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Multistakeholder Processes & Bodies | PoliTICs 30
by Luca Belli May 8, 2020

May 8, 2020

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AI & Society -- 4 Postdoctoral Fellowships at uOttawa
by Florian Martin-Bariteau May 7, 2020

May 7, 2020

Hello, Please share with your networks and contacts! The AI + Society Initiative<https://techlaw.uottawa.ca/aisociety> at the University of Ottawa is seeking four postdoctoral fellows for 2020-2021: The Scotiabank Postdoctoral Fellowship on AI and Regulation will support an innovative research program focused on shaping the regulation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a global context. Details at: http://aisociety.ca/scotiabank-postdoc-regulation-2020 French: http://iasociete.ca/postdoc-scotiabank-regulation-2020 The Scotiabank Postdoctoral Fellowship on AI and Inclusion will support an innovative research program focused on reimagining how to design ethical and inclusive Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. Details at: http://aisociety.ca/scotiabank-postdoc-inclusion-2020 French: http://iasociete.ca/postdoc-scotiabank-inclusion-2020 The Alex Trebek Postdoctoral Fellowship on AI and Healthcare will support an innovative research program focused on the legal and ethical aspects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied to the health and health care sector. Details at: http://aisociety.ca/alextrebek-postdoc-health-2020 French: http://iasociete.ca/postdoc-alextrebek-sante-2020 The Alex Trebek Postdoctoral Fellowship on AI and Environmental Health will support an innovative research program focused on the social science aspects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied to environmental sustainability. Details at: http://aisociety.ca/alextrebek-postdoc-envi-2020 French: http://iasociete.ca/postdoc-alextrebek-envi-2020 If the start date for this position is affected either by the candidate being under COVID-19-related travel restrictions or the campus being closed, remote working options can be negotiated. Best, -- Florian Martin-Bariteau, LL.D. Professeur agrégé, Section de common law | Associate Professor, Common Law Section Directeur, Centre de recherche en droit, technologie et société | Director, Centre for Law, Technology and Society Directeur scientifique, Initiative IA + Société | Scientific Director, AI + Society Initiative Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa 57 Louis Pasteur (FTX367), Ottawa ON K1N 6N5, Canada +1 613-562-5800 x3474 | f-mb.org<http://f-mb.org/> | @f_mb

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CFP | Shifting spheres @Kybernetes [SCI 1.381, Scopus, ABS]
by Dr. Steffen Roth May 2, 2020

May 2, 2020

Shifting Spheres Call for Papers to a special issue of Kybernetes [Clarivate Impact Factor: 1.381] Deadline: 1 June 2020 Guest Editors: Markus Heidingsfelder, Xiamen University, Malaysia Holger Briel, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University, PR of China Steffen Roth, La Rochelle Business School, France, and Yerevan State University, Armenia The concept of publicity as a sphere of its own was first introduced to social scientific discourse by Jürgen Habermas in 1962. His novel contribution consisted in the development of an ideal type of social discourse: the “bourgeois public sphere”, a relatively dense network of public communication that managed to emerge from the middle of the 18th-century private sphere within which individuals could come together in rational discussion to identify the problems they faced as a society and seek to resolve them by consensus. This utopia of rational and universalistic politics was imagined to be free from both the economy and the state. However, according to Habermas, the same forces that initially established it eventually destroyed it. Identifying the consumeristic drive that successfully infiltrated all levels of society as its main cause. A detailed description of this downfall would fill the pages of his 1972 book, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. Today, in a world increasingly characterized by rapid media transformations and corresponding structural shifts in public communication, … Link: https://derroth.com/2018/08/29/cfp-kybernetes-futures-of-media-shifting-sph… <https://derroth.com/2018/08/29/cfp-kybernetes-futures-of-media-shifting-sph…> ***** Prof. Dr. Dr. habil. Steffen Roth Full Professor of Management, La Rochelle Business School, France Adjunct Professor of Economic Sociology, University of Turku, Finland URL: http://derroth.org ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8502-601X ***** CFP | LUHMANN CONFERENCE: Moral Communication. Observed with social systems theory: https://wp.me/pvO07-1mN BIG DATA INSIGHTS into social macro trends (1800–2000): A replication study @TFSC: https://wp.me/pvO07-1oy PRINT THEORIES OF COMPUTER SOCIETIES. Introduction to the digital transformation of social theory @TFSC: https://wp.me/pvO07-1oO HARNESSING BIG DATA for a multifunctional theory of the firm @EMJ: https://wp.me/pvO07-1m5 DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIAL THEORY. A research update @TFSC: https://wp.me/pvO07-1kH GOVERNMENT.COM? Multifunctional cabinet portfolio analysis of 201 national governments @JOCM: https://wp.me/pvO07-1mF CSR BEYOND ECONOMY AND SOCIETY. A post-capitalist approach @J Bus Ethics: https://wp.me/pvO07-1gv

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NoC Special Online Session on Covid-19 - April 24 - Use of data to counter public health - Singapore, South Korea, Brazil, Israel
by Celina Beatriz April 22, 2020

April 22, 2020

Dear Colleagues, Collaborators, and Friends, We hope this email finds you well. Given the COVID-19 public health crisis that affects so many of us around the globe, we thought it might be time for us to share experiences and resources that might inform our responses and strategies as Centers but also as individual members of the academic community. In collaboration with the NoC, we would like to invite you to be part of an interactive online discussion on how countries are using *data and apps as part of their strategies to counter the public health crisis caused by Covid-19 *taking place this *Friday, April 24th, at 9AM ET / 10AM Rio / 4PM Israel/ 9PM Singapore / 10PM South Korea*. We will hear from our colleagues in *Singapore *(Malavika - DAH), *Brazil *(Carlos Affonso Souza - ITS), I*srael* (Eldar Haber – Haifa Center for Law & Technology) and *South Korea *(K.S. Park – Open Net Korea) who will talk about the measures these countries are adopting using data to counter the Covid-19 crisis. We will host the meeting via Zoom, the details are included in this RSVP form <https://itsrio2.typeform.com/to/JTGSvN>. Please share this opportunity also with your colleagues at the Center as we aim for a robust number of participants. Looking forward to seeing you all on Friday. Be well, Celina, Carlos, Sandra, Amar and Urs -- *Celina M.A. Bottino* *Diretora de Projetos* *Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro (ITS)* https://www.facebook.com/ITSriodejaneiro itsrio.org +55 21 3486-0390

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New Book: De-Westernizing Visual Communication and Cultures
by Maria Faust M.A. April 3, 2020

April 3, 2020

We would like to announce a recent publication from NOMOS Publishing, which we hope will be of interest. Thomas Herdin, Maria Faust, Guo-Ming Chen (Hrsg.) De-Westernizing Visual Communication and Cultures Perspectives from the Global South 1. Auflage 2020, ISBN print: 978-3-8487-6577-5 [Titel anhand dieser ISBN in Citavi-Projekt übernehmen] , ISBN online: 978-3-7489-0693-3 [Titel anhand dieser ISBN in Citavi-Projekt übernehmen] , https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748906933 [Titel anhand dieser DOI in Citavi-Projekt übernehmen] Reihe: Interkulturelle und transkulturelle Kommunikation | Intercultural and Transcultural Communication <https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/buchreihe/B001073800/interkulturelle-und-tran…>, Bd. 3 This edited volume gives voice to pluralised avenues from visual communication and cultural studies regarding the Global South and beyond, including examples from China, India, Cambodia, Brazil, Mexico and numerous other countries. Defining visual communication and culture as an umbrella term that encompasses imagery studies, the moving image and non-verbal visual communication, the first three chapters of the book describe de-Westernisation discourse as a way to strengthen emic research and the Global South as both a geographical concept and, even more so, a category of diversity and pluralism. The subsequent regional case study-based chapters draw on various emic theories and methodologies and find a complex arrangement of visuality between sociocultural and sociopolitical practices and institutions. This book targets a wide range of scholars: academics with expertise in (regional) visual studies as well as researchers, students and practitioners working on the Global South and de-Westernisation. *With contributions by* Jan Bajec, Sarah Corona Berkin, Ivana Beveridge, Birgit Breninger, Guo-Ming Chen, Uttaran Dutta, Maria Amália Vargas Façanha, Maria Faust, Hiroko Hara, Thomas Herdin, Thomas Kaltenbacher, Fan Liang, Xin Lu, C.S.H.N.Murthy, Ana Karina de Oliveira Nascimento, Simeona Petkova, Radmila Radojevic, Renata Wojtczak -- Maria Faust M.A. Doctoral Candidate UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG Institute for Communication and Media Studies https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria_Faust2 https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-faust-6a158837/

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Call for Applications: Transatlantic Digital Debates 2020 (deadline March 15)
by Evan Yoshimoto March 12, 2020

March 12, 2020

Dear all, GPPi<https://www.gppi.net/>, together with New America's Open Technology Institute<https://www.newamerica.org/oti/>, has just launched the fourth round of the Transatlantic Digital Debates<http://www.transatlanticdigitaldebates.net/home/> (TDD 2020). And the deadline is approaching soon! (March 15th) As you may know, TDD 2020 is a dialogue program that brings together a cohort of 18 fellows from Germany and the United States for two week-long sessions. Fellows will engage in discussions with local experts and decision-makers, address global challenges resulting from rapid technological change in society, and foster long-term bonds as future transatlantic leaders. Over the course of 2020, the fellows will meet in Berlin and Munich (June 21 to 26, 2020), and in Washington, DC and Seattle (November 15 to 20, 2020), respectively. Discussions will take place around two main issue areas: * Industrial and innovation policy: The global economy is changing rapidly as a result of artificial intelligence, platform services, the Internet of Things, automation, digital commerce, and next generation wireless networks (e.g. 5G), among many developments. This digital transformation, often called Industry 4.0, brings with it massive opportunities, yet, it also comes with huge challenges. While transatlantic cooperation on industrial policy can play a role in building a rights-based, secure and thriving global Internet economy, a critical discussion is needed on the limits of industrial policy in shaping the future of the technology industry. * The global internet: Democracy depends on access to ideas and information. For the better part of three decades, many believed that the internet offered such easy access to ideas and information that democracy would inevitably follow in its wake. We now know that was a false hope, despite the remnants of the visionary (and highly unrealistic) rhetoric. Not only are autocrats using the internet as a tool of monitoring and surveillance, but they are increasingly asserting control over the internet itself in order to control access to ideas and information. How can the transatlantic community work together to formulate better policies to preserve the global and open internet in the face of rising digital authoritarianism? Applications are open until March 15, 2020. We would be grateful if you could forward this information to potential candidates in your organization as well as your broader professional and social media networks. Feel free to use the links below to directly share GPPi's social media posts: * Share GPPi's post on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/gppi.net/posts/3028641180513253> * Share GPPi's Tweet<https://twitter.com/GPPi/status/1229355831524761600> * Share GPPi's post on LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/posts/global-public-policy-institute-gppi_apply-ac…> We are thankful to our funders and partners, who made the program possible. TDD is generously supported by the Transatlantic Program of the German Federal Government, with funding from the European Recovery Program (ERP) of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. You will find more information about the program as well as the application requirements on the Transatlantic Digital Debates website<https://www.transatlanticdigitaldebates.net/apply/> and in the call for applications (attached). In case you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch with Wade and I. Best, Evan Yoshimoto ... Evan Yoshimoto Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) Reinhardtstr. 7, 10117 Berlin, Germany Office: +49 30 275 959 75-0 Mobile: +1 805 990 1619 Fax: +49 30 275 959 75-91 eyoshimoto(a)gppi.net Twitter: @GPPi<https://twitter.com/GPPi> gppi.net

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ITS Fellowship Program
by Celina Beatriz March 10, 2020

March 10, 2020

Dear All: The ITS Fellowship Program is offering the opportunity for foreign researchers, students, and professionals interested in internet and technology policy to deepen their knowledge about the Brazilian technology environment. The project consists of an intensive 4-week program, which includes meeting ITS partners in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo to visit some of the largest national and international technology companies operating in Brazil, The ITS Fellowship Program represents an opportunity to exchange ideas, formulate projects, and develop intensive research. More information: https://lnkd.in/egfWNhg <https://lnkd.in/egfWNhg?fbclid=IwAR391FPzf1hfOT1MX7sg6B1Xn_haGOnvPC9-_X3G4W…> The program is in its 7th edition and has already received 35 fellows from different countries around the world with a common interest: technology and its interfaces with the law. Do you know anyone who might be interested? Share it! *Vídeo*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3UKc99Zx4A Best regards, Celina -- *Celina M.A. Bottino* *Diretora de Projetos* *Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro (ITS)* https://www.facebook.com/ITSriodejaneiro itsrio.org +55 21 3486-0390

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We Robot 2020 -- Funding opportunities for emergent researchers and researchers from the Global South
by Florian Martin-Bariteau Feb. 21, 2020

Feb. 21, 2020

Dear Network of Centers Community: The University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society will host We Robot 2020<https://techlaw.uottawa.ca/werobot/> from April 2nd to 4th. To encourage a global and diverse conversation on robotics and AI law, ethics and policy, we are excited to announce two funding opportunities: the Microsoft Emerging We Robot Scholars, and the IDRC-We Robot Global Voices Fellows for scholars from the Global South! Microsoft Emerging We Robot Scholars Thanks to a generous contribution from Microsoft, funding is available to allow emergent researchers (graduate students or professors fewer than 5 years into their academic post) who have insufficient institutional financial support to attend We Robot 2020. Please send a short email explaining your interest and your financial needs, and a CV to Dr. Martin-Bariteau at werobot(a)uottawa.ca. IDRC-We Robot Global Voices Fellows Thanks to a generous contribution from the Government of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), funding is available to allow researchers from the Global South to attend We Robot 2020. The IDRC-We Robot Global Voices Fellowships will cover travel costs to Ottawa, as well as accommodation and registration fees. Fellows will also be invited for a workshop at IDRC as part of its AI4D Initiative. We’re expecting to fund 8 fellows from the Global South. Subject to available funds, partial funding might be offered to additional applicants. Please send a short email explaining your interest (indicating your country of origin), your financial needs, and a CV to Dr. Martin-Bariteau at werobot(a)uottawa.ca. -- Florian Martin-Bariteau, LL.D. Professeur adjoint, Section de common law | Assistant Professor, Common Law Section Directeur, Centre de recherche en droit, technologie et société | Director, Centre for Law, Technology and Society Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa 57 Louis Pasteur (#367), Ottawa ON, K1N 6N5, Canada +1 613-562-5800 x3474 | http://f-mb.org | @f_mb

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Excellent News for Brazil, the IGF and Community Networks
by Luca Belli Feb. 21, 2020

Feb. 21, 2020

Dear colleagues, I would like to share some excellent news from Brazil, that has also a very positive impact on the IGF and its work. The Brazilian Telecoms Regulator ANATEL has explicitly and officially recognized Community Networks as an option for Internet access in Brazil and, while doing so, and explicitly mentions (and links) “The Community Network Manual” (2018 outcome of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity) in the rational for this decision. https://www.anatel.gov.br/setorregulado/component/content/article/2-uncateg… This is, to date, the biggest country on hearth explicitly recognising the value of CNs. The creation of CNs in Brazil was already possible, as simplified ISPs, since 2017 (see our study here on CN in Latin America here https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2018/community-networks-in-la… ) but this is the first time ANATEL officially uses the CN terminology providing both legal and technical guidance (using the CN Manual!) on how to create them. This is not only important for Brazil but also represent another* piece of concrete evidence that the IGF is not a mere talking shop and when people want to use the IGF process to produce meaningful outcomes, they can. And, importantly, IGF outputs can have real impact on digital policies. My sincerest congratulations to ALL those who dedicated time to development and use of the CN Manual, particularly the members of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity that are on on this list! All the best Luca * In case you are looking for other concrete examples, please find a selection below: - In 2018, the inclusion of the Zero Rating Map (developed by DCNN) in the State of the Internet Report of the French Telecom Regulator ARCEP https://www.arcep.fr/uploads/tx_gspublication/report-state-internet-2018_co… - In 2016 the inclusion of the Recommendations on Terms of Service and Human Rights in the ToS and HR the joint FGV & Council of Europe report on the subject https://www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/home/-/asset_publisher/RAupmF… The Recommendations were later used for the elaboration of the CoE Recommendation (2018)2 of the Committee of Ministers on the roles and responsibilities of internet intermediaries https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=0900001680790e… - In 2013 the inclusion of the Model Framework on Net Neutrality in this expert report ( https://rm.coe.int/16805a09ca )that originated the elaboration of the CoE Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)1of the Committee of Ministers on network neutrality https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=09000016805c1e… [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio.jpg] Luca Belli, PhD Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation [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_email.jpg] luca.belli(a)fgv.br<mailto:luca.belli@fgv.br> [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg] www.cyberBRICS.info<http://www.cyberbrics.info/> | www.CPDP.lat<http://www.CPDP.lat>

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for listserv: CPR LATAM 2020 Call for Papers
by Gloria Mayne Davó Feb. 17, 2020

Feb. 17, 2020

The CPR LATAM conference brings together academics, civil society, and public and private sector leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss key issues facing the development of digital infrastructure and information ecosystems in the region. *The 14th CPR LATAM conference will be held June 1-2, 2020 in the Mexico City, Mexico.* The CPR LATAM Conference is organized by Centro Latam Digital <http://centrolatam.digital> and is held annually. In previous years, the conference has been held in cities including Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Brasilia, Lima, Valparaíso, Oaxaca, Cancún, Cartagena, Varadero and most recently, Córdoba. CPR LATAM invites paper proposals that address the economic and social impacts of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Latin America and the Caribbean. The following topics are of particular interest: Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms Digital Labor and the Future of Work Competition Policy in the Digital Age Cybersecurity and Encryption Data Protection and Privacy Digital Divide Digital Trade Economic Development and Competitiveness Education and ICT Skills Financial Inclusion and Digital Services ICT regulation ICT for Development (ICT4D) Internet Governance Online Freedom of Expression *The deadline for abstract submissions is FEBRUARY 28, 2020. For more information and to apply, please visit: https://www.cprlatam.org/call-for-papers <https://www.cprlatam.org/call-for-papers>*

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