Dear Friends,
The Global Network of Internet & Society Research Centers (NoC)
is happy to welcome 10 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 44- 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 Media, Data and Society (CMDS) at the Central
Europe University [Hungary]
- CMDS is the leading center of research on media,
communication, and information policy in Central and Eastern
Europe. Affiliated with the School of Public Policy at Central
European University, CMDS produces scholarly and
practice-oriented research addressing academic, policy and
civil society needs. Their research priorities include: Media
and communication policy; Fundamental communication rights;
Media and civil society; New Media and technology; Mediain
transition. See http://cmds.ceu.edu/research-areas
for more information.
- Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of
Amsterdam [the Netherlands]
- The Institute for Information Law (IViR), officially
established in 1989, is one of the largest research centers in
the field of information law in the world. The Institute
employs over 25 researchers who are active in an entire
spectrum of information society related legal areas:
intellectual property law, patents, telecommunications
and broadcasting regulation, media law, Internet regulation,
advertising law, domain names, freedom of expression, privacy,
digital consumer issues, commercial speech.
- New Research on Digital Societies (NeRDS) group at
Kozminski University [Poland]
- NeRDS (the New Research on Digital Societies) group was
established in 2013 at Kozminski University in Warsaw
(Poland). Their aim is to study digital societies by the means
of virtual ethnography, anthropology of the Internet, digital
sociology, but also network analysis and other quantitative
methods. Their projects so far include studies of open
collaboration communities (such as Wikipedia), Couchsurfing,
the Second Life, piracy, transhumanism, as well as virtual
communities of museums.
- The main contact person within the NoC is Dariusz
Jemielniak, Full Professor of Management at Kozminski
University in Poland (see the "people" menu in the NeRDS
website).
- Swedish Institute for Legal Informatics (IRI) at Stockholm
University [Sweden]
- The Swedish Law and Informatics Research Institute (IRI) was
established in 1981 as an independent institute within the
Faculty of Law at Stockholm University. The institute is
engaged in education and research on the relationship and
interaction between law and ICT. Areas of interest include
application of regulations in the digital environment and the
development of methods for legally customized system design
and management.
- Web Science Institute (WSI) at the University of
Southampton [United Kingdom]
- The Web Science Institute fosters interdisciplinary
collaboration in research and education that aims to develop
knowledge and understanding of the World Wide Web. Current
research ranges from Social Media Analytics and Social
Machines to Ciber Security, and Online Health (see http://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/research/index.page).
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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.
- Chatham House [United Kingdom]
- Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs,
is based in London. Chatham House’s mission is to be a
world-leading source of independent analysis, informed debate
and influential ideas on how to build a prosperous and secure
world for all. Their policy threads include Science,
Technology, and Cyber Security.
- Diplo Foundation [Malta / Switzerland]
- DiploFoundation (Diplo) is an independent non-profit
organisation established in 2002 by the governments of Malta
and Switzerland. Diplo’s main mission is to increase the
capacity of small and developing states to engage effectively
and efficiently in global policy processes, negotiations, and
diplomacy, in particular in the field of Internet governance.
- Internet Policy Observatory Pakistan (iPOP) [Pakistan]
- iPOP (Internet Policy Observatory Pakistan) conducts public
interest research on ICT policy and regulation in Pakistan. It
provides researchers, governments, regulators, operators,
multilateral institutions, development agencies and community
organizations with the information and analysis required to
develop innovative and appropriate policies for modern age
digital technologies.
- Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) [Germany]
- The Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) is an independent
non-profit think tank based in Berlin. Our mission is to
improve global governance through research, policy advice and
debate in seven issue areas ranging from humanitarian action
and human rights over peace and security to internet politics.
Within their Global Internet Politics program, we are
committed to developing the internet as a free, open and
secure space (see http://www.gppi.net/issue-areas/global-internet-politics/).
- Nesta Innovation Lab on digital technologies and future
Internet [United Kingdom]
- Nesta Innovation Lab works with individuals and
organisations to generate, develop and test radical new ideas
to address social problems. Through developing and applying
leading edge innovation practices and methods, it supports
innovators in the public, private and social sectors, and
links innovative projects to advocacy and policy change to
transform whole systems.
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/