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13 Ways We Can Fix The “Free Market” So It Works For Regular People, Not Just The Rich

Jeffrey Hollender: In his book Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few, former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich provides an outstanding guide to many of the factors that prevent the possibility of a truly free market. He writes:

Fit für die Facharbeit

Wo und wie finde ich passende Literatur für meine Facharbeit? Wie verlässlich sind Informationsquellen im Internet? Antworten auf diese und ähnliche Fragen bietet die Facharbeitensprechstunde der ULB. Die Bibliothek hilft Schülerinnen und Schüler der Oberstufe, die eine Facharbeit schreiben, bei der Suche nach geeigneter Literatur.
Wir geben Tipps zu Suchstrategien und Recherchetechniken in unserem Suchportal sowie in weiteren Katalogen und Datenbanken und zeigen ihnen, wie man verlässliche Informationsquellen im Internet findet.

Digital Innovation: A digital platform enables better collaboration across project teams

In the third part of this blog article series we show how an internal wiki has supported the cooperation of interdisciplinary project teams of the Stoll Group and what valuable learning successes the company can pass on to other medium-sized companies. The following case is part of the “Digital Innovation in German mid-sized businesses“ study, which will be published in 2019 and which analyses different companies and their approach to digital innovation.

Profesor José Gimeno Sacristán recibió la Medalla Rectoral

Acompañado de amigos, colegas y familiares, el académico José Gimeno Sacristán el galardón en la Casa Central de la Universidad de Chile, como reconocimiento a su larga carrera académica en el ámbito educativo, la cual lo ha transformado en referencia obligada por su esfuerzo para modernizar la cultura pedagógica.

"Tenemos llegar con un mensaje que no esté escrito en sánscrito"

Desde 1990 el Panel Intergubernamental de Cambio Climático (IPCC), ha publicado cinco informes con la más reciente evidencia respecto al cambio climático, preparados por distintos equipos de investigadores destacados a nivel mundial. Actualmente la profesora Laura Gallardo, directora del Centro de Ciencia del Clima y la Resiliencia (CR2), es parte del equipo que prepara el sexto informe en esta materia, el cual será publicado en 2022.

Investing in Indigenous Connectivity Is an Investment in Our Future Online

There’s one New Year’s resolution we can bank on to improve the health and livelihoods of millions of people across North America this year, and it doesn’t involve buying into health fads or gadgets.
The newly-released 2018 Indigenous Connectivity Summit (ICS) Community Report shows a strong correlation between Indigenous connectivity and the well-being and sustainability of rural and remote Indigenous communities, especially when solutions are local.

Gastprofessor aus Zürich im Sommersemester 2019

Im Sommersemester 2019 wird Herr Professor Dr. Adrian Künzler von der Universität Zürich als Gastprofessor am Institut forschen und lehren.
Weitere Einzelheiten zu seiner Person  unter https://www.ius.uzh.ch/de/staff/professorships/alphabetical/kuenzler/person.html

The Week in Internet News: Massachusetts Town Says ‘No Thank You’ to Broadband Network

Build your own: A Massachusetts town has declined an offer from a major ISP to build a high-speed broadband network and instead will create its own, the Boston Globe reports. While a locally owned network will initially cost more, residents of Charlemont say they want local control and local customer service.

Good Data are Better Data

Good Data edited by Angela Daly, S. Kate Devitt and Monique Mann will be published by INC in January 2019. The book launch will be 24 Januari @ Spui25. In anticipation of the publication, we publish a series of posts by some of the authors of the book.

Prof. Dr. Günter Gattermann verstorben

Günter Gattermann studierte Geschichte, Klassische Philologie, Englisch und Philosophie an der Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt/Main. 1956 folgte die Promotion mit dem Titel „Die Deutschen Fürsten auf der Reichsheerfahrt. Studien zur Lehnskriegsverfassung der Stauferzeit“.

Cátedra Jean Monnet abre processo seletivo para curso gratuito com chancela da União Europeia

Inscrições podem ser realizadas até o dia 16/01A FGV Direito Rio, com apoio da Comissão Europeia, sediará a sexta edição do curso Regionalismo Comparado da Cátedra Jean Monnet. O curso se insere no objetivo do bloco de estimular o ensino, a pesquisa e a reflexão de temas relacionados à integração europeia em instituições de ensino superior dentro e fora da União Europeia.

FGV Direito Rio recebe inscrições para o Programa FGV/Sorbonne Francês e Cultura

Inscrições podem ser realizadas até o dia 15/02Estão abertas as inscrições para o Programa FGV/Sorbonne Francês e Cultura, que tem como objetivo proporcionar ao aluno aprofundamento da cultura geral e conhecimento da herança cultural europeia através de uma experiência internacional. Interessados têm até o dia 15/02 para se inscrever diretamente na Coordenação de Relações Internacionais da Escola, que realiza atendimento presencial de segunda a sexta-feira, de 9h às 12h e de 13h às 16h.

Energy Laboratory Tübingen hosts final conference

Alte Aula Tübingen Donnerstag, 31.01.2019http://www.gemeinsam-zur-energiewende.de/Challenge: Energy system transformation in citiesBoth the insights gained in the course of the project on the topic of sustainable energy system transformation in Tübingen and future perspectives for sustainable living in urban neighbourhoods will be presented by the project partners and other experts and discussed together with the interested public at this event. Please register in

Jessica Heesen in an interview with taz.de on the "Politik Leaks 2019"

The whole article can be viewed here: http://www.taz.de/%215562833/

Video Panel Discussion: "Digital Technologies, Sustainability, Human Rights and Neo_colonial Effects" (in German)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SCDJhmyS8gHow sustainable is the production and use of digital technologies actually? What are the environmental and social consequences of digitalisation and how can the right to repair help to curb it? What are the interests behind the export of digital technologies to African countries? And to what extent do digital technologies change social norms, cultural traditions and the distribution of power within societies?

Book of the Day: Knowledge, Spirit, Law // Book 1: Radical Scholarship

Knowledge, Spirit, Law // Book 1: Radical Scholarship by Gavin Keeney, published by Punctum Books.

Paris, France: Eau de Paris delivers cheaper, cleaner water under remunicipalised utility

Eau de Paris (EDP) was set up to end a fragmented, opaque and expensive municipal water service. Relying on strong political will, the city of Paris has worked to make water management a major democratic issue, ensuring better-managed and cheaper water supplies, and an environmental strategy that is second to none.

Launch event: AI Futures + Drones and Dreams

Digital Asia Hub hosted a line-up of global experts to riff on all things AI, ethics and culture, to mark the launch of ‘Drones and Dreams: A Speculative Sprint Story Collection’ on January 12, 2019 at Metta.

 

Speakers included:

​F&N and NTU Singapore set up joint lab to develop new ingredients and greener packaging

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If, When and How Blockchain Technologies Can Provide Civic Change

Stefaan G. Verhulst and Andrew Young: The hype surrounding the potential of blockchain technologies– the distributed ledger technology (DLT) undergirding cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin – to transform the way industries and sectors operate and exchange records is reaching a fever pitch.

Source: Top Trends in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2017