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Here’s a conversation starter: “What do you do?” “I research conspiracy theories.” This response is usually met with varied forms of excitement and curiosity: “Oh, sick, I love conspiracy theories!”, “Like what, 9/11? You know, I think it was an inside job”, “You know, I think this corona stuff is made up by [insert global superpower/anti-Semitic trope/alien conspiracy] to control us!!!1”.

122.000 Euro: So viel Geld haben Männer, die im Anschluss an eine Lehre die Ausbildung zum Meister oder Techniker absolviert haben, zwölf Jahre nach Beendigung ihrer Ausbildung im Durchschnitt mehr verdient als ihre Kollegen aus der Lehrzeit, die danach zum Studium an eine Hochschule oder Universität gewechselt sind. Oder anders formuliert: Meister bekamen in diesen zwölf Jahren gute vier Jahreseinstiegsgehälter, die vergleichbare Akademiker nach ihrem Studium erzielen können, mehr auf ihr Gehaltskonto eingezahlt.

About a year ago we launched our 2020 Action Plan with great anticipation. We had a nice neat list of the most urgent Internet issues to tackle, and we would work as a whole community, coming together as people from all over to press for our vision: The Internet is for Everyone.

Then 2020 came and we learned how quickly plans can be upended.

Berlin, 8 December 2020 – How did AI become what it is today? HIIG is launching two international research projects that examine the hype and institutionalisation of AI over the past ten years. Thanks to extensive funding by the DFG and international partner organizations, the team will be able to investigate the interplay of technical,…

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Webinar | Marco Legal da Primeira Infância no Judiciário10h00O Evento: O Marco Legal da Primeira Infância (Lei nº 13.257/16), em vigor no país desde março de 2016, estabelece diretrizes para a formulação de políticas públicas destinadas a atender com prioridade absoluta de fato as crianças na faixa etária de 0 a 6 anos de idade, mais conhecida como primeira infância. A utilização dessa legislação pelo Judiciário é o tema de pesquisa do projeto “Uma análise macrossistêmica dos dados jurídicos de decisões judiciais e avaliação do comportamento judicial”.

Webinar | O Sol é para todos: energia solar em comunidades de baixa renda18h00 até 20h00O Evento: A energia solar é uma fonte sustentável, renovável e limpa, com baixo impacto ambiental e reduzido custo em relação ao tempo de vida útil dos equipamentos empregados em sua captação e geração. É, por isso, uma opção com grandes vantagens em relação às principais fontes de energia utilizadas atualmente no meio urbano. 

Webinar | Regulação da saúde na pandemia: desafios para um plano de vacinação contra a COVID-1918h00O Evento: A vacinação da população é peça-chave dentro de uma política pública eficaz de combate à Covid-19. Mas diversos fatores podem colocar em xeque a capacidade do Estado de coordenar um amplo programa de vacinação. O Núcleo Avançado de Pesquisa em Regulação da Saúde (NAPS) debaterá com renomados especialistas as diversas implicações que o tema suscita. 
Moderador:

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Viktor Mayer-Schönberger (Università di Oxford), in dialogo con Alessandro Mantelero (Politecnico di Torino) e Juan Carlos De Martin (Codirettore Centro Nexa)
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Selon Antonio
Gueterres, secrétaire général des Nations Unies, le 75e anniversaire de l’ONU «
nous rappelle ce que nos fondateurs ont accompli et nous invite à être à la
hauteur de leurs ambitions. Nous devons de toute urgence mener une réflexion
innovante sur la gouvernance mondiale et le multilatéralisme, afin de les
adapter au XXIe siècle ».

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What are the obstacles and conditions for success for platform innovation in medium-sized businesses? Which policies can support it? - These are the questions the research team of the project Data Platforms for Medium-Sized Businesses (short “DaPla”) asked itself.
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Homework canyon: Two-thirds of the school children across the globe don’t have Internet access, according to a new report, India Today says. The report from the United Nations Children’s Fund and the International Telecommunication Union says the lack of access is a major problem during the COVID-19 pandemic.