Other News from Participating Centers

Publikations- und Open-Access-Beratung an der ULB

Darüber hinaus können auch Fragen zu urheberrechtlichen Themen, zu Verlagsverträgen und zu Möglichkeiten der Zweitveröffentlichung eines bereits publizierten Werkes an die ULB gerichtet werden. 
Terminvereinbarung per E-Mail

Nostalgia 21 - Baustelle der neuen Mensa, 1973

Letztes Mal schon fertig, hier noch im zweiten Bauabschnitt des Campus-Baus (bis ca. 1975): Die neue Zentralmensa als Baustelle - ein Blick vom Dach des Gebäudes 23.01 in Richtung Universitätsstraße, 1973.

Civic sharing projects in Japan: Q&A with urban policy researcher Eguchi Shintaro

Nithin Coca: Egushi Shintaro is a researcher, author, and organizer, focusing on urban policy, rural revitalization, and civic economy projects. Originally from Fukuoka prefecture in the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, Shintaro is now based in Tokyo.

CDMX: Seeds of Transformation

In late June 2018 I spent a week in the City of Mexico (CDMX), to support the municipal government with a variety of foresight related challenges, through its Laboratorio Para La Ciudad (City Lab).
The Lab was founded and is led by Gabriella Gómez-Mont, as the experimental arm / creative think tank of the Mexico City government, reporting to the Mayor. It is highly innovative in its techniques and strategies for urban development.

IETF 102, Day 5: Au revoir Montréal

There’s just the couple of sessions to highlight on the last day of IETF 102 before we wrap up for the week.

More Girls in ICT: The Internet Society Signs MoU with the Mexican Government

Women and girls are significantly less likely to choose ICT (Information and Communication Technology) studies than men. There are many reasons for this. Barriers to access, but also retention in ICT studies are complex as they are often related not only to economic but also to social and cultural barriers.
A lot of initiatives are being developed worldwide to break these barriers, and at the Internet Society we believe that only if we join efforts we can overcome them and help to close the digital gender gap.

Steven G. Huter – The 2018 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award Winner

With so many moving parts to advancing Internet access and enabling communities to reach the rest of the world, the biggest key to success, according to this year’s Jonathan B. Postel Award winner, is listening.

Cátedra de DD.HH. entregó carta abogando por salud de Machi Córdova

Seis puntos contiene la misiva entregada en La Moneda este viernes 6 de julio por parte de integrantes de la Cátedra de Derechos Humanos y la vicerrectora Faride Zeran, acompañados por el vicepresidente de la FECh, Mattías Gallegos, la vocera del Machi Celestino Córdova, Belén Paillal, y estudiantes de la Casa de Bello, documento suscrito también por la Cátedra Indígena en el que emplazan al Ejecutivo a revisar la negativa a la demanda de la autoridad mapuche de visitar su rehue por 48 horas, apelando a la "libertad de culto y el derecho a la salud".

Proyecto se adentrará en las causas de la sequía en Aculeo

"Caracterización del consumo hídrico y del sistema hidrogeológico en la cuenca de Aculeo, determinación de posibles soluciones y campaña de educación ambiental", es el nombre de la iniciativa encabezada por el profesor de la Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y de la Conservación de la Naturaleza, Pablo García, proyecto que gracias al Fondo de lnnovación a la Competitividad de decisión regional (FlC-R) ahondará en las razones de la actual crisis que afecta a este lugar.Como un tema crítico que “nunca antes se necesitó estudiar porque como muchos acuíferos en Chile, nunca hubo

U. de Chile lidera nuevamente a nivel latinoamericano

La medición, hecha por el prestigioso Academic Ranking Of World Universities (ARWU), indica que la Casa de Bello lidera 19 disciplinas a nivel nacional, de las cuales en ocho es la mejor de Latinoamérica.

Srikrishna panel upset at timing of Trai suggestions

The Justice BN Srikrishna Committee, which is drafting a model data protection and privacy law for India, is upset by the timing of recommendations made by the country’s telecom regulator this week, according to a senior member of the panel, as it fears this will delay the submission of its own report, due later this month.

TRAI recommendations on data privacy raises eyebrows

The telecom regulator’s recommendations on data privacy have raised eyebrows over jurisdiction and timing, with IT ministry officials as well as companies questioning the need for it at a time when the government appointed Justice BN Srikrishna committee is in the final stages of drafting the data protection law.

Are you working in the OpenGLAM arena? Tweet about it!

Starting today, community members from Open Knowledge International, Wikimedia Foundation, and Creative Commons, will be facilitating a rotating curation of the @openglam twitter account to highlight and reflect on the impact of  “OpenGLAM” (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) in their respective contexts.

Welcome to the ISOC Madagascar Chapter! 35th Chapter of the Internet Society in Africa

The ISOC Regional Director, Dr. Dawit Bekele joined the Internet community of Madagascar on June 15 and 16, 2018 for the inauguration of the ISOC Madagascar Chapter, which is the 35th Chapter of the ISOC.. This inauguration was accompanied by a series of two conferences: the first took place on June 15, 2018 at the Akademia Malagasy on the theme “What kind of Internet do we really want in Madagascar?” And the second on June 16, 2018 at the Hotel du Louvre on the theme “Future of the Internet: Challenges and Opportunities”. Dr.

The CrowdLaw Catalog

The GovLab: “The CrowdLaw Catalog is a growing repository of 100 CrowdLaw cases from around the world. The goal of the catalog is to help those wishing to start new or improve existing CrowdLaw projects to learn from one another.
Examples are tagged and searchable by four criteria:

MÄNNER. MACHT. THERAPIE. - Fünfter Männerkongress im September an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität

Das Tagungsthema MÄNNER. MACHT. THERAPIE. ist bewusst etwas doppeldeutig gewählt. Die Auswirkungen eines entgrenzten Verwertungskapitalismus in Form der Globalisierung und Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt, gesellschaftlicher Spaltung nach innen und Migration von außen sowie big data und Cyberspace, bewirken vielfältige Verunsicherungen und Ängste vor einem Verlust von Autonomie, Halt und Identität. Diese Entwicklungen erzeugen ein gesellschaftliches Klima, das von vielen Menschen als diffuse Bedrohung wahrgenommen wird und dann zu unterschiedlichen Reaktionen führt.

Krótka wycieczka w świat danych finansowych organizacji pozarządowej, czyli co można wyczytać ze sprawozdania finansowego Centrum Cyfrowego

Rada Fundatorów Fundacji “Centrum Cyfrowe” przyjęła sprawozdanie finansowe przedstawione przez Zarząd Fundacji. Dla głębiej zainteresowanych finansami organizacji przygotowaliśmy krótkie omówienie części finansowej sprawozdania z analizą kilku podstawowych wskaźników. Zapraszamy na krótką wycieczkę w świat danych finansowych organizacji pozarządowej.
„Woman working (…)” z kolekcji National Postal Museum, 1965, Fot. nieznany

Fearless Cities: North American Regional Municipalist Summit

FEARLESS CITIES
North America Regional Municipalist Summit
New York City July 27-29, 2018
A growing movement across the globe is seeking to democratize and feminize political institutions at the level closest to our day-to-day lives: the municipal level. Weaving together social movements, participatory tools, solidarity economy, concrete wins, and the confluence of diverse political forces into a more direct form of democracy.

Project of the Day: Fifty by Fifty

What would it take to build an American economy grounded in employee ownership?

IETF 102, Day 4: DNS, IoT & TLS

This week is IETF 102 in Montreal, Canada, and we’re bringing you daily blog posts highlighting the topics of interest to us in the ISOC Internet Technology Team. Today we’re focusing on DNS, IoT and TLS issues.