The space around us is changing and Open Knowledge International needs a CEO who can help refine our identity and mission in this changing context. We are looking for someone who is entrepreneurial, creative and can work out what open means today, turning our mission into reality. You will be able to harness our activist ethos to deliver the services and products while ensuring the sustainability of the organisation and our mission.

We are very happy to announce that Synergia and Schumacher College are partnering to offer the Synergia program at Schumacher College in Totnes, UK from October 15-26.

Cyber space has become a focal point of international relations. With most global powers having realized that cyber security is integral to their national security, cyber issues have found their place in foreign policy, resulting in the emergence of cyber diplomacy. Cyber diplomacy is the use of traditional diplomatic tools including negotiations, formation of alliances, […]

A CommonsCamp will take place at Grenoble (France) August 22 to 26, during the Summer University of the French social movements
An open and self-organized gathering, this event is structured into 3 modules:

Paper by Sergei M. Guriev and Daniel Treisman: “In recent decades, dictatorships based on mass repression have largely given way to a new model based on the manipulation of information. Instead of terrorizing citizens into submission, “informational autocrats” artificially boost their popularity by convincing the public they are competent.
To do so, they use propaganda and silence informed members of the elite by co-optation or censorship.

Chris Willsher at ODX: “Studies have shown that a large majority of Canadians spend too much time in sedentary activities. According to the Health Status of Canadians report in 2016, only 2 out of 10 Canadian adults met the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines. Increasing physical activity and healthy lifestyle behaviours can reduce the risk of chronic illnesses, which can decrease pressures on our health care system.

“If we can speak up for women today, we can further support other minority groups in future.”

Frequent internet shutdowns have begun to hurt the Indian economy.
The blog post by Sushma UN was published in Quartz India on July 31, 2018. Akriti Bopanna was quoted.

Over the past few decades, the incessant development of digital technology and its disruptive impact on contemporary society have affected the relative equilibrium of the constitutional ecosystem. A series of normative counteractions are emerging to face the challenges of digital technology and restore a condition of relative equilibrium. Edoardo Celeste argues that digital constitutionalism is…

La primera versión de los GEOLAC Industry Awards, que reconoce el liderazgo y la excelencia en el desarrollo regional de la geotermia durante los últimos 5 años, premió a dicho centro de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas U.Chile, por la iniciativa del primer invernadero geotérmico de la Patagonia.

Las facultades de Ciencias Forestales y de la Conservación de la Naturaleza, de Odontología y de Ciencias fueron las tres primeras unidades académicas en las que fueron presentadas, ante sus respectivos Consejos de Facultad, las conclusiones de la etapa de autoevaluación, realizada en el marco del Proceso de Acreditación Institucional.

This month was even more special for our Internet Governance campaign, with two significant (back-to-back) activities in the Philippines.

Nation reels from killings blamed on fake reports of kidnappers spread on WhatsApp
The article by Samanth Subramanian was published in the National on July 2, 2018. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

republished from Baltic Times
First ever ERC Starting Grant at Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance

„Wir sind stolz darauf, dass wir mit unserem Sommerfest traditionell die Möglichkeit haben, uns bei unseren Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern für die Leistungen, die sie jeden Tag bei uns erbringen, zu bedanken. Dass wir dabei noch einen guten Zweck unterstützen können, ist für uns eine Ehrensache“, freute sich Ekkehard Zimmer, Kaufmännischer Direktor und stellvertretender Vorstandsvorsitzender am UKD anlässlich der feierlichen Spendenübergabe am Dienstag, 31. Juli 2018.Prof. Dr.

Jungyun Won, Linda Hon, Ah Ram Lee in the Journal of Public Interest Communication: “This study investigates what motivates people to participate in a social media campaign in the context of animal protection issues.
Structural equation modeling (SEM) tested a proposed research model with survey data from 326 respondents.

FeedbackLabs: “A 72% increase in students ceasing to abuse drugs. A 57 percentage point jump in vaccination rates. Fourteen percent higher odds of adults quitting smoking. The improvements in outcomes that people can achieve for themselves when armed with information can be striking.

Schon lange ist Iris Siegfried als Lehrbeauftragte für Musikrecht am ITM bekannt. Wir gratulieren ihr herzlich zu ihrer Ernennung als Honorarprofessorin im Fach an der Hamburger Hochschule für Musik und Theater.

Paper by Xuan Zhang et al: “Health care fraud is a serious problem that impacts every patient and consumer. This fraudulent behavior causes excessive financial losses every year and causes significant patient harm. Healthcare fraud includes health insurance fraud, fraudulent billing of insurers for services not provided, and exaggeration of medical services, etc. To identify healthcare fraud thus becomes an urgent task to avoid the abuse and waste of public funds.

Krassimira Paskaleva and Ian Cooper in Technovation: This article is focused on public service innovation from an innovation management perspective. It presents research experience gained from a European project for managing social and technological innovation in the production and evaluation of citizen-centred internet-enabled services in the public sector.