Dirk Holemans: When Michel Bauwens, founder of the P2P Foundation, started his research for the development of a “Commons Transition Plan” for the Flemish city of Ghent, he was overwhelmed by the sheer number of commons-oriented programs. In three months time, he discovered 500 initiatives. A remarkable figure, related to recent research indicating a tenfold increase in commons.
La tradicional competencia deportiva interna de la Universidad de Chile contará con la participación de 10 unidades académicas en 13 disciplinas deportivas. Los Juegos se extenderán hasta el sábado 30 de septiembre y tendrán su clausura posterior a la final del torneo de fútbol.
6 October 2017
Academic Project Manager Dr Catherine Rhodes spoke at a public workshop held on September 7-8 as part of the ongoing GoCAS guest researcher program on existential risk.
6 October 2017
Dr Heather Roff – Nukes of Hazard: Mapping the Relative Risks Emerging Technologies Pose to Nuclear Weapons Systems
Dr Roff, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, discusses the risks the emerging technologies of artificial intelligence and automation pose to nuclear modernisation.
6 October 2017
In this episode (recorded 9/27/17), the superforecasters of the NonProphets podcast interview CSER’s Dr. Shahar Avin.
Großer Erfolg für das Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf (UKD): In der aktuellen Klinikliste des Nachrichtenmagazins „Focus“ belegt die Universitätsklinik der Landeshauptstadt Platz 20 unter „Deutschlands Top Kliniken“. Im Vorjahr lag das UKD noch auf Platz 23. „Damit hat die Universitätsmedizin Düsseldorf den Sprung in die Spitzengruppe der deutschen Krankenhäuser geschafft. Diese Platzierung ist ganz wesentlich eine große Anerkennung für die Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter des UKD und deren Leistungen.
In Deutschland erkranken jedes Jahr rund 10.000 Menschen neu an einer Leukämie. Der Begriff fasst eine Gruppe von Krebserkrankungen des blutbildenden Systems zusammen – Leukämien werden daher im Volksmund häufig „Blutkrebs“ genannt. Insgesamt gibt es etwa 15 unterschiedliche Formen. Mediziner unterscheiden zwischen zwei Arten der Erkrankung – Leukämien und Lymphome. In ihrer Häufigkeit, Heilungschancen, Therapiemöglichkeiten aber auch Ursachen unterscheiden sich die verschiedenen Krankheitsbilder zum Teil stark voneinander.
Die Teilprojekte der beteiligten Forschungseinrichtungen setzen sowohl an der Rahmenbedingungen der Arbeit im Krankenhaus, von Führungskultur bis Personalmangel, als auch an individuellem Umgang mit Stress und Belastung an. Die Ergebnisse sollen nach Abschluss im Jahr 2021 auch in die Politik kommuniziert werden, das ist durch eine weitere Kooperation, mit dem Deutschen Krankenhaus Institut in Düsseldorf, bereits angelegt.
One of the key differences between private platforms (platform capitalism) and cooperative platforms (platform cooperatives) lies in how they are designed, by whom, and for whom. Indeed, technology and design, and all the invisible architectures that govern our lives and influence our choices and behaviour, are ‘value sensitive’. This point is very well argued and explained in the following article, which will hopefully convince more people that platform cooperatives are a vital alternative to the extractive gig economy:
By Hannah Pierce and Stefaan Verhulst
As part of an ongoing effort to build a knowledge base for the field of opening governance by organizing and disseminating its learnings, the GovLab Selected Readings series provides an annotated and curated collection of recommended works on key opening governance topics.
Earlier I posted about the European Commission’s Communication on Illegal Content Online.
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United States
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El académico de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, quien es el primer chileno en ingresar al Internet Hall of Fame, analizó los desafíos actuales de nuestro país y el mundo en relación a la revolución tecnológica que ha significado el internet.
La iniciativa, desarrollada por la Dirección de Servicios de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones (DSTI), permitirá generar informes de interés institucional de manera rápida y segura. Hoy se encuentra en su etapa piloto en la Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Desarrollo, y para el 2018 se espera integrar a gran parte de los Servicios Centrales de la Universidad.
The European Commission recently released a Communication on Tackling Illegal Content Online.
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Neste Bytes de Informação, Davi Teofilo e Victor Vieira explicam um pouco como funcionam Criptomoedas e o sistema de registros Blockchain. Confira:
Trecho explicativo sobre Internet das Coisas no “Café & Chat: Capitalismo de Dados e Big Data”: https://youtu.be/6UGG6u3f1tk?t=6m13s
Sérgio Guerra é o novo diretor da EscolaApós 15 anos à frente do comando da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da FGV (Direito Rio), o professor Joaquim Falcão deixou o cargo de diretor na última sexta-feira, em um almoço em sua homenagem por todo o trabalho e dedicação prestados à instituição. Após um amplo processo seletivo, comandado por uma Comissão de Seleção formada por cinco membros, o então vice-diretor de Ensino, Pesquisa e Pós-graduação da Direito Rio, professor Sérgio Guerra, foi o escolhido em uma lista tríplice e assume a direção da Escola.
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The municipally owned fiber-optic network of Ammon, Idaho provides one model for U.S. public entities and policymakers seeking to increase service competition and innovation.
Publication Date
5 Oct 2017
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Authored by Paddy Leerssen and David Talbot
Successes and failures in the use of digital tools in Catalonia’s rebellion
The battle presently being fought in the streets and polling stations in towns and cities throughout Catalonia before, during and after October 1, in which a diverse civil society has come together in huge numbers, putting their bodies and knowledge in the service of the shared goal of defending what is considered to be real democracy, has also had a crucial battleground in the case of the Internet.
September 7, 2017
About the Festival:
Festival of the Commons will take place on 6-7-8 October 2017, at the Athens School of Fine Arts. The Festival of the Commons unites the efforts of the Festival for Solidarity and Cooperative Economy and the CommonsFest.