Since the financial crash 10 years ago, we’ve learned that it tends to be everyday people, on the ground, who pick up the pieces and not governments.

Anol Bhattacherjee and Utkarsh Shrivastava in Government Information Quarterly: “Investigations of white collar crimes such as corruption are often hindered by the lack of information or physical evidence. Information and communication technologies (ICT), by virtue of their ability to monitor, track, record, analyze, and share vast amounts of information may help countries identify and prosecute criminals, and deter future corruption.

Bajo el título "Lo que significa ser científica en Chile", cientos de estudiantes secundarias de la Región Metropolitana llegaron hasta el auditorio María Ghilardi de la Facultad de Ciencias para dialogar con 17 académicas de dicha unidad. Cómo supieron de su interés por estas disciplinas, y cuán difícil ha sido desarrollarlas en campos masculinizados, fueron algunos de los temas abordados en este evento intergeneracional, que es parte del "Primer Encuentro Internacional de Mujeres Científicas".Curiosidad, observación, constancia y tenacidad.

"Educación para el siglo XXI: el desafío latinoamericano" es el nombre del nuevo título del académico de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de nuestro plantel.

Die Gewerkschaft verdi hat heute (30. Juli) den nächsten Erzwingungsstreik am Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf (UKD) begonnen. Zunächst soll bis Freitag (3. August) gestreikt werden. Wie bereits an den früheren Streiktagen sind enorme Einschränkungen im Klinikbetrieb zu erwarten.

Michael Sanders et al in Behavioral Public Policy: “The use of behavioural sciences in government has expanded and matured in the last decade. Since the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) has been part of this movement, we sketch out the history of the team and the current state of behavioural public policy, recognising that other works have already told this story in detail.

Youth and privacy in the Americas: Pensamiento Colectivo, Uruguay How do youth allies promote young people’s critical thinking on privacy, in informal learning contexts in the Americas? This blog post is part of a series showcasing the work of different organizations at the intersection of youth development, digital rights, and online safety. Quick facts Who: Luciana Almirón, Tania De Tomás, Cecilia López Hugo, Andrea Salle, Leticia Brandino and Agustina López from Pensamiento Colectivo What: Campaigning […]

Youth and privacy in the Americas: eQuality Project, Canada How do youth allies promote young people’s critical thinking on privacy, in informal learning contexts in the Americas? This blog post is part of a series showcasing the work of different organizations at the intersection of youth development, digital rights, and online safety. Quick facts Who: Valerie Steeves and Jane Bailey from eQuality Project at the University of Ottawa What: Research, policy, school and community resources […]

“A significant amount of fintech innovation can best be understood as the automation of traditional finance“

Aunque muchas veces se ha pensado que el producto es clave para definir estrategias de negocios u organizaciones, en los últimos años se ha ido consolidando la importancia de la data -corpus que incluye desde los datos personales hasta información sobre las preferencias de consumo- para la toma de decisiones, haciendo que la cultura gire alrededor del cliente y con ello, la posibilidad de advertir cambios pueda ser más ágil.Probablemente la gran mayoría de los usuarios de correo electrónico ha recibido una comunicación desde algún medio o empresa indicando que la nueva Reg

Frank Pasquale at Real Life Magazine: “Algorithms increasingly govern our social world, transforming data into scores or rankings that decide who gets credit, jobs, dates, policing, and much more.

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Indra Adnan is Co-Initiator of The Alternative UK – part of a global network of political platforms originating with Alternativet in Denmark.
Her commitment is to grassroots politics that release the power of people and communities in ways that sustain the planet.

Youth and privacy in the Americas: Mozilla Foundation, United States/Global How do youth allies promote young people’s critical thinking on privacy, in informal learning contexts in the Americas? This blog post is part of a series showcasing the work of different organizations at the intersection of youth development, digital rights, and online safety. Quick facts Who: Chad Sansing What: Program development, research, fellowships, curriculum Mission/vision: To keep the internet open and accessible to all Where: […]

La distinción, que otorgan conjuntamente la Casa de Bello y la Fundación Pedro Montt, fue entregada este martes 7 de agosto en una ceremonia realizada en Casa Central.

Special issue of Foreign Affairs: “The last few decades have witnessed the growth of an American-sponsored Internet open to all. But that was then; conditions have changed.

On February 16th this year, MediaNet Works and the Internet Society Kenya Chapter launched “Safe Online, Safe On Land” a 12-month project that seeks to promote safe Internet usage and practices among children in Kenya.

by Mitchell Longan[1] Introduction The European Parliament is currently considering a proposal to address problems of piracy and other forms of copyright infringement associated with the digital world.[2] Article 13 of the proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single

Mit der Entdeckung der Prionen lieferte er eine Erklärung für die „Rinderwahnsinn“ bzw. BSE genannte bovine spongiforme Enzephalopathie, deren Äquivalent beim Menschen die Creutzsfeld-Jakob-Krankheit ist. Prof. Prusiner ist Direktor des Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases an seiner Universität.

Un profesor de la Universidad, galardonado en Estados Unidos con el Napolitan Victory Award
Estos premios, conocidos como los “Oscar de la comunicación política”, reconocen la labor docente de Roberto Rodríguez Andrés

Roberto Rodríguez.
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María Salanova

The Plan That Came From The Bottom Up
40 years ago a group of skilled engineers at Lucas Aerospace UK, when threatened with redundancy, responded with an ambitious plan to make better use of their talents – designing what they called socially useful and environmentally sustainable alternatives to the military products their company made.