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​NTU Singapore and Thai petrochemical giant PTTGC to develop new 3D printing materials for the automotive industry

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Inscripciones a la PSU se iniciaron este 5 de junio

Durante 60 días estará abierto el período de inscripciones para participar en el Proceso de Admisión 2018 y rendir la Prueba de Selección Universitaria (PSU). La inscripción sólo es válida tras completar todo el registro e imprimir la Tarjeta de Identificación. Este año se abrirán dos nuevas sedes de rendición: Llay Llay y San José de Maipo, totalizando 180 localidades donde llegará la prueba a cargo del DEMRE (Departamento de Evaluación, Medición y Registro Educacional) de la U. de Chile.

Rector Vivaldi continúa viaje académico en Harvard y MIT

El 1 y 2 de junio, en el marco de la gira por Estados Unidos, el Rector de la U. de Chile continuó con reuniones con investigadores y autoridades de distintos centros de Harvard University, citas a las que se suman las ya sostenidas en el MIT.

Towards Crowd-Scale Deliberation

Paper by Mark Klein: “Let us define deliberation as the activity where groups of people (1) identify possible solutions for a problem, (2) evaluate these alternatives, and (3) select the solution(s) that best meet their needs. Deliberation processes have changed little in centuries.

Acesso à Justiça e Sociedade da Informação

Em 2000, o jurista britânico Richard Susskind previu que, em cinco anos, as pessoas teriam mais acesso à Internet do que à Justiça, no Reino Unido. Posteriormente, o autor confirmou sua previsão e criou outras para o impacto das novas tecnologias na sociedade e no exercício das carreiras jurídicas.

Ustawa reuse rok po wejściu w życie – prezentacja raportu

Volume 14

Data, Solidarity and Philanthropy

By Natalia Adler (UNICEF) and Stefaan G. Verhulst (GovLab)
How do you tackle the world’s most complex socio-economic problems at a time of big data? It is widely recognized today that using data can greatly improve decision-making, optimize operations, and lead to new insights to address increasingly complex problems such as migration, obesity, urbanization, climate change amongst others.

Issue 14:1 (1-163)

How did awful panel discussions become the default format?

 at The Guardian: “With the occasional exception, my mood in conferences usually swings between boredom,

Media Change & Innovation @ ECREA 16

Media Change & Innovation @ ECREA 16

Civic Media Co-Design Studio 2017: By Any Media Necessary

This semester, the Civic Media Collaborative Design Studio was focused on youth media and gentrification. For this version of the course, we wanted to develop media projects that respond to the current political, cultural, economic, and environmental crisis with youth-led visions of a more just and creative future. We partnered with ZUMIX and The Urbano Project, two youth arts and media organizations in the Boston area, and NuVu Studio, an innovation school for middle and high school students in Cambridge. 

CMPF at the event “Media pluralism: What risks for democracy?”

Thursday 15th June 10.00-12.00. Room N4.3, Louise Weiss, European Parliament, Strasbourg.
an event organised by Neena Gill (S&D)
CBE and Member of the European Parliament
 
Elda Brogi  presented the results of the 2016 Media Pluralism Monitor. Jelena Dzakula, LSE and UK MPM2016 country team, expanded on the study’s warning of significant risks to media plurality in the UK.

Fly on the Facebook Wall: How UNHCR Listened to Refugees on Social Media

 at Social Media for Good: “In “From a Refugee Perspective” UNHCR shows how to conduct meaningful, qualitative social media monitoring in a humanitarian crisis.

Citizen Participation: A Critical Look at the Democratic Adequacy of Government Consultations

John Morison at Oxford Journal of Legal Studies: “Consultation procedures are used increasingly in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. This account looks critically at consultation as presently practised, and suggests that consulters and consultees need to do much more to ensure both the participatory validity and democratic value of such exercises. The possibility of a ‘right to be consulted’ is examined.

Charo Sádaba, nueva decana de la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad

Charo Sádaba, nueva decana de la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad
“Estamos ante un momento único para la Comunicación, clave para ayudar en la transformación de la sociedad, con quien esta Facultad está comprometida”

FOTO: Manuel Castells

19/06/17 11:59
Álvaro Pérez

The Supreme Court Just Protected Your Right to Facebook

Location

United States

See map: Google Maps

Who’ll be responsible when self-driving car crashes?

Location

United States

See map: Google Maps

Obra el "El automóvil amarillo" se presentará en el Teatro Nacional

¿Qué hace un hombre al encontrar un automóvil abandonado en una carretera en plena noche? ¿Lo toma? ¿Lo abandona? ¿Llama a la policía?

Maisa Rojas sobre retiro de Estados Unidos del Acuerdo de París

En el día Mundial del Medio Ambiente, la académica del Departamento de Geofísica, explica en esta entrevista con Prensa Uchile las repercusiones de estos hechos y el liderazgo que pueden ejercer Europa y China ante este escenario tras el anuncio del líder norteamericano.