Renata Avila at the Web Foundation: “Free and fair elections require an informed, active body of citizens debating the electoral issues of the day and scrutinising the positions of candidates. Participation at each and every stage of an electoral campaign — not just on the day of the vote — is necessary for a healthy democracy.
Article by Bianca Wylie at the Center for International Governance Innovation: “There is a striking blue building on Toronto’s eastern waterfront. Wrapped top to bottom in bright, beautiful artwork by Montreal illustrator Cecile Gariepy, the building — a former fish-processing plant — stands out alongside the neighbouring parking lots and a congested highway. It’s been given a second life as an office for Sidewalk Labs — a sister company to Google that is proposing a smart city development in Toronto.
Book by Edward J. Walters: “For increasingly data-savvy clients, lawyers can no longer give “it depends” answers rooted in anecdata. Clients insist that their lawyers justify their reasoning, and with more than a limited set of war stories. The considered judgment of an experienced lawyer is unquestionably valuable.
Co-creation, transparency and other forms of employee participation are becoming more and more of a necessity for enterprises – and that goes not only for upstarts, but increasingly for small and medium-sized, family-owned businesses as well. What such participation may look like, and which role enterprise platforms may have to play – that is what…
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Article by Anthony McCosker and Timothy Graham in MC Journal: “There are many examples globally of the use of social media to engage publics in battles over urban development or similar issues (e.g. Fredericks and Foth). Some have asked how social media might be better used by neighborhood organisations to mobilise protest and save historic buildings, cultural landmarks or urban sites (Johnson and Halegoua).
Die deutsche Medizin verfügte in den ersten Jahrzehnten des 20. Jahrhunderts über eine große Strahlkraft für schwedische Ärzte. Schwedische Forscher nutzten deutsche Lehrbücher, unternahmen häufig Studienreisen nach Deutschland und präsentierten ihre Forschungsergebnisse auf deutschen Kongressen und in deutschen Fachzeitschriften. Eine neue Studie in Kooperation zwischen der Heinrich-Heine-Universität und der Universität Lund in Schweden, fokussiert die Konjunkturen des Deutschen als Wissenschaftssprache bei schwedischen Ärzten in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts.
Republished from City Metric
Two years ago, we published a report on Value in the Commons Economy, in which we analyzed the value regime of a number of pioneering peer production projects such as Sensorica and Backfeed. In that report, we posited a sphere of ‘value sovereignty’, within the sphere of the commons, and a membrane between the commons and the market to govern its interaction.
Recentemente, tem sido prática comum que redes de farmácias atuantes em Belo Horizonte e em outras cidades brasileiras solicitem o número do Cadastro Nacional de Pessoas Físicas – CPF dos clientes para realizar qualquer compra em seus estabelecimentos. O fornecimento desse dado de identificação pessoal tem como alegada contraprestação ao consumidor a atribuição de descontos sobre produtos vinculados a uma promoção.
Late November, Kathy Brown announced that she would be stepping down as CEO of the Internet Society. While preparing for her next chapter, she reflected on her time at the Internet Society and shared her thoughts on how the Internet itself has evolved during her tenure.
The Internet Society: What are the biggest changes you’ve seen in the Internet since you joined the Internet Society?
Nick Wallace at the Center for Data Innovation: “French President Emmanuel Macron recently endorsed a national AI strategy that includes plans for the French state to make public and private sector datasets available for reuse by others in applications of artificial intelligence (AI) that serve the public interest, such as for healthcare or environmental protection.
My first task as the Internet Society’s Regional Community Manager for the Middle East was to organize three events in a span of a week in three different cities around the Middle East about Blockchain with Dr. Walid Al Saqaf, Internet Society Board of Trustees, as the keynote speaker.
Amman, Beirut, and Dubai
Werner Klein hat die wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät der HHU seit ihrer Gründung im Jahre 1991 maßgeblich unterstützt, insbesondere bei der Einrichtung der „Stiftung Wirtschaftswissenschaften“ sowie dem Aufbau der Düsseldorf Business School. Für seine unternehmerische und wissenschaftsbezogene Lebensleistung wurde Werner Klein in 2004 von der Fakultät mit der Ehrendoktorwürde ausgezeichnet.
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Republished from Evonomics
Virtuous rent: a rudder that can transform our economy.
Republished from JOPP
By Anke Schwarz
PART I: Interview with members of the Tapullo collective, Genoa
29 May, 2017 — Building something together is in itself a good way to create a community
Charles Marohn at Strong Towns: “…Our thinking is a byproduct of the questions we ask. …I’m a planner and I’m a policy nerd. I had all the training in how to hold a public meeting and solicit feedback through SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) questions. I’ve been taught how to reach out to marginalized groups and make sure they too have a voice in the process. That is, so long as that voice fit into the paradigm of a planner and a policy nerd.