Dear Friends,
The Global Network of Internet & Society Research Centers (NoC)
is happy to welcome 4 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 67 - 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.
- Cyberlaw Research Centre (CIJIC) of the University of
Lisbon School of Law [Portugal]
- CIJIC - Cyberlaw Research Center is a research center
dedicated to the legal aspects of cyberspace and, in
particular, cybersecurity. Our mission is to create an
intellectual environment that inspires and challenges law
students, any type of legal professionals, computer experts
and society in general to participate in a broad debate on the
legal framework for information technologies and the changes
they are introducing in daily life. Embracing a
multidisciplinary approach, given the particular nature of the
subject matter, the CIJIC aims to provide a forum within which
ideas can be disseminated and discussed and new projects
developed. Among other initiatives, the CIJIC has a periodical
publication named “CyberLaw – by CIJIC” and promotes seminars
and all sorts of events.
- The main contact person within the NoC is Nuno Teixeira
Castro, researcher at the Cyberlaw Research Center
(CIJIC).
- The Governance Lab at the New York University [USA]
- The GovLab is an action research center with the mission to
improve people's lives by changing the way we govern. Our goal
is to strengthen the ability of institutions – including but
not limited to governments – and people to work more openly,
collaboratively, effectively and legitimately to make better
decisions and solve public problems. We believe that increased
availability and use of data, new ways to leverage the
capacity, intelligence, and expertise of people in the
problem-solving process, combined with new advances in
technology and science can transform governance. We approach
each challenge and opportunity in an interdisciplinary,
collaborative way, irrespective of the problem, sector,
geography and level of government.
- The Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project at the
University of Essex’s Human Rights Centre [UK]
- The Economic and Social Research Council-funded Human
Rights, Big Data and Technology Project, based at the
University of Essex’s Human Rights Centre, maps and analyses
the challenges and opportunities presented by the use of ICT
and big data from a human rights perspective. Drawing on the
wide range of expertise of its interdisciplinary researchers
and partner organisations, the Project considers whether
fundamental human rights concepts and approaches need to be
adapted to meet the rapidly evolving technological landscape.
The work brings together practitioners in the fields of human
rights, technology and Internet governance, the United
Nations, technology industries, and academics, to assess
existing regulatory responses and the need for reforms in
order to maximise effective human rights enjoyment and
protection.
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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.
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INTERNETLAB is an independent research center that aims to
foster academic debate around issues involving law and
technology, especially internet policy. Our goal is to conduct
interdisciplinary impactful research and promote dialogue
among academics, professionals and policymakers. We follow an
entrepreneurial nonprofit model, which embraces our goal of
producing scholarly research as an academic think tank. As a
nexus of expertise in technology, public policy and social
sciences, our research agenda covers a wide range of topics,
including privacy and state surveillance, freedom of
expression, gender and technology.
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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Lorenzo Canova
Nexa Center for Internet & Society
Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN
http://nexa.polito.it
Project Manager
Global Network of Internet & Society Research Centers
http://networkofcenters.net/