Great hopes are pinned on the increasing digitalization on the African continent as ICT should lead to democratization, equality, and growing opportunities on the world markets. However, unequal power relations, neocolonialism, (digital) illiteracy are, as elsewhere in the Global South, downsides of technological progress. The authors of the special topic “Digitalization in the Global South” illuminate these aspects through interdisciplinary approaches and contribute to TA of digitalization in the global context.

A crucial point to bear in mind when writing a critical essay is the fact that the artist must be provided significance. Your thesis statement should communicate to your own reader precisely what the document is focused on, and in...

Alunos participaram do “Summer School European Private Law”A FGV DIREITO RIO participou do curso de verão “Summer School European Private Law”, que ocorreu entre os dias 01 a 13 de julho, em Salzburg, na Áustria. O curso englobou cerca de 30 diferentes sistemas jurídicos durante duas semanas. O objetivo é preparar advogados em matéria de direito comparado e direito internacional privado para um mercado cada vez mais globalizado e exigente. O curso é organizado pela Academy for European Private Law em parceria com a University of Salzburg.

Projeto Regulação em Números do Centro de Pesquisa em Direito e Econ.A FGV DIREITO RIO comunica abertura do processo de seleção para alunos interessados em participar como Assistente de Pesquisa do projeto Regulação em Números do Centro de Pesquisa em Direito e Economia (CPDE).
Os candidatos concorrerão a 02 (duas) vagas em regime de dedicação de 20 horas semanais realizadas de forma presencial na FGV Direito Rio.
Pré-requisito:
- estar cursando graduação em Direito, a partir do 5º período.
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Für das kommende Wintersemester 2019/2020 werden noch AG-Leiter für die vorlesungsbegleitenden Arbeitsgemeinschaften Sachenrecht gesucht.
Eine AG-Leitung kann sowohl von Fakultätsmitgliedern im Rahmen der Lehrverpflichtung als auch durch Externe übernommen werden. Externe AG-Leiter/innen erhalten einen Vertrag als WHK (6 Stunden für 1 AG, 10 Stunden für 2 AG).
Bei Interesse melden Sie sich doch bitte per Mail unter: doris.eppe@uni-muenster.de
 

Rienda suelta a la imaginación en Creatividad Radiofónica
 

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Organisiert wird das Forum vom an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf ansässigen Institut für Verbraucherwissenschaften, welches Grundlagen- und transformative Forschung im Bereich der Verbraucherwissenschaften betreibt,  gemeinsam mit der Universität Siegen und der Verbraucherzentrale Nordrhein-Westfalen.

La Intendenta de la Región Metropolitana, Karla Rubilar; la Subsecretaría de Turismo, Mónica Zalaquett; y representantes de la Casa de Bello, informaron sobre los principales puntos de observación en Santiago, detalles del fenómeno natural y las medidas de seguridad asociadas a éste.

Hasta el Observatorio Astronómico Nacional Cerro Calán de la Casa de Bello llegaron más de 700 personas -incluyendo estudiantes secundarios, autoridades universitarias y políticas y funcionarios- para ser testigos del fenómeno astronómico más esperado del año.

En esta columna de opinión los académicos del Instituto de Estudios Internacionales Dorotea López -directora de esa unidad- y Felipe Muñoz, analizan la reciente firma de un acuerdo de libre comercio entre el Mercosur y la Unión Europea, luego de 20 años de trabajo.

Die Grafikreihe "HHU Facts" zeigt kurz und knapp interessante Fakten rund um die HHU auf. Heute: Die zahlreichen Arbeitsplätze für Studierende im ZIM!
Alle bisher veröffentlichten Motive auf einen Blick finden Sie demnächst auch in einer Bildergalerie (in Vorbereitung).
Haben Sie vielleicht auch ein interessantes Statistik-Thema oder einen Fakt rund um die HHU? Die HHU-Webredaktion ist offen für weitere Motive und freut sich über jede Anregung / Einsendung: Dieter Joswig, Tel. +49 211 81-14861

Housing in London is a miserable experience for many, and it is most
miserable of all for private renters. For years private rented living
conditions in the capital have been getting worse, while rents have
soared to double what they are in the rest of the country. Slum
landlordism has returned with a vengeance, and local authority
crackdowns often double as immigration raids. 

Following an open call for evidence issued by the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Open Knowledge Foundation submitted our thoughts about what the UK can do in its forthcoming National Data Strategy to “unlock the power of data across government and the wider economy, while building citizen

Have you ever tried zooming in on an image on your computer? Did you notice how the quality steadily got worse and worse?
This is an unfortunate feature of “raster graphics,” the file formats that use a rectangular grid of pixels to make up an image, and present a particular problem for people making maps, for example—how else would you be able to take a regional map and zoom down into a particular town?

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Given the data-intensive nature of approaches such as machine learning, and the increasing ubiquity of AI in everyday products and services, there is a growing interest to understand its implications. At the same time, a tremendous amount of innovation and entrepreneurship in the AI space is emerging in Asia, not just in western economies, to address particular local challenges.

The transfer of research results into functioning innovative business models is an important lever to make Germany a leading AI location. The EXIST funding programs support founders from the university environment when starting up a business. Jessica Schmeiss and Nicolas Friederici show in this blog post which types of companies emerge from the EXIST programs.…