Other News from Participating Centers

Citicafe: conversation-based intelligent platform for citizen engagement

Paper by Amol Dumrewal et al in the Proceedings of the ACM India Joint International Conference on Data Science and Management of Data: “Community civic engagement is a new and emerging trend in urban cities driven by the mission of developing responsible citizenship. The recognition of civic potential in every citizen goes a long way in creating sustainable societies.

Digitalization, Collective Intelligence, and Entrepreneurship in the Care Sector

Chapter by Erik Lakomaa in Managing Digital Transformation edited by Per Andersson, Staffan Movin, Magnus Mähring, Robin Teigland, and Karl Wennberg: “Parallel to the formal private or public (health) care organisations in Europe, a number of community-driven care projects have emerged.

The GovLab Celebrates Open Data Day and NYC Open Data Week

 

Open Data Day
Today marks the return of Open Data Day, a worldwide moment to showcase, share and celebrate the many advances we’ve made in open data — and to look ahead to inroads and innovations on the horizon. In celebration of this annual occasion, The GovLab has compiled its open data resources in a compendium, including GovLab case studies, reports and papers.

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Ministra de Baden-Württemberg visita la U. de Chile

Theresia Bauer, quien encabeza la cartera de Ciencias, Investigación y Artes de dicho estado, se reunió con el Rector Ennio Vivaldi con el objetivo de potenciar los convenios de cooperación existentes entre casas de estudios alemanas y la U.

La Universidad de Chile despide al maestro Nicanor Parra

Este 23 de enero falleció a los 103 años de edad el antipoeta y Premio Nacional de Literatura 1969, Nicanor Parra. Titulado en 1937 del Instituto Pedagógico de nuestro plantel, estuvo ligado a la educación superior pública y estatal toda su vida, siendo director interino de la Escuela de Ingeniería y habiendo dictado una cátedra de literatura en la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas durante 22 años, hasta 1994.

CIS ranks amongst top think tanks for public policy in the region

Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program features Centre for Internet & Society in its annual report.

Open Data Day 2018: what do we celebrate and why?

On Open Data Day (http://opendataday.org/), which is happening this year on Saturday 3 March 2018, we celebrate the benefits that open data can bring to our communities and the society at large. But what is open data exactly and why is it important? This blogpost seeks to give you some useful resources to answer this question and some others to make your Open Data Day event even greater!

EU-Forschungsförderung: Projekte an HHU und UKD unter den Gewinnern des Wettbewerbs PROMISE

PROMISE steht für "PROjektManagement und Innovative Strukturen zur Stärkung der Beteiligung an Europäischen Rahmenprogrammen für Forschung und Innovation an Hochschulen und Universitätsklinika in Nordrhein-Westfalen". In der aktuellen Runde des Wettbewerbs hat die Jury elf Anträge mit 14 beteiligten Hochschulen und Uniklinika ausgewählt. Dabei sind auch zwei Projekte aus Düsseldorf: ProHorizon2020, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, und EUProMed, Universitätsklinikum und Medizinische Fakultät Düsseldorf.

Investing surplus for impact: Cobudgeting at Outlandish

Since 2015 Outlandish have spent £192,450 in Cobudget across 34 buckets.

Announcing OPEN 2018 – The Platform Co-op Conference

After an extremely successful event in February 2017 at Goldsmiths University The Open Co-op conference is back with a new line up and a new venue for 2018.
This year, OPEN 2018, will be held at Conway Hall in Holborn, London, on the 26th and 27th of July.

Le CRDP devient membre du Network of Centers

Nous avons le plaisir d’annoncer que le CRDP a été récemment accepté comme nouveau membre du Network of Centers, un regroupement d’institutions s’intéressant aux enjeux sociaux des technologies dites nouvelles. le NoC entend favoriser les collaborations sur ces thématiques sont la variété est notamment décrite dans la présente description disponible sur leur site web.

P2P (and other) visions in “5000 concepts for Europe” book

A few years ago I discovered by chance that, in the ’80s, a Mr E. D. Hirsch Jr. published a book titled “Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know” which listed the “5,000 essential concepts and names – 1066, Babbitt, Pickwickian — that educated people should be familiar with”.

Mestrado em Direito da Regulação realiza Café da Manhã de Boas Vindas

O programa de Mestrado Acadêmico em Direito da Regulação da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV Direito Rio) realizou no último dia 27 um café da manhã de boas-vindas para os 21 alunos que ingressaram na quinta turma em 2018. No encontro foram apresentados aos mestrandos a estrutura acadêmica do curso, suas linhas de pesquisa e a infraestrutura da Escola. O evento, exclusivo para os novos alunos, contou ainda com a presença do corpo docente do mestrado.
 

The Murders of Slovak Journalist Ján Kuciak and Partner Marina Kušnírova Represent a Serious Threat to Media Freedom in Europe

The Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom wholly condemns the killing of the Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and of his partner Marina Kušnírova not only as horrible crimes against two defenceless persons, but also as an unacceptable threat to media freedom in Slovakia and in the European Union.
 

Weltweit erste Art Law Clinic eröffnet

Die weltweit einzigartige Institution einer studentischen Rechtsberatung für Kunststudierende öffnet nun offiziell ihre Türen. Die Art Law Clinic, das Gemeinschaftsprojekt der Kunstakademie Münster und der zivilrechtlichen Abteilung des Instituts für Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht in Münster wurde am 26. Februar 2018 der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt.

Empowering Education for the Next Generation In Paraguay

Colegio Técnico National (CTN) of Asunción is one of the top schools in Paraguay offering the technical baccalaureate. It was created by the country’s Ministry of Education and Science in 1980. The school is attended by more than 1,500 students from the capital city and from nearby towns like Luque, Fernando de la Mora, San Lorenzo, Lambaré, and Capiatá.

Call for Papers: An interdisciplinary book on internet-infused romantic interactions and dating practices

Editors: Prof. Amir Hetsroni, College of Social Sciences and Humanities – Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey and Meriç Tuncez, Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities – Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey

Public Scrutiny of Automated Decisions: Early Lessons and Emerging Methods

Research Report by Omidyar Network: “Automated decisions are increasingly part of everyday life, but how can the public scrutinize, understand, and govern them? To begin to explore this, Omidyar Network has, in partnership with Upturn, published Public Scrutiny of Automated Decisions: Early Lessons and Emerging Methods.

Forscher/in im Bereich “Entwicklung der digitalen Gesellschaft”

Das Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft (HIIG) sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine/n engagierte/n Forscher/in für das Forschungsprogramm “Die Entwicklung der Digitalen Gesellschaft”. Sie sind Sozialwissenschaftler/in und interessieren... MORE
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