Viele Unternehmen versuchen, mit Anreizsystemen die Leistungsbereitschaft und die Effektivität ihrer Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter zu erhöhen. Oft gleichen diese Systeme einem Wettbewerb: Wer zum Beispiel am Ende eines Monats die höchsten Verkaufszahlen vorweisen kann, bekommt eine Prämie.
Derartige Wettbewerbe können durchaus die Produktivität steigern. Aber sie haben auch Schattenseiten: Aus wissenschaftlichen Studien ist bekannt, dass sie zum Beispiel die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Kolleginnen und Kollegen kurzfristig verschlechtern.

Thanks to ODE, StoryData was able to cleanse and standardize complex municipal datasets and understand the extent to which they aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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The Open Data Editor workshop marked another important step in building an open data dynamic in the country, a civic opportunity for innovation and collaboration.
The post Two Training Sessions to Strengthen Open Data Culture in Benin first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.

Chile se encuentra en un momento decisivo en materia de regulación tecnológica: avanza hacia la implementación de nuevas leyes de ciberseguridad, protección de datos personales y proyectos regulatorios en inteligencia artificial. Estos procesos buscan consolidar al país como un referente regional y alcanzar el estatus de “País Adecuado” por parte de la Unión Europea. En este escenario, Corea del Sur se ha consolidado como un modelo global de regulación efectiva, cuya experiencia ofrece lecciones valiosas para el contexto chileno.

Svenskt Näringsliv (Confederation of Swedish Enterprise) and Queen Mary Intellectual Property Institute (at the Center for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London), with BusinessEurope as supporting partner invites you to an event on the patenting of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. 

Your own car – that used to be a great promise of freedom. Climb into your car and go wherever you like, on your own terms. And do it all in private: with your partner or your family. This image of the car still exists – yet slowly, a new one is taking its place. Cars have now become highly connected, high-performance machines that constantly record, measure, and monitor their surroundings. In a way, the manufacturer is virtually in the driver’s seat, through hundreds of sensors, microphones, cameras, and also devices connected to the car, such as your smartphone and the vehicle’s app.

On Wednesday, 22 October 2025 at 4 p.m., the Alumni Network of the University of Klagenfurt invites you to an exclusive Alumni Business Tour at the technology company Infineon Technologies Austria in Villach. Participants will enjoy a guided tour of the site and its showroom – featuring a view into Infineon Austria’s latest cleanroom, where real-time Industry 4.0 applications illustrate current developments in semiconductor technology and digitalization.

The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025 Ranking of the World’s Top 100 Innovation Clusters has been released, offering insights into where innovation is concentrated and how ideas turn into economic impact.

Le CRDP est ravi d’annoncer que le professeur Ledy Rivas Zannou, chercheur collaborateur au CRDP, vient de remporter le Prix de l’Ahjucaf 2025, attribué pour sa thèse : « Les enjeux juridiques de la consommation mobile en Afrique de l’Ouest : analyse du processus contractuel », réalisée sous la direction du professeur Vincent Gautrais, chercheur au CRDP,  et soutenue à l’Université de Montréal le 08 février 2024.

ÖH KlagenfurtThe Info Days of the Austrian Students’ Union (ÖH) at the University of Klagenfurt/Celovec, the lobby group in university politics for all students at our university, will support you on 17 July and 3 & 4 September 2025 before the start of the semester with advice on all aspects of studying.

The ÖH Info Days will take place on the following dates in the auditorium of the University of Klagenfurt:

Safer Internet Lab (SAIL), in collaboration with the Center for Digital Society (CfDS) UGM, held a regional academic conference titled the Information Resilience and Integrity Symposium (IRIS) on 21 August 2025 at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIPOL), Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM).The symposium was held in response to the growing risks posed by generative AI.

The Wikimedia Endowment, a permanent fund created to ensure the long-term financial stability of Wikimedia projects, is excited to announce the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors: Ike Kier and Kevin Bonebrake.

In jahrelanger Arbeit hat er mit großem Sachverstand und ärztlichem Können die herzchirurgische Leistungspalette der Klinik weiterentwickelt. Durch seine chirurgische Expertise und seinen vorbildlichen Einsatz für die Patienten hat Professor Leyh die Herzchirurgie in Würzburg national und international sichtbar gemacht.
Seine überragenden Leistungen als Mediziner haben mit dazu beigetragen, dass Patienten weit über unsere Region hinaus nach Würzburg gekommen sind, um sich hier einer herzchirurgischen Operation zu unterziehen.

Following the successful launch of IViR’s Information Law Series Archive in 2024, another trove of books has now been become freely available online. These include three ground-breaking dissertations: Stef van Gompel’s account of the history and future of copyright formalities, Wolfgang Sakulin’s pioneering Trademark Protection and Freedom of Expression and Nadezhda Purtova’s study on emerging Property Rights in Personal Data.

Pada tanggal 6 Agustus 2025, Rifqi Rachman, konsultan peneliti Safer Internet Lab (SAIL), terlibat dalam diskusi publik DIFUSSION (Digital Future Discussion) #126 bertajuk “AI dan Ekonomi Digital: Ketahanan Informasi & Masa Depan Dunia Kerja”, yang diselenggarakan oleh Center for Digital Society (CfDS) UGM.Dalam diskusi tersebut, Rifqi berdialog bersama Suci Lestari Yuana (Dosen Departemen Hubungan Internasional UGM sekaligus Founder STAIR Community Indonesia) dan dimoderatori oleh Arsya Lay (Peneliti CfDS).

Le Groupe de recherche en droit et économie politique et le Centre de recherche en droit public ont le plaisir de vous inviter au cycle de conférences de l’automne 2025 et l’hiver 2026 « La part d’ombre du constitutionnalisme »
 
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Join us in this online event to unpack two key documents approved last May: the terms of reference and work plan of the WG. Speakers will present an overview of the goals of the working tracks, and share the expectations they hold for the next WG meeting.
The post Decoding the UN CSTD Working Group on Data Governance online series first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.