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Andreas Baur on Gaia-X and Cloud Governance

Andreas Baur researches the Politics of the Cloud in Tübingen and Amsterdam. The political scientist is convinced: Regulation that disregards technology will not work. In the interview, Mr. Baur reveals how political concepts are embedded in technology and why initiatives like Gaia-X represent a new form of international technopolitics. The interview was done by Andreas Weiss and Thomas Sprenger of the eco association.

I am a student and activist. I won’t be silenced.

Iraq’s Controversial “Ballegh” Platform for “Combating Indecent Content”

When Umm Fahd danced in the stadium while watching the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup in the Al-Basra governorate in … Iraq’s Controversial “Ballegh” Platform for “Combating Indecent Content”Read More »

Kultur- und Wissenstransfer um 1600

Viel ist heute von der Notwendigkeit einer Überwindung eurozentristischer und kolonialistischer Denkmuster die Rede, von transkulturellen Perspektiven und „Global Culture“. In der historischen und kunsthistorischen Forschung liegen allerdings die Wege, auf denen das frühmoderne Europa sich mit anderen Teilen der Welt zu vernetzen begann, vielfach noch immer im Dunkeln.

The Technologically Augmented Courtroom: An Evolving Reality

Nous vous invitons, dans le cadre du cycle de Conférence Les soirée de la justice du CRDP, a la conférence The Technologically Augmented Courtroom: An Evolving Reality.

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The Smithsonian’s quest to expand the history of Black women in food and drink on Wikipedia

The history of Black Americans has often been lost, overlooked, or credited to others. Unfortunately, that also includes the influence of Black women on the United States’ food and drink history.

Meet Lena Richard: the first Black woman to host a cooking television show in the United States. That may sound like a big achievement, and that’s because it is—particularly in 1949.

Job Opening: Social Media Officer

SMEX is recruiting a full-time Social Media Officer to handle publishing content on social media, in addition to … Job Opening: Social Media OfficerRead More »

Job Opening: Researcher

SMEX is looking for a researcher to join its growing Research Unit to carry out research tasks and … Job Opening: ResearcherRead More »

Wenn das Licht in der Nanowelt weder „an“ noch „aus“ ist

Ob das Licht in unseren Wohnräumen an- oder ausgeschaltet ist, lässt sich im Alltag einfach mit einem Griff zum Lichtschalter regeln. Wenn man jedoch den Raum für das Licht auf wenige Nanometer zusammenschrumpft, dominieren quantenmechanische Effekte und es ist unklar, ob sich darin Licht befindet oder nicht. Beides kann sogar gleichzeitig der Fall sein, wie Wissenschaftler der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) und der Universität Bielefeld im Magazin „Nature Physics“ zeigen.

Accès à la Justice et Cour canadienne de l’impôt : une cour itinérante

Dans le cadre du cycle de conférence Les Soirées de la justice du CRDP, nous vous convions à la conférence Accès à la Justice et Cour canadienne de l’impôt : une cour itinérante.

Introducing Kompreno: European Initiative for High-Quality Journalism

A thousand texts and no end in sight: kompreno offers quality journalism without borders
Endless diversity, every day: kompreno — the European initiative for high-quality journalism without language barriers — has now translated and republished over 1,000 articles.
Its founder, Jochen Adler, wrote INC today:

Get a small grant for your Open Data Day(s) 2023 event – submit your proposal now!

We at Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) are excited to announce the launch of the Open Data Day(s) 2023 Small Grants Application to support organisations hosting Open Data events and activities across the world.

« Partis plateforme » versus « partis en réseau » 

Fabrizio Li Vigni, avec la collaboration d'Enka Blanchard, Réseaux, no 236, 2022/6.
L’article « Partis plateforme » <em>versus</em> « partis en réseau »  est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.

Erste Schritte zu klimafreundlicherem Streamen

In den vergangenen Jahren hat das Video-Streaming deutlich zugenommen. Verbrachte jeder Deutsche im Jahr 2019 durchschnittlich noch 42 Minuten am Tag damit, Online-Videos auf Youtube, Netflix, Facebook oder anderen Plattformen anzusehen, waren es ein Jahr später bereits 55 Minuten – in der Gruppe der 14- bis 29-Jährigen sogar 130 Minuten.

“Resist with Us” Campaign in Egypt: Protection against rumors or online speech control?

In August 2020, Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi appealed to the Egyptian youth in a statement: “Egypt’s youth! … “Resist with Us” Campaign in Egypt: Protection against rumors or online speech control?Read More »

TechTank Episode 63: Reclaiming local news in the age of the internet

Courtney Radsch, The Brookings Institution, February 13, 2023

The United Nations Ad-hoc Committee for Development of an International Cybercrime Convention: Overview and Key Observations from Fourth Substantive Session (Part II)

Sukanya Thapliyal Introduction  In Part I of this two-part blog series, we provided our readers a brief overview and observations from the discussions pertaining to the second reading of the provisions on criminalisation of offences under the proposed convention during the Fourth Session of the Ad-hoc Committee. In Part II of the series, we will […]

Announcement

As of September 2022, the Lab will continue its operation now as part of the Institute for Democracy at UMB, which will enable us to even better advance our mission. The change will not affect any of our ongoing or planned activities. We will, however, until further notice, cease updating this website and some of our social media channels.

New podcast – Media Freedom Act: how to fix media plurality

Professor Elda Brogi, Scientific Coordinator at the CMPF, speaks in the last episode of the Media Lab Series curated by Information Labs.

In her speech, she focuses on the “media plurality test” put forward in Article 21 of the European Media Freedom Act and on the European Board for Media Services.

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