Paper by Benjamin Y. Clark and Jeffrey L. Brudney: “The attention on coproduction and specifically technology-enabled coproduction has grown substantially. This attention had provided findings that highlight the benefits for citizens and governments.
Piret Tõnurist at the Observatory of Public Sector Innovation: “The draft report “Working with Change: Systems Approaches to Public Sector Challenges” is now available online.
Michelle Marshall at the Inter-American Development Bank: “The challenges faced in the development and public policy arenas are often complex in nature. Devising relevant, practical, and innovative solutions requires intensive research, analysis and expertise from multiple sectors. Could there be a way to streamline this process and also make it more inclusive?
As India makes Aadhaar compulsory for a range of services, concerns about potential data breaches remain more than six years after the govt started building the world’s largest biometric identification system.
The article by Komal Gupta, Apurva Vishwanath and Suranjana Roy was published in Livemint on April 21, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.
Un grupo de cosmólogos del Departamento de Física de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile analizó una serie de datos recopilados por telescopios espaciales y del desierto de Atacama, los que serían tan antiguos que provendrían de la época previa a la explosión que habría dado origen a nuestro universo.Este lunes 10 de abril fueron publicadas por la revista científica Physical Review D las conclusiones de la investigación elaborada por los estudiantes de postgrado Bastián Pradenas y Wálter Riquelme, el inv
Acompañado de una docena de embajadores de países de América Latina, además del director Ejecutivo Adjunto de la Cepal, Antonio Prado, el Rector planteó que son los Estados de la región los que "deben hacerse responsables de sus universidades, de qué quieren pedirles, y si tienen un proyecto para ellas". Asimismo, anunció la realización este 20 y 21 de abril en la U. de Chile de la VIII Asamblea de Rectores de la Red de Macrouniversidades Públicas de América Latina y el Caribe, que reunirá a integrantes de más de 30 planteles.
Establecimientos de la Región Metropolitana participarán en un estudio conjunto del Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Educación (CIAE) de la U. de Chile, el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y la agencia canadiense International Development Research Centre, que busca identificar buenas prácticas de Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) y aprendizaje en América Latina.
“Francisco compró 250 flores para vender. Al final del día, le quedaron 125. ¿Qué operación matemática nos permitiría saber cuánto le quedó?”
Hollie Russon Gilman at the Stanford Social Innovation Review: “Since the 2016 US presidential election, everyone—including the President and those protesting outside his office—has been talking about bringing the voices of everyday citizens into public life.
Book by Robin Wagner-Pacifici: “We live in a world of breaking news, where at almost any moment our everyday routine can be interrupted by a faraway event. Events are central to the way that individuals and societies experience life. Even life’s inevitable moments—birth, death, love, and war—are almost always a surprise.
Book by Stephen Coleman: “From its inception as a public communication network, the Internet was regarded by many people as a potential means of escaping from the stranglehold of top-down, stage-managed politics. If hundreds of millions of people could be the producers as well as receivers of political messages, could that invigorate democracy? If political elites fail to respond to such energy, where will it leave them?
This blog is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2017. On Saturday 4 March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.
O conceito de neutralidade de rede já foi debatido neste blog, mas envolve certas nuances que normalmente são negligenciadas em debates mais midiáticos. É importante refletir sobre esse tema, porque as respostas e conceitos envolvidos não são meramente dicotômicas, como se esperaria em um debate simplório de “sim x não” quanto à implementação da neutralidade de rede nos mais diferentes ordenamentos jurídicos do globo. Então, quais seriam essas variantes?
Primeiramente: existe a necessidade de regular neutralidade de rede?
Introduction The recent shooting in Cleveland live streamed on Facebook has brought the social media company’s regulatory responsibilities into question. Since the launch of Facebook Live in 2016, the service’s role in raising political awareness has been acknowledged. However, the service has also been used to broadcast several instances of graphic violence. The streaming of […]
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Author(s): Jennifer GranickRiana PfefferkornPublication Date: April 21, 2017Publication Type: Litigation Brief
Charles G. Willis et al in New Phytologist: “Phenology is a key aspect of plant success. Recent research has demonstrated that herbarium specimens can provide important information on plant phenology. Massive digitization efforts have the potential to greatly expand herbarium-based phenological research, but also pose a serious challenge regarding efficient data collection.
Chapter by Leonidas G. Anthopoulos in Understanding Smart Cities: A Tool for Smart Government or an Industrial Trick: “Smart city and smart government appear to share a common scientific interest, since they structure corresponding research and practice terms like the “Web Applications and Smart Cities (AW4City)”, “The Smart Cities and Smart Government Research-Practice (SCSGRP) Consortium” and the “Beyond Bureaucracy”, while calls for mutual sci
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Author(s): Scott ShackelfordPublication Date: April 17, 2017Publication Type: Other WritingLarge-scale cyberattacks with eye-watering statistics, like the breach of a billion Yahoo accounts in 2016, grab most of the headlines. But what often gets lost in the noise is how often small and medium-sized organizations find themselves under attack.
Entre el 4 y el 6 de abril, los académicos de la Facultad de Medicina Graciela Rojas, Vania Martínez y Ricardo García, fueron convocados por el Ministerio de Salud para participar de la segunda versión de la Jornada de Formación de entrenadores en Salud Mental para los equipos de Atención Primaria de Salud del país.