March 2024 - netsociety - server-nexa.polito.it

Information Integrity in the G20 - webinar

by Luca Belli

Dear colleagues, In case you are interested, the second webinar of our Digital Policies in the G20 series will take place tomorrow Friday 22nd , at 10:00 BRT (GMT-3), with a debate on "Information Integrity in the G20", exploring several case studies and the most recent policy developments at local and global level and what they mean for the G20. The webinar is a side-event of the T20 (group of Think Tanks of the G20) and is organised by the Center for Technology and Society at FGV, in partnership with the United Nations University<https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7165335893577252865/> EGOV Unit, Consumers International and the Brazilian Institute for Consumer Protection. You can subscribe to participate actively to the conversation here https://evento.fgv.br/informationintegrity/ Live streaming will be available here https://youtube.com/live/GOq5MtctkcY Webinar report and recordings will be available here https://cyberbrics.info/cyberbrics-publications/ Below the list of speakers: * Menno Cox, European Commission * Ana Cristina Ruelas Serna, UNESCO * Nicolas Suzor, Meta Oversight Board * Rafael Evangelista, CGI.br * Nina Santos Desinformante * Victor Piaia, FGV School of Media and Communication * Agustina Del Campo CELE Universidade de Palermo * Merrin Muhammed Ashraf IT for Change * Camille Grenier, Forum on Information and Democracy * Yasmin Curzi, CTS-FGV (moderator) * Luca Belli, CTS-FGV (moderator) Please feel free to share this email through your networks. Kind regards Luca [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio.jpg] [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio.jpg] Luca Belli, PhD Professor | FGV Law Schoool Coordinator | Center for Technology & Society [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_tel.jpg]+55 21 3799 5763 t@1lucabelli<https://twitter.com/1lucabelli> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio_map.j… de Botafogo, 190 13º andar Botafogo - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - CEP: 22250-900 [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg]perso… www.lucabelli.net<https://lucabelli.net/> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg]CTS-F… direitorio.fgv.br/cts<https://direitorio.fgv.br/cts> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg]CPDP LatAm www.cpdp.lat<http://www.cpdp.lat/> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg]cyber… www.cyberbrics.info<http://www.cyberbrics.info/> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This message, as well as any attached document, may contain personal data and information that is confidential and privileged and is intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying or distribution of this email or attached documents, or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email by mistake.

March 21, 2024

CAIS | Call for Applications: Fellowships and Working Groups

by Nina Hahne

Dear colleagues, The Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) funds innovative projects that deal with the social opportunities and challenges of the digital transformation. We support individual researchers and groups. You want to spend a sabbatical in a vibrant interdisciplinary research community? Become a fellow at CAIS! A fellowship at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) releases you from your regular work obligations and opens up new perspectives. As a fellow, you can spend either six or three months in Bochum, Germany. During this period, we will finance your sabbatical leave from work through compensation (e.g. for a substitute). Alternatively, we will pay grants of up to 2.000 € per month. You can invite guests for collaboration and will receive financial support for research expenses. Individual offices and meeting rooms with modern facilities offer optimal working conditions. In addition, we will provide comfortable apartments free of charge. Find out more at https://www.cais-research.de/en/cais-college/fellowships/ You want to boost your collaboration? Bring your group together at CAIS! Working groups bring together experts from different locations to work on joint projects in an inspiring environment. We provide catering and modern meeting facilities for working groups of up to twelve members. In addition, we will cover travel and accommodation expenses. You can spend up to three weeks in Bochum or get together for up to three shorter meetings. Find out more at https://www.cais-research.de/en/cais-college/working-groups/ Application The next deadline for applications is 30 April 2024. The earliest possible starting date for new fellowships is April 2025. The earliest possible starting date for new working groups is January 2025. You can also combine both programs. Please use the application forms provided on our website. The funding program is open to excellent scholars and practitioners, to all career stages, disciplines and areas of investigation, as well as to pure research and to projects that are more applied in orientation. Further questions? Please contact esther.laufer(a)cais-research.de<mailto:esther.laufer@cais-research.de>.

March 18, 2024

CfP: Valuing public data book chapters

by Angela Daly

Call for book chapter proposals: Valuing public data: data governance for economic, environmental and social development - editors: Esperanza Miyake (University of Strathclyde) & Angela Daly (University of Dundee) We are looking for chapter contributions for an interdisciplinary collection which brings together different research and policy insights around how public sector data can be best managed and used to ensure its value is of public benefit from social, economic and environmental perspectives. We have been liaising with the open access publisher, Scottish Universities Press, and aim to submit our book proposal in April/May. Public sector data gathering and use for government objectives, for research and for innovation and development are key issues for stakeholders internationally. This is due to the richness and comprehensiveness of data collected by the public sector, its functions to provide better government services but also its potential value for onward and secondary uses in research, innovation and development both within the public sector and by the private sector, third sector and academia. Another issue too is public authorities’ access to data held by other actors, especially in the private sector. These issues are highly relevant to the policy agenda in many countries throughout the world. We are seeking chapter proposals including but not limited to the following topics, from different disciplinary perspectives including but not limited to law, policy, sociology, political science, digital and internet studies, race and gender studies concerning public sector data collection and use, and issues relating to the ethics of big data and artificial intelligence (AI): - inequalities and bias in public data, and how this can be reproduced through onwards uses; - deriving value and benefit from public data for economic, environmental and social developments, including frameworks and processes for doing this; - dialogue and harmonisation between different countries and regions on these topics; - the impact of new technologies and applications including AI/machine learning trained on public data. Please send proposals of 250 words maximum for this edited collection along with a title and very short biographies of contributors to Angela Daly ( ADaly001(a)dundee.ac.uk) by 31 March 2024.

March 12, 2024