Dear Friends,
The Global Network of Internet & Society Research Centers (NoC)
is happy to welcome 6 new participants from across the world!
The joining Centers are described below. Please visit the links to
get further information on their current research, areas of
interest, and on the contact persons.
The full list of the Centers involved in the NoC -currently 51- is
available at http://networkofcenters.net/centers.
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The following Centers have joined the NoC as Participating
Centers, i.e., academic research centers whose agenda is
primarily focused on Internet & Society topics. They are listed
in alphabetical order.
- Center for Global Communications Studies at Pennsylvania
University [United States]
- The Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) is a
leader in international education and training in comparative
media law and policy. It affords students, academics, lawyers,
regulators, civil society representatives and others the
opportunity to evaluate and discuss comparative international
communications issues. Working with the Annenberg School for
Communication (University of Pennsylvania) and research
centers, scholars and practitioners from around the world,
CGCS produces original research and reports, provides
opportunities for graduate students, organizes conferences and
trainings, and provides consulting and advisory assistance to
academic centers, governments, and NGOs. CGCS draws on various
disciplines, including law, political science, and
international relations, among others. The Center’s research
and policy work addresses issues of media regulation, internet
policy, media and democracy, monitoring and evaluation of
media development programs, public service broadcasting, and
the media’s role in conflict and post-conflict environments.
- The main contact persons within the NoC are Laura
Schwartz-Henderson (Research Project Manager) and Monroe
E. Price, director of the Center.
- Centre for Information Technology Law Studies (CEDI),
University of Chile’s Law School [Chile]
- The Centre for Information Technology Law Studies (CEDI) is
one of the oldest scientific research centers in Latin
America, in matters relating to Law and Technologies, and one
of the pioneer centers at Universidad de Chile.
The mission of CEDI is to reflect from a scientific
standpoint, pluralistic and interdisciplinary, about the
interaction existing among the law and law principles, and the
new technologies, in order to understand the consequences to
the law of the technologic revolution, and to propose
improvements in the manner in which the Law can participate in
the technological evolution within our society. In 2008, the
Centre for Studies in Computer Law diversifies its offer in
graduate programs, opening the Post Graduate Diploma in
Intellectual Property and New Technologies. In this scenario,
the LLM program is renamed and reformulated by the year 2012,
becoming the LLM in Law and New Technologies.
- Center for Law & Technology of Seoul National
University [South Korea]
- The Center for Law & Technology of Seoul National
University (“SNU CLT”) was founded in March 2003. Since then,
the SNU CLT has been actively engaged in researches, seminars,
education in the field of law and information technology.
Especially, the SNU CLT has hosted its own Annual Hawaii
Conference dealing with intellectual property, privacy,
security, competition, internet regulation and other internet
issues. The SNU CLT has also been actively involved in
training and educating master degree students coming from
Asia, Middle East and Africa.
- Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to
Information (CELE) at Universidad de Palermo [Argentina]
- Adhering to their traditional focus on the protection of
free speech and access to information, and in response to the
emergence of the Internet as a universal tool for
communication, CELE launched the “Freedom of Expression and
Internet Initiative” (iLEI) in 2012. This materialized from
CELE’s research on freedom of expression in relation to the
Internet in Latin America. In 2012, 2013, and 2014, CELE
organised training activities for policymakers and activists
from Latin America. These meetings provided participants with
a better understanding of some of the key aspects of the
Internet that impact human rights. Participants included
journalists, legal consultants, public officials, academics,
and activists. The training, which was led by experts in
freedom of expression, Internet, and human rights, covered
themes such as net neutrality, responsibility of
intermediaries, policies that block or filter content, due
process, and cybercrime.
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The following Centers have joined the NoC as Affiliated
Participants, i.e., other types of institutions, still with
Internet & Society-related open threads, carried out, e.g., as
non-academic research centers, policy-support entities, or think
tanks. They are listed in alphabetical order.
- Syntagma.org is a private and independent think-tank
specializing in Internet-ICT, legal and good governance
issues. Its main activities include research and publication,
training and education, consultancy and legal counseling and
dissemination of ideas through seminars and other
awareness-raising events.
Again, a warm welcome to all new participants in the Network of
Centers!
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About the Network of Internet and Society Research
Centers
The Global Network of Internet and Society Research Centers
(NoC) was launched by a group of academic centers in 2012 in
recognition of the lack of internationally coordinated research
and engagement activities in issues concerning the Internet and
related technologies. The NoC is a collaborative initiative
among academic institutions with a focus on interdisciplinary
research on the development, social impact, policy implications,
and legal issues concerning the Internet. This collective aims
to increase interoperability between participating centers in
order to stimulate the creation of new cross-national,
cross-disciplinary conversation, debate, teaching, learning, and
engagement regarding the most pressing questions around new
technologies, social change, and related policy and regulatory
developments. See http://networkofcenters.net/get-involved/.
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Raimondo Iemma
Managing Director & Research Fellow
Nexa Center for Internet and Society
http://nexa.polito.it/
Project Manager
Global Network of Internet & Society Research Centers
http://networkofcenters.net/