May 2025 - netsociety - server-nexa.polito.it

New report on AI and The Future(s) of Work

by Rodrigo Ferreira

Dear NoC colleagues: I’m pleased to share our report “AI and US-Mexico Relations: The Future(s) of Work <https://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/ai-and-us-mexico-relations-futures-…>” co-authored by Armando Guio Español, Cristina Martínez Pinto, César A. Uribe, and myself. The report was developed as part of the new AI Policy and Governance Initiative at the Center for the U.S. and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, and also reflects our ongoing collaboration with the Global Network of Centers. The report is based on perspectives shared by AI experts from the United States, Mexico, and other Latin American countries in our group’s inaugural symposium on “AI and the Future(s) of Work” in February 2025. The report identifies a series of critical challenges and opportunities for regional collaboration in AI and automation research, development, and policymaking, and explores ongoing shifts in U.S. AI regulatory policy and recent changes produced in the Latin American workforce by generative AI. We look forward to any comments and opportunities to collaborate on related topics! Please feel free to learn more about growing initiative here <https://www.bakerinstitute.org/ai-policy-governance>. Best wishes, *Rodrigo Ferreira* | Assistant Teaching Professor in Computer Science || Courtesy Faculty in Philosophy | Faculty Scholar at The Baker Institute || Rice University

May 30, 2025

AI for Developing Countries Forum?

by chukwuyere.izuogu＠yahoo.com

Dear Friends, Good morning from my timezone. I trust this message finds you well. I am reaching out to inquire if anyone has any insights or additional information about the AI for Developing Countries Forum. Specifically, I am interested in understanding their focus – whether they primarily engage with development organisations and civil society, or if they also include representatives from the AI industry with a particular interest in this sector. I would be grateful for any information you can share, especially perspectives that go beyond what is readily available in the public domain. Many thanks in advance. Kind regards, Chukwuyere Izuogu Yahoo Mail: Search, organise, conquer On Thu, 1 May 2025 at 12:11 am, Saso Nozic Serini via InternetPolicy<internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> wrote: Dear Ramya Srinivasan, Excuse me, what's that supposed to mean, respectively? Please 🙏 explain to me? For position of Community Engagement Manager - European Region Community Engagement - Remote, Virginia (Remote) you cannot currently employ person from European Union (Republic of Slovenia)? It's very strange (?) can you be so kind to provide me with more details? So who should be Community Engagement Manager fot European Region - if cannot be person from Europe? With kind regards, Sašo Nožič-Serini, Bs.C Agr.and Hort., b.m.o.h. +386(0)30628678 Zikova 7 1241 Kamnik Slovenia European Union ISOC-SI Member of the Presidency https://www.linkedin.com/in/saso-nozic-serini V čet., 1. maj 2025, 00:11 je oseba Ramya Srinivasan <notifications(a)app.bamboohr.com> napisala: | ##- Yes! You can reply directly to this email and Ramya will get it. Just make sure it’s above this line so we can read it right. -## Dear Saso Alessandro , Thank you for applying for the Community Engagement Manager - European Region position at the Internet Society. We truly appreciate the time and effort you took to share your experience and qualifications with us. After careful review of your application, we have observed that we cannot currently employ people in your geographic location/home of record. This may change in the future. Thank you again for your interest in our organization. We wish you every success in your career journey. Warm regards, Global People and Culture Team | _______________________________________________ To view your Internet Society subscriptions or unsubscribe, log into your member profile at https://community.internetsociety.org/, select your profile picture and then My Groups. Select the Edit icon for Internet Policy and check the Leave Group box, then Save. Changes may take up to 3 hours to take effect. - View the Internet Society Code of Conduct: https://www.internetsociety.org/become-a-member/code-of-conduct/

May 16, 2025

Re: [netsociety] joining

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Hello Ferenc, So you would like to share some thoughts/experiences during the learning call that I will moderate on Thursday? juan carlos On 08/05/25 12:48, Ferenc Hammer - MESH via netsociety wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > I'd be happy to joint the talk here. I'm an academic from Hungary, currently working on a this, > https://mesh-initiative.de/ > an initiative aiming to lauch several initiatives in the field of academic freedom. > Best, > Ferenc Hammer > _______________________________________________ > netsociety mailing list > netsociety(a)lists.networkofcenters.net > https://lists.networkofcenters.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/netsociety

May 13, 2025

Re: [netsociety] [noc] Internal Reflection and Collaboration Calls: Advancing the NoC Network Amid Global Challenges

by Andy E. Williams

The experience I most want to discuss likely needs an entire workshop on its own, which I offer to organize. It revolves around the question "what if the solution to the problem of decreasing academic freedom is, at least in some cases, completely upstream of this specific problem and invisible to most?" Imagine a large bucket too heavy to lift, full of water and sitting on the ground. People are constantly putting water (academic freedoms) in, and people are constantly taking academic freedoms out, seemingly in balance, yet somehow the level of water in the bucket seems to be lowering. Unknown to anyone, the bucket has a hole in it, but it is sitting on porous gravel that absorbs water easily so no one notices, and no one knows. This problem of identifying the true “hole” is surprisingly common. An example is the need for recursive self-correction being required in order to reliably achieve any targeted outcome (such as improved academic freedoms) in an open and changing environment in which novel situations might be encountered. Recursive self-correction at its simplest is taking the entire set of things that one believes characterizes a problem, and repeatedly saying “what if I am wrong?” and “what if I am right?” for each of them, until the truth reveals itself through coherence, or until falsehood reveals itself through incoherence. >From as early as thousands of years ago, the need for recursive self-correction has been discovered independently by ancient philosophers in Greece, Egypt, India, China, and perhaps in other places that left no records. Yet this had to be independently rediscovered in control theory, in mathematics, in biology, in cognitive science, and other disciplines. And in the case of some existential risks like AI alignment, it is still waiting to be fully accepted. The challenge is that when the problem isn’t seen in a broader way, when we don’t see that the problem is the same hole in the bucket, then solutions aren’t generalized to the point that they can solve the problem anywhere, making it necessary to rediscover the solution everywhere. The problem with trying to rediscover the solution everywhere, is that over time, over all problems, this approach ensures that the probability of catastrophic failure approaches near certainty. To people who are interested, I would like to offer an online workshop that explores how it might be possible to reliably maximize impact on whatever goal you are targeting through defining the most general solution of all, an explicit functional model of intelligence (a model of the minimal set of functions that are required for a system to have general problem-solving ability or “intelligence”), so that greater “intelligence” can be inserted into any process in order to achieve that increase in impact on any problem in general. For certain categories of problems a functional model of intelligence isn’t required to reliably solve the problem, but for other categories it definitely is (I’ll provide simple intuitive examples to those who are interested). I've defined a formal model for and a model theoretic proof of why something like a "functional model of intelligence", is required in order to reliably solve academic freedom. But this same formal model and proof explain why this something is required to address existential risk, and why without this something, the probability that mankind will go extinct approaches 1 with time. Not hyperbole, according to the model it's just that the threat surface is increasing nonlinearly, while our ability to assess and mitigate threats is not. A functional model of intelligence necessarily includes some distributed or collective form of problem-solving. As collective problem-solving scales through tools like LLMs, if the collective ability to solve the problem of assessing and mitigating risks doesn't scale at least equally, then more and more proposed solutions must be ignored, and decision-making must become increasingly centralized to gatekeepers, taking away academic freedoms in the process. The difficulty of discovering and reliably propagating such a solution, combined with the prediction that there is only a limited time window to do so with the decentralization needed, before entrenched centralization makes this impossible, makes publicly sharing and validating this model so very important. My aim isn't to convince anyone of these strong claims. Rather, it's to spread awareness that such novel claims are often dismissed based on heuristics like consensus agreement, circumventing rigorous evaluation. This dismissal occurs despite the known fact that consensus is an inadequate method for evaluating claims too new for any consensus to exist. Ultimately, the point is to motivate a group of collaborators to publicly test these claims in terms of whether they result in real improvement in achieving real outcomes, as suggested by the results of my hundreds of simulations. Together, we can then explore what this model suggests about why better solutions to our most important problems fail to reliably propagate from personal to public awareness, how to solve this general issue, and how validated solutions might be backpropagated into specific problems like academic freedom. For more information and/or to express interests, feel free to reach out to info(a)cc4ci.org (Caribbean Center for Collective Intelligence). Andy E. Williams On 5/13/2025 at 6:27 AM, "J.C. DE MARTIN" <juancarlos.demartin(a)polito.it> wrote: >Dear All, > >If you would like to contribute to the "experience-sharing session" >please let me know by this evening. > >Many thanks, >best, > >juan carlos > >email: demartin(a)polito.it > > > >On 08/05/25 18:03, Guio Espanol, Armando wrote: >> Dear all, >> Thank you for your interest in Juan Carlos's call. It is also very >> encouraging to see the strong interest in the topic of academic >> freedom and in the various cases around the world we will have the >> opportunity to hear about in this session. >> I am writing to share the connection details and the agenda for the call: >> * >> * >> >> * >> *Date*: May 15 (2:00 PM CET/8:00 AM ET) >> * >> *Zoom link*: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87338015211 >> <https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87338015211> >> * >> *Agenda:* >> o >> *Introduction and presentation of the Italy case on academic >> freedom* – Juan Carlos De Martin (10 minutes) >> o >> *Experience-sharing session* – 30 minutes >> o >> *Discussion on next steps and possible collaborations* – 15 >> minutes >> o >> *Closing remarks* – 5 minutes >> >> Please feel free to email me if you would like a calendar invite for >> the call or if you have any other questions regarding the session. >> Best regards, >> >> Armando Guio >> Executive Director >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *De:* J.C. DE MARTIN <juancarlos.demartin(a)polito.it> >> *Enviado:* miércoles, 7 de mayo de 2025 11:21 >> *Para:* netsociety(a)lists.networkofcenters.net >> <netsociety(a)lists.networkofcenters.net>; >> network(a)lists.networkofcenters.net <network(a)lists.networkofcenters.net> >> *Cc:* Sandra Cortesi <sccortesi(a)gmail.com>; Gasser, Urs >> <urs.gasser(a)tum.de>; Chinmayi Arun <chinmayiarun(a)gmail.com>; Wolfgang >> Schulz <w.schulz(a)leibniz-hbi.de>; Malavika Jayaram >> <mjayaram(a)digitalasiahub.org>; Celina Beatriz Bottino >> <celina(a)itsrio.org>; Fabro Steibel <ofabro(a)itsrio.org>; Carlos Affonso >> Pereira de Souza <caffsouza(a)gmail.com>; Guio Espanol, Armando >> <arg911(a)harvard.edu> >> *Asunto:* Re: Internal Reflection and Collaboration Calls: Advancing >> the NoC Network Amid Global Challenges >> Dear NoC Network Members, >> >> Regarding the first off-the-record learning call (May 15), titled *" >> Academic Freedom: Challenges, Experiences and Perspectives"*, I would >> like to invite any NoC member who has some experiences (or tangible >> fears, e.g., proposed rules or bills) to drop me a line. >> >> The plan is to prepare a series of initial short contributions, >> followed by a general discussion. >> >> Many thanks, >> >> juan carlos >> >> >> Juan Carlos De Martin >> Professor of Computer Engineering >> Codirector, Nexa Center for Internet & Society >> Politecnico di Torino >> https://demartin.polito.it >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__demartin.polito.it&d=D…> >> >> Faculty Associate >> Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society >> Harvard University >> >> On 29/04/25 18:16, Guio Espanol, Armando wrote: >> >> Dear NoC Network Members, >> >> The rise in global and geopolitical tensions has significantly >> challenged international collaboration between academic centers. >> These developments have also limited — and in some cases >> compromised — funding sources, creating uncertainty and concern >> within our community. >> >> In this environment of increasing fragmentation, the NoC’s role >> becomes even more important. Global academic networks like ours >> are essential for fostering collaboration, exchange, and >> collective action. Strengthening our resilience now is key to >> sustaining the collaborative and mutually supportive world we >> strive for. >> >> To help address these challenges, we are pleased to announce a new >> series of internal calls for participating centers: "*Responding >> to Uncertainty and Global Fragmentation: NoC Internal Calls*." Led >> by members of the Executive Committee, these sessions will focus >> on the most pressing topics that require collective reflection and >> coordinated support. Further information about these calls is >> available here >> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_docume…>. >> >> Our first session will take place in the coming days, led by >> Professor Juan Carlos De Martin from the Nexa Center for Internet >> & Society at the Politecnico di Torino, and will focus on critical >> issues such as academic freedom and freedom of expression in >> today’s environment. >> >> These conversations will help identify the most important topics >> for our centers and guide us in strengthening the relationships >> necessary to meet today’s challenges. They will also support the >> development of a model of collaboration and governance that >> encourages broad participation across the network. >> >> We deeply appreciate your ongoing commitment and encourage you to >> look out for the invitation from Juan Carlos with further details. >> >> With best regards, >> >> Armando — on behalf of the NoC Executive Committee >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >netsociety mailing list >netsociety(a)lists.networkofcenters.net >https://lists.networkofcenters.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/netsociety

May 13, 2025

Re: [netsociety] [noc] Internal Reflection and Collaboration Calls: Advancing the NoC Network Amid Global Challenges

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Dear All, If you would like to contribute to the "experience-sharing session" please let me know by this evening. Many thanks, best, juan carlos email: demartin(a)polito.it On 08/05/25 18:03, Guio Espanol, Armando wrote: > Dear all, > Thank you for your interest in Juan Carlos's call. It is also very > encouraging to see the strong interest in the topic of academic > freedom and in the various cases around the world we will have the > opportunity to hear about in this session. > I am writing to share the connection details and the agenda for the call: > * > * > > * > *Date*: May 15 (2:00 PM CET/8:00 AM ET) > * > *Zoom link*: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87338015211 > <https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87338015211> > * > *Agenda:* > o > *Introduction and presentation of the Italy case on academic > freedom* – Juan Carlos De Martin (10 minutes) > o > *Experience-sharing session* – 30 minutes > o > *Discussion on next steps and possible collaborations* – 15 > minutes > o > *Closing remarks* – 5 minutes > > Please feel free to email me if you would like a calendar invite for > the call or if you have any other questions regarding the session. > Best regards, > > Armando Guio > Executive Director > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *De:* J.C. DE MARTIN <juancarlos.demartin(a)polito.it> > *Enviado:* miércoles, 7 de mayo de 2025 11:21 > *Para:* netsociety(a)lists.networkofcenters.net > <netsociety(a)lists.networkofcenters.net>; > network(a)lists.networkofcenters.net <network(a)lists.networkofcenters.net> > *Cc:* Sandra Cortesi <sccortesi(a)gmail.com>; Gasser, Urs > <urs.gasser(a)tum.de>; Chinmayi Arun <chinmayiarun(a)gmail.com>; Wolfgang > Schulz <w.schulz(a)leibniz-hbi.de>; Malavika Jayaram > <mjayaram(a)digitalasiahub.org>; Celina Beatriz Bottino > <celina(a)itsrio.org>; Fabro Steibel <ofabro(a)itsrio.org>; Carlos Affonso > Pereira de Souza <caffsouza(a)gmail.com>; Guio Espanol, Armando > <arg911(a)harvard.edu> > *Asunto:* Re: Internal Reflection and Collaboration Calls: Advancing > the NoC Network Amid Global Challenges > Dear NoC Network Members, > > Regarding the first off-the-record learning call (May 15), titled *" > Academic Freedom: Challenges, Experiences and Perspectives"*, I would > like to invite any NoC member who has some experiences (or tangible > fears, e.g., proposed rules or bills) to drop me a line. > > The plan is to prepare a series of initial short contributions, > followed by a general discussion. > > Many thanks, > > juan carlos > > > Juan Carlos De Martin > Professor of Computer Engineering > Codirector, Nexa Center for Internet & Society > Politecnico di Torino > https://demartin.polito.it > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__demartin.polito.it&d=D…> > > Faculty Associate > Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society > Harvard University > > On 29/04/25 18:16, Guio Espanol, Armando wrote: > > Dear NoC Network Members, > > The rise in global and geopolitical tensions has significantly > challenged international collaboration between academic centers. > These developments have also limited — and in some cases > compromised — funding sources, creating uncertainty and concern > within our community. > > In this environment of increasing fragmentation, the NoC’s role > becomes even more important. Global academic networks like ours > are essential for fostering collaboration, exchange, and > collective action. Strengthening our resilience now is key to > sustaining the collaborative and mutually supportive world we > strive for. > > To help address these challenges, we are pleased to announce a new > series of internal calls for participating centers: "*Responding > to Uncertainty and Global Fragmentation: NoC Internal Calls*." Led > by members of the Executive Committee, these sessions will focus > on the most pressing topics that require collective reflection and > coordinated support. Further information about these calls is > available here > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__docs.google.com_docume…>. > > Our first session will take place in the coming days, led by > Professor Juan Carlos De Martin from the Nexa Center for Internet > & Society at the Politecnico di Torino, and will focus on critical > issues such as academic freedom and freedom of expression in > today’s environment. > > These conversations will help identify the most important topics > for our centers and guide us in strengthening the relationships > necessary to meet today’s challenges. They will also support the > development of a model of collaboration and governance that > encourages broad participation across the network. > > We deeply appreciate your ongoing commitment and encourage you to > look out for the invitation from Juan Carlos with further details. > > With best regards, > > Armando — on behalf of the NoC Executive Committee > > >

May 13, 2025

June 3rd, 3-4pm CET: webinar Legal frictions for AI training data openness

by Melanie Dulong de Rosnay

Dear colleagues of the NoC, The Centre for Internet and Society of the CNRS (CIS-CNRS) is organising a webinar on Tuesday 3 June 2025, from 15:00 to 16:00 (CET), to discuss findings from a research case-study on the reuse of publicly-available data for training foundation AI models. The webinar is organised by Ramya Chandrasekhar (CIS-CNRS https://cis.cnrs.fr/en/ramya_chandrasekhar/) with the participation of Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay (CIS-CNRS https://cis.cnrs.fr/en/melanie_dulong/) Inno3 (a Paris-based consulting firm working on sustainable open strategies https://inno3.fr/) and the Open Knowledge Foundation https://okfn.org/. During the webinar, presenters will discuss copyright and data protection issues arising from reuse of openly licensed data and content from the open web for training foundation AI models, synthesised from a repository of 41 ongoing legal controversies from multiple jurisdictions. The presenters will also discuss new licensing initiatives for training data, that are relevant for reciprocity and sustainability. Join us for a timely discussion on legal strategies to protect, grow and sustain the commons in the face of AI advancements, which are crucial for participative governance of AI as well. → Register for the webinar here: https://evento.renater.fr/survey/webinar-legal-frictions-for-ai-training-da… → Read the full report prepared by CIS-CNRS in collaboration with Inno3 and the Open Knowledge Foundation here: https://cis.cnrs.fr/en/legal-frictions-for-data-openness-pub/ Looking forward to discussing with many of you, Kind regards, Ramya & Melanie -- Center for Internet and Society, CNRS, Paris CNRS Research Unit and Network on Internet, AI and Society https://cis.cnrs.fr/en/the-cis/

May 12, 2025

joining

by Ferenc Hammer - MESH

Dear Colleagues, I'd be happy to joint the talk here. I'm an academic from Hungary, currently working on a this, https://mesh-initiative.de/ an initiative aiming to lauch several initiatives in the field of academic freedom. Best, Ferenc Hammer

May 8, 2025

Re: [netsociety] Internal Reflection and Collaboration Calls: Advancing the NoC Network Amid Global Challenges

by Public discussion list (with public archive) open to anyone who wishes to discuss Internet & Society issues.

Hmm... I wonder why my email address is not visible in the "From" field... In any case: demartin(a)polito.it. Thanks, best, juan carlos On 07/05/25 17:46, Public discussion list (with public archive) open to anyone who wishes to discuss Internet & Society issues. wrote: > To drop you a line, we need your email. > > On Wed, May 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM Public discussion list (with public > archive) open to anyone who wishes to discuss Internet & Society issues. < > netsociety(a)lists.networkofcenters.net> wrote: > >> Dear NoC Network Members, >> >> Regarding the first off-the-record learning call (May 15), titled *" >> Academic Freedom: Challenges, Experiences and Perspectives"*, I would >> like to invite any NoC member who has some experiences (or tangible >> fears, e.g., proposed rules or bills) to drop me a line. >> >> The plan is to prepare a series of initial short contributions, followed >> by a general discussion. >> >> Many thanks, >> >> juan carlos >> >> >> Juan Carlos De Martin >> Professor of Computer Engineering >> Codirector, Nexa Center for Internet & Society >> Politecnico di Torino >> https://demartin.polito.it >> >> Faculty Associate >> Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society >> Harvard University >> >> On 29/04/25 18:16, Guio Espanol, Armando wrote: >>> Dear NoC Network Members, >>> >>> The rise in global and geopolitical tensions has significantly >>> challenged international collaboration between academic centers. These >>> developments have also limited — and in some cases compromised — >>> funding sources, creating uncertainty and concern within our community. >>> >>> In this environment of increasing fragmentation, the NoC’s role >>> becomes even more important. Global academic networks like ours are >>> essential for fostering collaboration, exchange, and collective >>> action. Strengthening our resilience now is key to sustaining the >>> collaborative and mutually supportive world we strive for. >>> >>> To help address these challenges, we are pleased to announce a new >>> series of internal calls for participating centers: "*Responding to >>> Uncertainty and Global Fragmentation: NoC Internal Calls*." Led by >>> members of the Executive Committee, these sessions will focus on the >>> most pressing topics that require collective reflection and >>> coordinated support. Further information about these calls is >>> available here >>> < >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K9VG41Nfdn_5k5Qyp9oFMwgRfpJl_M4k/edit >>> . >>> >>> Our first session will take place in the coming days, led by Professor >>> Juan Carlos De Martin from the Nexa Center for Internet & Society at >>> the Politecnico di Torino, and will focus on critical issues such as >>> academic freedom and freedom of expression in today’s environment. >>> >>> These conversations will help identify the most important topics for >>> our centers and guide us in strengthening the relationships necessary >>> to meet today’s challenges. They will also support the development of >>> a model of collaboration and governance that encourages broad >>> participation across the network. >>> >>> We deeply appreciate your ongoing commitment and encourage you to look >>> out for the invitation from Juan Carlos with further details. >>> >>> With best regards, >>> >>> Armando — on behalf of the NoC Executive Committee >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> netsociety mailing list >> netsociety(a)lists.networkofcenters.net >> https://lists.networkofcenters.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/netsociety >> >

May 7, 2025

Re: [netsociety] Internal Reflection and Collaboration Calls: Advancing the NoC Network Amid Global Challenges

by Public discussion list (with public archive) open to anyone who wishes to discuss Internet & Society issues.

To drop you a line, we need your email. On Wed, May 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM Public discussion list (with public archive) open to anyone who wishes to discuss Internet & Society issues. < netsociety(a)lists.networkofcenters.net> wrote: > Dear NoC Network Members, > > Regarding the first off-the-record learning call (May 15), titled *" > Academic Freedom: Challenges, Experiences and Perspectives"*, I would > like to invite any NoC member who has some experiences (or tangible > fears, e.g., proposed rules or bills) to drop me a line. > > The plan is to prepare a series of initial short contributions, followed > by a general discussion. > > Many thanks, > > juan carlos > > > Juan Carlos De Martin > Professor of Computer Engineering > Codirector, Nexa Center for Internet & Society > Politecnico di Torino > https://demartin.polito.it > > Faculty Associate > Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society > Harvard University > > On 29/04/25 18:16, Guio Espanol, Armando wrote: > > Dear NoC Network Members, > > > > The rise in global and geopolitical tensions has significantly > > challenged international collaboration between academic centers. These > > developments have also limited — and in some cases compromised — > > funding sources, creating uncertainty and concern within our community. > > > > In this environment of increasing fragmentation, the NoC’s role > > becomes even more important. Global academic networks like ours are > > essential for fostering collaboration, exchange, and collective > > action. Strengthening our resilience now is key to sustaining the > > collaborative and mutually supportive world we strive for. > > > > To help address these challenges, we are pleased to announce a new > > series of internal calls for participating centers: "*Responding to > > Uncertainty and Global Fragmentation: NoC Internal Calls*." Led by > > members of the Executive Committee, these sessions will focus on the > > most pressing topics that require collective reflection and > > coordinated support. Further information about these calls is > > available here > > < > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K9VG41Nfdn_5k5Qyp9oFMwgRfpJl_M4k/edit > >. > > > > Our first session will take place in the coming days, led by Professor > > Juan Carlos De Martin from the Nexa Center for Internet & Society at > > the Politecnico di Torino, and will focus on critical issues such as > > academic freedom and freedom of expression in today’s environment. > > > > These conversations will help identify the most important topics for > > our centers and guide us in strengthening the relationships necessary > > to meet today’s challenges. They will also support the development of > > a model of collaboration and governance that encourages broad > > participation across the network. > > > > We deeply appreciate your ongoing commitment and encourage you to look > > out for the invitation from Juan Carlos with further details. > > > > With best regards, > > > > Armando — on behalf of the NoC Executive Committee > > > > > _______________________________________________ > netsociety mailing list > netsociety(a)lists.networkofcenters.net > https://lists.networkofcenters.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/netsociety > -- *Susan Ariel Aaronson, Ph.D.* *Research Professor of International Affairs and GWU Public Interest Technology Scholar,* *co-PI, NSF-NIST Trustworthy AI Institute for Law and Society * *Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University* https://elliott.gwu.edu/susan-aaronson https://www.trails.umd.edu/ *Director, Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub* *https://datagovhub.elliott.gwu.edu/ <https://datagovhub.elliott.gwu.edu/>* *Also,* *Senior Fellow, Economics, Center for International Governance Innovation * https://www.cigionline.org/person/susan-ariel-aaronson *To see many of my publications go to:http://goo.gl/j9bdKY <http://goo.gl/j9bdKY>*

May 7, 2025

Re: [netsociety] Internal Reflection and Collaboration Calls: Advancing the NoC Network Amid Global Challenges

by Public discussion list (with public archive) open to anyone who wishes to discuss Internet & Society issues.

Dear NoC Network Members, Regarding the first off-the-record learning call (May 15), titled *" Academic Freedom: Challenges, Experiences and Perspectives"*, I would like to invite any NoC member who has some experiences (or tangible fears, e.g., proposed rules or bills) to drop me a line. The plan is to prepare a series of initial short contributions, followed by a general discussion. Many thanks, juan carlos Juan Carlos De Martin Professor of Computer Engineering Codirector, Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino https://demartin.polito.it Faculty Associate Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society Harvard University On 29/04/25 18:16, Guio Espanol, Armando wrote: > Dear NoC Network Members, > > The rise in global and geopolitical tensions has significantly > challenged international collaboration between academic centers. These > developments have also limited — and in some cases compromised — > funding sources, creating uncertainty and concern within our community. > > In this environment of increasing fragmentation, the NoC’s role > becomes even more important. Global academic networks like ours are > essential for fostering collaboration, exchange, and collective > action. Strengthening our resilience now is key to sustaining the > collaborative and mutually supportive world we strive for. > > To help address these challenges, we are pleased to announce a new > series of internal calls for participating centers: "*Responding to > Uncertainty and Global Fragmentation: NoC Internal Calls*." Led by > members of the Executive Committee, these sessions will focus on the > most pressing topics that require collective reflection and > coordinated support. Further information about these calls is > available here > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K9VG41Nfdn_5k5Qyp9oFMwgRfpJl_M4k/edit>. > > Our first session will take place in the coming days, led by Professor > Juan Carlos De Martin from the Nexa Center for Internet & Society at > the Politecnico di Torino, and will focus on critical issues such as > academic freedom and freedom of expression in today’s environment. > > These conversations will help identify the most important topics for > our centers and guide us in strengthening the relationships necessary > to meet today’s challenges. They will also support the development of > a model of collaboration and governance that encourages broad > participation across the network. > > We deeply appreciate your ongoing commitment and encourage you to look > out for the invitation from Juan Carlos with further details. > > With best regards, > > Armando — on behalf of the NoC Executive Committee > >

May 7, 2025