The GovLab and UNICEF, as part of the Responsible Data for Children initiative (RD4C), are pleased to share a set of lightweight and user-friendly tools to support organizations and practi

On Saturday 7th March 2020, the tenth Open Data Day took place with people around the world organising over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.

Marcel Wrzesinski has been Open Access Officer at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society for almost a year. The seasoned journal editor who’s been in academic publishing for about a decade, has been carrying this one big heavy question around town, i.e. in surveys, in workshops, in his head, under his arm. Everywhere he…
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„Ich bin beeindruckt und freue mich, dass wir als Gemeinschaft in unserer Stadt helfen können. Ganz herzlichen Dank an alle, die sich mit Zeit und Geld für andere einsetzen“, sagt Rektorin Anja Steinbeck zum Abschluss der Aktion.
Mit dem Geld unterstützt die BürgerStiftung Düsseldorf Menschen in Notlagen, wie etwa Obdachlose und bedürftige Familien. Vor allem Lebensmittelgutscheine und Kleidung werden derzeit gebraucht, weil viele kostenlose Hilfen pausieren.

When German "data protection model country" politicians present themselves to the US corporations Google and Apple in order to promote the support of a centrally organized Covid19 tracing solution, this is at first astonishing.

„Ich bin beeindruckt und freue mich, dass wir als Gemeinschaft in unserer Stadt helfen können. Ganz herzlichen Dank an alle, die sich mit Zeit und Geld für andere einsetzen“, sagt Rektorin Anja Steinbeck zum Abschluss der Aktion.
Mit dem Geld unterstützt die BürgerStiftung Düsseldorf Menschen in Notlagen, wie etwa Obdachlosen und bedürftigen Familien. Vor allem Lebensmittelgutscheine und Kleidung werden derzeit gebraucht, weil viele kostenlose Hilfen pausieren.

Perils and Opportunities How will the coronavirus pandemic affect specific kinds of digital technologies and practices? HIIG researchers offer some tentative answers. At this point, we have all been overwhelmed by an avalanche of predictions about the coronavirus pandemic. In part, these forecasts regard the public health emergency itself: when will it peak, how will…
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De la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas proviene la iniciativa "Preu en Cuarentena", plataforma con insumos como guías y tutoriales en video para que quienes den este año la prueba de transición de matemáticas puedan prepararse de manera gratuita desde sus hogares, incluyendo a la comunidad haitiana a partir de las versiones en francés de los materiales.www.preuencuarentena.com es el portal desarrollado por estudiantes de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la U.

A partir del Movimiento Salud en Resistencia (MSR), son más de cien profesionales de la salud y estudiantes de dichas carreras -tanto de la U. de Chile, como de otros planteles- quienes hoy despliegan educación e información en diferentes barrios, a partir de una relación basada en un modelo colectivo de salud.

Estimadas y estimados integrantes de la comunidad universitaria:
A contar del 18 de mayo, la profesora Heidi Berner Herrera, académica de Facultad de Economía y Negocios (FEN), asumirá el cargo de Vicerrectora de Asuntos Económicos y Gestión Institucional en reemplazo del profesor Daniel Hojman Trujillo. Heidi Berner es ingeniera comercial con mención en Economía de la Universidad de Chile y Master in Public Administration de la Kennedy School of Government en la Universidad de Harvard y cuenta con una destacada trayectoria en la innovación de la gestión pública.

We’ve had balcony concerts. Livestreams. Living room jam sessions. Pots and pans banging. And clapping. (So much clapping). We’ve been inspired by the talent, generosity and spirit on display. But continue to ask: what next?

On Saturday 7th March 2020, the tenth Open Data Day took place with people around the world organising over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.

Boris Palmer, Mayor of the city of Tübingen, together with the writer Juli Zeh, the philosopher Julian Nida-Rümelin, the physician Alexander Kekulé, the economist Christoph M.

The coronavirus pandemic has created a gold mine for cybercriminal activities, including those sponsored by states, generating digital chaos. However, amid this chaos, a light at the end of the tunnel may be seen, involving interactions between states and society. The coronavirus pandemic has increased the online presence of people as a result of the…

By Sharngan Aravindakshan India recently joined the list of countries that have placed restrictions on foreign investment to fend off predatory investments during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. It announced that investors from countries sharing a land border with it would henceforth have to invest only through the government approval route. India’s decision follows on the […]