Dear Friends,
The Global Network of Internet & Society Research Centers (NoC)
is happy to welcome 5 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 56- 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.
- Centro de Estudos Sociedade e Tecnologia, University of Sao
Paulo [Brazil]
- The Centro de Estudos Sociedade e Tecnologia (CEST) was
created at Universidade de São Paulo in December, 2013,
starting from a grant by Microsoft Corporation. CEST’s purpose
is to research and discuss the way Information and
Communications Technologies affect people’s life and create
new habits, solving many problems but also raising issues
related to safety, business, privacy, intellectual property.
CEST works on these complex issues by producing research and
white papers and by fostering discussions in events involving
academics, technologists, public officials, and the society at
large. Currently CEST is focusing on issues such as online and
open education, creative currencies, Internet of Things.
- Institute of Communication Sciences (ISCC) [France]
- The Institute of Communication Sciences (ISCC) is a research
center of the French National Center for Scientific Research
(CNRS), Paris Sorbonne and University Pierre and Marie Curie
(UPMC).
Its activities, spanned in 12 research groups with 13
permanent researchers and 31 researchers from partner
universities, are dedicated to interdisciplinary research in
communication science with a special interest in the
interaction between science, technologies and society.
- Melbourne Networked Society Institute, University of
Melbourne [Australia]
- The Melbourne Networked Society Institute undertakes
interdisciplinary research on the connectivity between people,
places and things to solve the problems facing the networked
society. The Melbourne Networked Society Institute officially
commenced in February 2015. MNSI builds upon the history of
the Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES) and marks
the natural evolution of the Institute as research has evolved
from focusing on universal access to broadband to the
complexity, scale and speed of connectivity underpinning the
networked society.
- United Nations University Institute on Computing and
Society (UNU-CS) [China]
- The United Nations University Institute on Computing and
Society (UNU-CS) is a new research institute at the
intersections of information and communication technologies
and international development (ICTD). Located in Macau SAR,
China, UNU-CS focuses on the key challenges faced by
developing societies through high-impact innovations in
computing and communication technologies.
- Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society at
Tilburg University [Netherlands]
- The Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society
(TILT) is a top player in the field of the regulation of
technology and its normative implications. They conduct
research into the legal and social implications of various
emerging technologies such as ICT, bio- and nanotechnology,
neurotechnology and robotics. A key feature of the institute’s
research program is the interaction between legal,
technological, and social perspectives. TILT is consistently
ranked a top institute for research and education by national
and international Legal Research and Education Assessment
Committees.
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/