Curso de Inverno FGV Direito Rio é um programa organizado pelos alunas e alunos da graduação, com uma semana de duração, voltado a estudantes de direito de todo o Brasil. Os participantes terão a oportunidade de debater com alguns dos principais docentes da Escola, vivenciar o método participativo de aula e conhecer as linhas de pesquisa da FGV Direito Rio.
 
Quando? 15 a 19 de julho, de 8:30 às 16h
 

Testando os limites do capitalismo de vigilância

Apesar de esta não ser uma resenha de um livro, acredito que a nova publicação de Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, é uma das leituras mais essenciais para a governança da internet em 2019.

Alumni da FGV Direito Rio faz LL.M em Stanford

Curso é na área de Direito AmbientalA ex-aluna da Graduação e do Mestrado em Direito da Regulação da FGV Direito Rio, Julia de Lamare, foi aprovada no LL.M in Environmental Law and Policy da Stanford Law School, nos Estados Unidos. Julia, que sempre atuou na área ambiental, diz que quer aproveitar a oportunidade ao máximo.

An open letter to Extinction Rebellion

“The fight for climate justice is the fight of our lives, and we need to do it right.” By grassroots collective Wretched of The Earth.

The Week in Internet News: Broadband Project to Nowhere

Dead end: ProPublica
has a story
about Kentucky’s $1.5 billion broadband expansion program,
which the story calls an information highway to nowhere. The program is behind
schedule and over budget, with the state’s IT chief directing money to other
projects and partnering with commercial ISPs.

Two years on, little action from the EU on public country-by-country reporting

Two years ago, members of the European Parliament voted to force large multinational corporations registered in Europe to reveal how much tax they pay, how many people they employ and what profits they make in every country where they work.

3D printing and Intellectual Property

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Right To Own: A Policy Framework to Catalyze Worker Ownership Transitions

Peter Gowan

Executive Summary

Age-old questions of ownership, control, and distribution in our
economy remain as important as ever. In fostering the creation of
communities and workplaces driven by values of solidarity, cooperation,
and justice, workplace democracy and worker ownership are crucial,
powerful tools, and they can and should play an important role in the
next economic system.

Revitalizar la FECH: El desafío de la mesa directiva interina 2019

Emilia Schneider -primera presidenta trans del organismo-, Nicole Martínez y Millaray Huaquimilla, encabezarán la Federación de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Chile (FECH) 2019. Luego de no haber superado el 25 por ciento de participación en las recientes elecciones, esta mesa directiva tendrá carácter interino, sumando además a dos representantes del Consejo de Presidentes, con el mandato de convocar a nuevas elecciones en el plazo máximo de seis meses. En conversación con Prensa U.

Pablo Oyarzún se integra al directorio del CHCI

A pocas semanas de la inauguración del Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Filosofía, Artes y Humanidades de la U.