Other News from Participating Centers

Participa y construye un mejor ambiente laboral

Los académicos y funcionarios de 18 organismos de la Universidad de Chile deberán responder a partir de este 5 de junio una nueva versión de la Encuesta Nacional de Riesgos Psicosociales. El objetivo será actualizar los datos donde corresponde, para contar con un panorama acabado que permita prevenir y controlar posibles enfermedades de tipo profesional.

Jefa de la diplomacia de la Unión Europea visitó la U. de Chile

La autoridad encabezó la ceremonia del trigésimo aniversario del programa de movilidad estudiantil y académica europea, Erasmus. En la ceremonia, tres integrantes de la Casa de Bello dieron su testimonio como beneficiarios de la iniciativa que ha financiado a más de 500 estudiantes, investigadores y académicos chilenos.Cerca de 9 millones de personas han podido estudiar, trabajar y adquirir experiencia internacional gracias al programa de movilidad estudiantil, académica y de personal Erasmus.

Should Governments Invest More in Nudging?

, ,  et al in Psychological Science: “Governments are increasingly adopting behavioral science techniques for changing individual behavior in pursuit of policy objectives.

The lost genius of the Post Office

Kevin R. Kosar at Politico: “…When Americans think about the most innovative agency in the government, they think about the Pentagon or NASA.

Who benefits from the so-called New Media Revolution?

The new media revolution is a common metaphor that is often used to describe the contemporary communications ecosystem. This essay investigates how it influences the way individuals, groups and policy... MORE

Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are

Book by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz: “Blending the informed analysis of The Signal and the Noise with the instructive iconoclasm of Think Like a Freak, a fascinating, illuminating, and witty look at what the vast amounts of information now instantly available to us reveals about ourselves and our world—provided we ask the right questions.

How to Track What Congress Is Doing on the Internet

Louise Matsakis at Motherboard: “There’s now a way to track what government employees, including elected officials, are doing online during working hours.

Deliberative Democracy as Open, Not (Just) Representative Democracy

Paper by Helene Landemore: “Deliberative democracy is at risk of becoming collateral damage of the current crisis of representative democracy. If deliberative democracy is necessarily representative and if representation betrays the true meaning of democracy as rule of, by, and for the people, then how can deliberative democracy retain any validity as a theory of political legitimacy?

Smart Cities: Foundations, Principles and Applications

Book by Houbing Song, Ravi Srinivasan, Tamim Sookoor, Sabina Jeschke: “Smart cities are emerging as a priority for research and development across th

Handbook of Cyber-Development, Cyber-Democracy, and Cyber-Defense

A Data Driven Look at Refugee Crime in Hong Kong

This blog post is part of our summer series featuring updates from local groups across the Open Knowledge Network and was submitted by Open Data Hong Kong (ODHK). It was first published on Open Data Hong Kong (ODHK)’s website and has been written by Robert Porsch, a PhD student studying statistical genetics at the University of Hong Kong, and has a general interest in all kinds of data analysis.

Terapia ocupacional: Apoyo a la población con demencia y sus familias

Modificar los ambientes y las conductas de quienes sufren demencia, además de educar y guiar a los cuidadores de éstos es parte del trabajo que hoy llevan adelante los terapeutas ocupacionales en Chile.

MBA UCHILE sube nuevamente en el ranking y se ubica entre los 5 mejore

El principal ranking de Escuelas de Negocios Latinoamericanas, elaborado anualmente por la revista AméricaEconomía, ubicó a la Universidad de Chile en el 5º lugar de la región, subiendo una posición respecto al año anterior y avanzando cinco puestos en los últimos 6 años. AmericaEconomía liberó los resultados de la versión número 20 de su ya tradicional Ránking de las Mejores Escuelas de Negocios de América Latina, y la Casa de Bello logró nuevamente posicionarse entre los primeros lugares de la lista. 

Mundo Granja: Educación, naturaleza y diversión

Desde el año 1999 la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias de la Universidad de Chile desarrolla esta innovadora granja educativa que busca aportar desde la Casa de Bello al desarrollo de los más pequeños estudiantes.

Participação de pesquisadores do IRIS no I Congresso Internacional Direitos Fundamentais e Processo Penal na Era Digital

Nos dias 29, 30 e 31 de maio, foi realizado na Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo (FDUSP) o I Congresso Internacional Direitos Fundamentais e Processo Penal na Era Digital, fruto de uma parceria entre a USP e o InternetLab. O Congresso contou a presença de autoridades que contribuíram e ainda contribuem para o desenvolvimento do tema, como Tércio Sampaio Ferraz Júnior, Greg Nojeim, Riana Pfefferkorn, Diego Aranha e Marta Saad.

Potential Uses of Miniature Spectrometers to Mitigate the Health Crisis in Developing Countries

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Crowdsourcing the fight against mosquitos

YahooFinance: “That smartphone in your pocket could hold the cure for malaria, dengue and the Zika virus, a noted Stanford University scientist says.
Manu Prakash has a history of using oddball materials for medical research. His latest project, Abuzz, uses sound. Specifically, he asks regular citizens to capture and record mosquitoes. There are 30 unique species, and each has a different wingbeat pattern.

6 Jurisdictions Tackling Homelessness with Technology

 in GovernmentTechnology: “Public servants who work to reduce homelessness often have similar lists of challenges.

Inspecting Algorithms for Bias

Matthias Spielkamp at MIT Technology Review: “It was a striking story. “Machine Bias,” the headline read, and the teaser proclaimed: “There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it’s biased against blacks.”

EUNIS 2017 – Keynote

Auf der Jahreskonferenz der European University Information Systems Organization (EUNIS) hat Nikolas Guggenberger eine Keynote zum Thema „Trust by Technolgy – a Legal Perspective“ gehalten. Dabei hat Herr Guggenberger zunächst die allgemeinen Quellen für Vertrauen aufgezeigt deren Bedeutung im Recht.