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Prof. Dr. Jens Südekum: Ökonomische Einordnung der Corona-Pandemie

Den Anfang macht Ökonom Prof. Dr. Jens Südekum, seit dem Jahr 2014 Professor für Internationale Volkswirtschaftslehre am Düsseldorfer Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), mit einem Beitrag zu den wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen der Corona-Krise. Jens Südekum gehört laut Frankfurter Allgemeiner Zeitung zu den fünfzehn einflussreichsten deutschen Volkswirten. Im Dezember 2019 wurde er in den Wissenschaftlichen Beirat beim Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi) berufen und berät Bundesminister Peter Altmaier unabhängig in allen Fragen der Wirtschaftspolitik.

Prof. Janssens and dr. Kuczerawy endorse recommendation on Safeguarding User Freedoms in Implementing Article 17 of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive

T. Opgenhaffen en S. Royer: Beroepsgeheim staat steeds meer onder druk

CDS-CiTiP Fellow Lectures Series: Robot Rules: Regulating artificial intelligence - Jacob Turner

Peggy Valcke (CiTiP) elected vice-chair of the Council of Europe’s new Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAHAI)

CDS-CiTiP Fellow Lectures Series: Regulating healthcare robots and AI technologies - Eduard Fosch Villaronga

LAILEC 2020: Call for Abstracts

CDS-CiTiP Fellow Lectures Series: Tackling Grand Challenges in Society – Artificial Intelligence

Prof. Peggy Valcke en Dr. Jan De Bruyne over het nieuwe Kenniscentrum Data & Maatschappij

¿Qué cuidados deben seguir los adultos mayores frente al COVID- 19?

Marcela Jirón, académica de la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas y experta en farmacología y farmacia clínica, ofrece recomendaciones sobre el cuidado de adultos mayores por COVID-19, enfatizando en el llamado a seguir las pautas entregadas por autoridades de gobierno y de sociedades médicas.

Por un aislamiento físico que no conlleve un aislamiento social

Una de las certezas que existen en torno al COVID-19 es su rápida propagación y su mayor afectación -incluso mortalidad- en personas mayores y portadores de enfermedades crónicas.

Coronavirus: la comunicación también entra en crisis

"En un entorno tecnológico y convergente, con miles de fake news y sobreabundancia de información, de variada reputación, evidencia y utilidad, tenemos la tarea prioritaria de ser buenos comunicadores", señala en la siguiente columna de opinión el periodista y profesor del Instituto de la Comunicación e Imagen, Raúl Rodríguez, quien reflexiona sobre el rol de los medios de comunicación y las y los comunicadores en medio de esta pandemia. Una vez más nos ponemos a prueba.

Neues Video zum Medienwandel in der Schweiz

Neues Video zum Medienwandel in der Schweiz

Sustainable development, climate change and podcasting in Mexico: Open Data Day 2020 report

On Saturday 7th March 2020, the tenth Open Data Day took place with people around the world organising over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.

Admission Interview 2020 (Admissions round) B.A. Applications 1-120

Bringing the benefits of open resources to Bangladesh: Open Data Day 2020 report

On Saturday 7th March 2020, the tenth Open Data Day took place with people around the world organising over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.

Constructive conflict management in times of Corona

Both individually and collectively constructive handling of conflicts becomes particularly important in times of crisis.  Depending on the type of housing, in times of Corona we suddenly and unexpectedly spend a lot of time with our fellow residents due to imposed lockdown. The current situation due to Corona puts many in tension and unfamiliar situations.This article provides tools for constructive conflict management in one's own "four walls" and offers impulses for a successful conflict transformation in three steps:

Coverage of COVID-19 and Political Partisanship — comparing across nations

By Fernando Bermejo, Luigi Reggi, Simona Tiribelli, Ethan Zuckerman In US media, virtually every national or international news story is seen through a partisan lens. It’s reasonable to hypothesize that the novel coronavirus and COVID-19, the disease it causes, would follow a similar pattern. In particular, given President Trump’s attempts to minimize the impacts of the disease, we might expect to see less attention from right wing media than from more mainstream sources popular with […]

LAUNCH: The Responsible Data for Children (RD4C) Case Studies


This week, as part of the Responsible Data for Children initiative (RD4C), the GovLab and UNICEF launched a new case study series to provide insights on promising practice as well as barriers to realizing responsible data for children.

Republicans Want Twitter to Ban Chinese Communist Party Accounts