Jesper Christiansen at Nesta: “Innovation teams and labs around the world are increasingly being tasked with building capacity and contributing to cultural change in government. There’s also an increasing recognition that we need to go beyond projects or single structures and make innovation become a part of the way governments operate more broadly.
However, there is a significant gap in our understanding of what “cultural change” or better “capacity” actually means.

IADB paper by Dargent, Eduardo; Lotta, Gabriela; Mejía-Guerra, José Antonio; Moncada, Gilberto: “Why is there such heterogenity in the level of technical and institutional capacity in national statistical offices (NSOs)? Although there is broad consensus about the importance of statistical information as an essential input for decision making in the public and private sectors, this does not generally translate into a recognition of the importance of the institutions responsible for the production of data.

Daniel Funke at Poynter: “For a brief moment, the California Republican Party supported Nazism. At least, that’s what Google said.

Evandro Carvalho participa do evento na RússiaO professor e coordenador do Núcleo de Estudos Brasil-China da FGV Direito Rio, Evandro Carvalho, participa esta semana do II BRICS Youth Leadership Seminar a convite da Federal Agency of Youth Affairs e da Ulyanovsk State University. O evento, que está sendo realizado na Rússia, tem como objetivo promover a colaboração internacional entre jovens nos países do BRICS em áreas como cooperação humanitária e cultural, empreendedorismo, ciência e inovação.

Evandro Carvalho participa do evento na RússiaO professor e coordenador do Núcleo de Estudos Brasil-China da FGV Direito Rio, Evandro Carvalho, participa esta semana do II BRICS Youth Leadership Seminar a convite da Federal Agency of Youth Affairs e da Ulyanovsk State University. O evento, que está sendo realizado na Rússia, tem como objetivo promover a colaboração internacional entre jovens nos países do BRICS em áreas como cooperação humanitária e cultural, empreendedorismo, ciência e inovação.

The next couple of days will be important for the future of the Internet, as the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) will vote on the proposed Copyright Directive. The Directive, which aims to update and reinforce the rights of rights holders within Europe’s Digital Market, is largely a positive step forward inasmuch as the law needs to be updated in light of modern technologies and the Internet.

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In the context of the digitization of the workplace, numerous companies are introducing digital platforms that are intended to strengthen employee participation. The implications of social media for the meaning of political engagement and participation has been widely addressed in the field of Internet studies. In the working environment, social networks have gained increasing attention…

Romper fronteras entre asignaturas y disciplinas, objetivo del aprendizaje integrado que impulsa la Universidad
Con el alumno como protagonista, esta nueva metodología docente pretende unir teoría y práctica, y acercar al estudiante a la realidad profesional

El trabajo en equipo es una de las claves del aprendizaje integrado. En la imagen, estudiantes de ISSA School of Management Assistants analizando un caso.
FOTO: Manuel Castells

19/06/18 15:52
María Salanova

Aula aberta I Inadimplemento Contratual – Temas Atuais19h00O Evento: A FGV DIREITO RIO apresenta a Aula aberta: Inadimplemento Contratual – Temas atuais que integra o programa do LL.M em Direito: Civil e Processual Civil. O curso objetiva examinar a dinâmica decisória judicial e suas consequências. Na ocasião será possível experimentar a metodologia aplicada e conhecer toda a infraestrutura disponível para os alunos.

Aula aberta I Inadimplemento Contratual – Temas Atuais19h00O Evento: A FGV DIREITO RIO apresenta a Aula aberta: Inadimplemento Contratual – Temas atuais que integra o programa do LL.M em Direito: Civil e Processual Civil. O curso objetiva examinar a dinâmica decisória judicial e suas consequências. Na ocasião será possível experimentar a metodologia aplicada e conhecer toda a infraestrutura disponível para os alunos.

Center for Open Science: “The use of preprint servers by scholarly communities is definitely on the rise. Many developments in the past year indicate that preprints will be a huge part of the research landscape. Developments with DOIs, changes in funder expectations, and the launch of many new services indicate that preprints will become much more pervasive and reach beyond the communities where they started.

Press Release: “Results for Development (R4D) has released a new study unpacking how evidence translators play a key and somewhat surprising role in ensuring policymakers have the evidence they need to make informed decisions. Translators — who can be evidence producers, policymakers, or intermediaries such as journalists, advocates and expert advisors — identify, filter, interpret, adapt, contextualize and communicate data and evidence for the purposes of policymaking.

Currently, 53% of the world’s population is offline due to factors such as high cost of Internet infrastructure and lack of relevant local content. Internet access remains unaffordable in many economies in transition where people have to choose between the Internet and other vital necessities such as food and health.

Page Type: Event29 giugno 2018, ore 15 (Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza)
Prof. Lucie Guibault (Dalhousie University)
image: Super sticky: 0Featured Event: 0Data evento: Fri, 29/06/2018 - 15:00 to 17:00luogo: Campus Luigi Einaudi, LungoDora Siena 100/A, Torino

Die Gewerkschaft verdi hat heute (19. Juni) einen 48-stündigen Streik begonnen. Etwa 8.000 Menschen arbeiten am UKD und in den Tochtergesellschaften. Rund 250 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter haben sich nun am Streik beteiligt, darunter rund 100 Pflegende. Verdi hatte 600 Streikende erwartet. Trotz dieser geringen Beteiligung brachte der Streik spürbare Beeinträchtigungen im Klinikbetrieb, da ganz gezielt zentrale Funktionsbereiche bestreikt wurden.

Ninguno de los tres candidatos que participaron en las elecciones realizadas este jueves 7 de junio logró la mayoría necesaria para imponerse en primera vuelta, por lo cual el ganador se definiría entre los profesores Guiliani y Morales en el balotaje programado para el 21 de junio. Estos datos son provisorios de los comicios, pues la Junta Electoral Central tiene plazo hasta el próximo 14 de junio para emitir los resultados finales.

Una de las realizadoras más relevantes del cine latinoamericano -directora de la aclamada película "Zama"- llegará a Chile la próxima semana para ser parte de dos actividades en la Casa de Bello, instancias donde la comunidad podrá dialogar con la cineasta sobre los diversos tópicos vinculados a sus obras y procesos creativos.Phonurgia es el nombre del taller que el próximo martes 12 de junio ofrecerá la destacada cineasta argentina a las 19:00 horas, en la Sala Eloísa Díaz de la Casa Central de la Universidad de Chile.

Como parte del trabajo de conservación y divulgación que realiza este organismo, la Federación de Estudiantes de la U. de Chile, en una ceremonia encabezada por la vicerrectora de Extensión y Comunicaciones y el presidente de la organización, recibió la donación del material histórico por parte de Marcela Campos, autora del libro "Sueños de Victoria", que indaga en la muerte del estudiante Patricio Manzano en los Trabajos Voluntarios de 1985. “Adelante, compañeros, a construir, a construir”.

Dave Gershorn at Quartz: “The world’s most powerful technology companies have a vision for the future of healthcare. You’ll still go to your doctor’s office, sit in a waiting room, and explain your problem to someone in a white coat. But instead of relying solely on their own experience and knowledge, your doctor will consult an algorithm that’s been trained on the symptoms, diagnoses, and outcomes of millions of other patients.