Dear All,

We are glad to share with all of you NoC's second newsletter, focussed on AI and Governance. We hope it can help everyone get to know other center's work better and promote more engagement among the network.

For those in Paris next week, hope to see you at NoC annual gathering on Nov 15th.

Best regards,

ITS team

NOVEMBER 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Governance

Welcome to the NoC Newsletter. This editions’ focus is on Artificial Intelligence and Governance. Six centers of the NoC explore how the issue has been dealt within their respective countries, offering a glimpse of the worldwide discussion. Read more.

Highlighted Publications
and ongoing projects

Accountability of AI under the law: The Role of Explanation
Available here.

European Perspectives on Power in the Sharing Economy

Authors:
Gemma Newlands, Christoph Lutz and Christian Fieseler
Available here.

Governing What Wasn’t Meant To Be Governed: A Controversy-Based Approach to the Study of Bitcoin Governance

Authors:
Francesca Musiani, Alexandre Mallard and Cécile Méadel
Available here .

The Promise of the Transparency Culture: A comparative study of access to public data in Spanish and Swedish newsrooms.

Authors:
Ester Applegreen and Ramón Salaverría
Available here .

GDPR and its effects on the Brazilian Law: First impressions and a comparative analysis
Available here.

The Risks of "Responsible Encryption"
Available here .

Shadowbook: Writing Through the Digital 2014-2018
Available here.

Computational Power: Automated Use of WhatsApp in the Elections
Available here.

Check other selected publications and projects here.

Upcoming Events

NOC Annual event

When: November 15, 2018
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Where: Université Paris 1

Amphithéâtre Sainte-Barbe
4 rue Valette, 75005 Paris
More info

First European Hub Official Meeting and Young Scholar Workshop

When: Nov. 28-30
Where: Haifa

Organizing Partner: The Center for Cyber Law & Policy, University of Haifa (CCLP)
More info

Sharing Cities Summit

When: 12 -15 November 2018
Where: Barcelona

Organization partner: Barcelona City Council
More info

Conference TILTing Perspectives 2019: 'Regulating a world in transition'

When: 15-17 May 2019
Where: Netherlands

More info

Check for other selected events here.

FELLOWSHIP

University of Essex short stay international visiting fellowship opportunities for January - April 2019 visits (deadline 30 November 2018).

More information here.

CELE offers university students and young professionals the possibility of joining as collaborators and research assistants.

Interested applicants must send a résumé and cover letter (no longer than a page) to cele@palermo.edu with the subject “Convocatoria”.

Internet and Society Fellowship 2019

We now invite applications from early and advanced researchers with diverse backgrounds and professional experiences, who want to contribute to the range of the institute’s transdisciplinary internet research.

Key areas: The evolving digital society: concepts, discourses, structure
Data, actors, infrastructures: The Governance of data-driven innovation and cyber security
Learning, knowledge, innovation: The change in knowledge production, organisation and transfer through digital innovation.

More information here.

The Open African Innovation Research network, Open AIR, is pleased to announce our open call for applications to our New and Emerging Researcher Fellowship Program, funded by the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Advanced Scholars Program (QES). These new Fellowships provide opportunities for emerging scholars across disciplines to explore African innovation through the lens of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

More information here.

Self-funded visiting research fellowships are available at the DMRC

Contact: DMRC Centre Coordinator
dmrc@qut.edu.au

Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (BKC), Harvard University

More information here.

Check for other fellowship opportunities here.

This is the Newsletter from the Global Network of the Internet and Society Research Centers.
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