Lecture
"Teilhabe oder Rückschritt?“ – Die Position der Frau in Zeiten vo…
by Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main - Normativeorders 17.11.2020, Frankfurt am Main
Ort
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
Seit der Ausbreitung der Corona-Pandemie befindet sich die Welt in einem Ausnahmezustand. Um Risiken für die eigene Bevölkerung zu verringern und die…
Web-Event
The Normative Order of the Internet: A Theory of Rule and Regulat…
by Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main - Normativeorders 29.10.2020, Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
There is order on the internet, but how has this order emerged and what challenges will threaten and shape its future? This study shows how a legitimate…
Web-Event
Navigating Normative Orders - Interdisciplinary Perspectives
by Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main - Normativeorders 23.09.2020, Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
Ob bei Kant oder unter Konservativen, im Internet, in Umweltdiskursen oder in Sansibar: Dieses Buch untersucht, wie sich Menschen Normen geben, diese hinterfragen…
Interview
Chris Whipple – The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape Histo…
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 16.09.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Since its inception in 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency has been a powerful player on the world stage, operating largely in the shadows to protect…
Interview
Jane Fonda – What Can I Do?: My Path from Climate Despair to Acti…
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 09.09.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
In the fall of 2019, frustrated with the obvious inaction of politicians and inspired by Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, and student climate strikers, Jane…
Lecture
DenkArt „Der normalisierte Ausnahmezustand“
by Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main - Normativeorders 08.09.2020, Frankfurt am Main
Ort
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
Seit der Ausbreitung der Corona-Pandemie befindet sich die Welt in einem Ausnahmezustand. Um Risiken für die eigene Bevölkerung zu verringern und die…
Interview
Mark O'Connell – Notes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to …
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 28.08.2020, Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
In Notes from an Apocalypse, Mark O'Connell crosses the globe in pursuit of answers. He tours survival bunkers in South Dakota. He ventures to New Zealand,…
Interview
Andre Perry – Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property i…
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 27.08.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Know Your Price establishes new means of determining value of Black communities. The deliberate devaluation of Blacks and their communities, stemming from…
Interview
Debora L. Spar – Work Mate Marry Love: How Machines Shape Our Hum…
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 21.08.2020, Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
In Work Mate Marry Love, Harvard Business School professor and former Barnard College president Debora L. Spar offers an incisive and provocative account…
Interview
She Will Rise: Becoming a Warrior in the Battle for True Equality
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 13.08.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Katie Hill shares her experience with misogyny and double standards in politics to help women topple the longstanding power structures that prevent them…
Interview
The Perfect Guide to Beating Donald Trump - in conversation with …
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 06.08.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
In You're Fired, Paul Begala tells us how Trump uses division to distract from the actual reality of his record. Distraction, he argues, is Trump's superpower.…
Interview
To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America into Ira…
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 30.07.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Robert Draper – To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq – in conversation with Susan Glasser This event will be streamed…
Interview
True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 28.07.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Cindy Otis - True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News—with Jenna McLaughlin In a world with so much information, how can anyone separate…
Reading
Women Write the City: A Conversation with Lauren Elkin and Leslie…
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 07.07.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
In Feminist City, through history, personal experience and popular culture Leslie Kern exposes what is hidden in plain sight: the social inequalities built…
Convention
Women at the Forefront of COVID-19 Crisis Response
by Akademie für politische Bildung Tutzing 07.07.2020, Tutzing
Ort
Tutzing, Germany
Description
Referentin: Lana Djurkin-Koenig is security professional with more than 16 years of experience in national, international and corporate security. In her…
Panel discussion
The Nature and Future of Information Confrontation
by IE University - The Center for the Governance of Change (CGC) 01.07.2020, Madrid
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Madrid, Spain
Description
The Center for the Governance of Change (CGC) is launching Conversations with the Future, a new videoseries on a range of issues related to technology,…
Interview
David Shimer - Rigged - with Timothy Snyder
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 29.06.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Russia's interference in 2016 marked only the latest chapter of a hidden and revelatory history. In Rigged, David Shimer tells the sweeping story of covert…
Interview
Capricia Penavic Marshall - Protocol - in conversation with Hilla…
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 25.06.2020, Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Ambassador Capricia Penavic Marshall is the former chief of protocol of the United States, as well as the current president of Global Engagement Strategies,…
Web-Event
Finance Watch Dialogue: Towards a Social Taxonomy
by Finance Watch 19.06.2020, Brüssel
Ort
Brüssel, Germany
Description
The EU’s taxonomy regulation aims to reorient capital flows towards a more sustainable economy. A unified classification system should enable investors…
Interview
Ezekiel J. Emanuel - Which Country Has the World's Best Health Ca…
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 16.06.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Ezekiel J. Emanuel - Which Country Has the World's Best Health Care? – in conversation with David Leonhardt The US spends more than any other nation,…
Interview
Gene Sperling - Economic Dignity
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 14.06.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Gene Sperling - Economic Dignity - in conversation with Samantha Power From one of our wisest and most influential economic thinkers--the only person…
Reading
Vivian Lee - The Long Fix: Solving America's Health Care Crisis w…
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 13.06.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
In The Long Fix, physician and health care CEO Vivian S. Lee, MD, cuts to the heart of the health care crisis. The problem with the way medicine is practiced,…
Reading
The Price of Peace and Stephanie Kelton - The Deficit Myth
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 11.06.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Stephanie Kelton, professor of economics and public policy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and Bloomberg contributing columnist, has…
Interview
Barton Gellman: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance Stat…
by Commonwealth Club 10.06.2020, San Francisco
Ort
San Francisco, United States of America
Description
While a reporter at The Washington Post, Barton Gellman was one of three journalists Edward Snowden picked to review the vast and explosive archive of…
Web-Event
The Remains of the Real
by The Institute for Human Sciences 08.06.2020, Wien
Ort
Wien, Austria
Description
There was a moment in the 1990’s, in the era of high postmodernism, when it seemed that social reality has had no stable foundations and as such it can…
Reading
Let them Eat Tweets: How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Ine…
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 01.06.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson - Let them Eat Tweets: How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality — at the Wharf A groundbreaking account…
Reading
David Frum - Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 27.05.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
In his bestselling Trumpocracy, Frum, a writer at The Atlantic who served as speechwriter and special assistant to President George W. Bush, laid out Trump’s…
Reading
Der dunkle Spiegel – Edward Snowden und die globale Überwachungsi…
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 20.05.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Barton Gellman - Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State - in conversation with David Ignatius Now based at New York’s Century…
Reading
Bakari Sellers with Kamala Harris - "My Vanishing Country" - in c…
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 18.05.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Bakari Sellers with Kamala Harris - "My Vanishing Country" - in conversation with Tiffany Cross One of the youngest state representatives in…
Reading
Barbara Ehrenreich and Jia Tolentino - Economic Inequality in Tim…
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 12.05.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Join veteran muckraker Barbara Ehrenreich and culture critic Jia Tolentino in a discussion about economic inequality in the wake of Covid-19. As states…
Debate
Digitaler Salon: Digital ist man weniger allein?
by Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft 29.04.2020, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
Once a month, we publicly discuss the impact of digitisation on society at Digitaler Salon. We invite special guests, engage in a dialogue with the audience…
Debate
Challenges in Digital Technology Then and Now
by Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society 29.04.2020, Cambridge
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Cambridge, United States of America
Description
Governments and publics are increasingly asking that tech companies work to address the challenges and adapt to the changes technology has unleashed, from…
Reading
David Rohde - In Deep: The FBI, the CIA, and the Truth about Amer…
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 22.04.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Recent polls show that 74% of Americans believe a secret cadre of some sort is manipulating national policy. Trump supporters blame intelligence agencies,…
Panel discussion
Europe After the Pandemic
by The Institute for Human Sciences 22.04.2020, Wien
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Wien, Austria
Description
The future of Europe after the crisis caused by COVID-19 according to Ivan Krastev, political scientist, IWM Permanent Fellow and president of the Centre…
Lecture
The Instagram Story with Bloomberg’s Sarah Frier
by Commonwealth Club 20.04.2020, San Francisco
Ort
San Francisco, United States of America
Description
In a short 10 years, Instagram has grown from a simple idea for sharing photos to an application with over 1 billion monthly users and company growth that…
Reading
Casey Schwartz - Attention: A Love Story
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 17.04.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Casey Schwartz - Attention: A Love Story — in conversation with Franklin Foer As we become increasingly distracted by electronic devices—unlocking…
Lecture
Why Fairness Cannot Be Automated
by Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society 14.04.2020, Cambridge
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Cambridge, United States of America
Description
Fairness and discrimination in algorithmic systems are globally recognized as topics of critical importance. To date, the majority of work in this area…
Reading
The Rule of Five: Making Climate History at the Supreme Court
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 04.04.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
When Joe Mendelson, an idealistic young lawyer, filed a petition in 1999 requesting that the EPA regulate gas emissions from new cars, no one expected…
Lecture
Lina Dencik: Justice in the Datafied Society
by Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft 23.03.2020, Berlin
Ort
Berlin, Germany
Description
The use of data and algorithmic processes for decision-making are a growing part of social life. Digitally monitoring, tracking, profiling as well as predicting…
Reading
Anne Case and Angus Deaton - Deaths of Despair and the Future of …
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 21.03.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Two of the world’s top economists, Case and Deaton in their new book combine their considerable expertise for a detailed exploration of the connections…
Panel discussion
Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
by Harvard Kennedy School - Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy 12.03.2020, Cambridge
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Cambridge, United States of America
Description
A panel discussion with the finalists for the 2020 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. Finalists include: The Arizona Republic, USA TODAY, and…
Interview
Databite No. 129: Yeshimabeit Milner
by Data & Society Research Institute 04.03.2020, New York
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New York, United States of America
Description
Big Data is more than a collection of technologies or a revolution in measurement and prediction. It has become a philosophy; an ideological regime that…
Lecture
Conor Dougherty: Inside America's Housing Crisis
by Commonwealth Club 04.03.2020, San Francisco
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San Francisco, United States of America
Description
Spacious and affordable homes used to be the hallmark of American prosperity. Today, however, punishing rents and the increasingly prohibitive cost of…
Lecture
All Data Are Local
by Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society 03.03.2020, Cambridge
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Cambridge, United States of America
Description
“In our data-driven society, it is too easy to assume the transparency of data. Instead, we should approach data sets with an awareness that they are…
Lecture
Steven Levy: Inside Facebook
by Commonwealth Club 03.03.2020, San Francisco
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San Francisco, United States of America
Description
In his sophomore year of college, Mark Zuckerberg created a simple website to serve as a campus social network. The site caught on like wildfire, and soon…
Interview
Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court's Fifty-Year Battle for a M…
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 29.02.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Adam Cohen - Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court's Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America — in conversation with Peter Edelman Starting in 1968—the…
Lecture
Don’t panic. It’s just the collapse of neoliberalism.
by Harvard Kennedy School - Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy 26.02.2020, Cambridge
Ort
Cambridge, United States of America
Description
Yochai Benkler is the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, and faculty co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for…
Reading
Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of De…
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 19.02.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Finance editor at The New York Times, Enrich follows his acclaimed The Spider Network with the never-before-told story of Deutsche Bank. Drawing on extensive…
Convention
The Next Crash as an Opportunity
by Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomie e.V. 07.02.2020, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
Many experts assess the risk of a further collapse of the banking and financial system as very high. If this proves true, society and politics should be…
Lecture
The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
by Duke University - School of Law 27.01.2020, Durham
Ort
Durham, Germany
Description
Please join us to hear Katharina Pistor discuss her new book, The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality. The book is a major intervention…
Panel discussion
The Dangers of Digital Democracy
by The Institute for Human Sciences 26.01.2020, Wien
Ort
Wien, Austria
Description
All over the world, elections are manipulated by fake news, public opinion is radicalized via social media and electronic voting processes are subject…
Panel discussion
Illiberale Demokratie' in der EU – Widerspruch in sich?
by Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences - Center for Applied European Studies 20.01.2020, Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
Am 20. Januar 2020 fand zwischen Dr. Péter Györkös, Botschafter von Ungarn in Berlin, und Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Bundesjustizministerin…
Lecture
Databite No. 127: Jasmine McNealy
by Data & Society Research Institute 08.01.2020, New York
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New York, United States of America
Description
An Ecological Approach to Data Governance Data are currency. Data provide the fuel for decision-making and profit-making. Data offer evidence for enhancing…
Interview
The Internet in Everything: Freedom and Security in a World with …
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 05.01.2020, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
A compelling argument that the Internet of things threatens human rights and security The Internet has leapt from human-facing display screens into the…
Lecture
Smarter London: the role of city government for a digital future
by London School of Economics - LSE Cities 10.12.2019, London
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London, Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Description
In 2018, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, published his roadmap for London to become the leading smart city globally. At the centre of this ambition stands…
Debate
Smart Orders and/or Democracy?
by Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main - Normativeorders 05.12.2019, Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
Programm 14:30 Uhr – 14:45 Uhr Begrüßung Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst (Co-Sprecher des Forschungsverbunds „Die Herausbildung normativer Ordnungen”…
Lecture
Databite No. 126: Joe Mulhall
by Data & Society Research Institute 04.12.2019, New York
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New York, United States of America
Description
Climate Change and Conspiracy: Networked Disinformation Data & Society welcomes Joe Mulhall, senior researcher at European anti-extremism NGO HOPE…
Reading
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Journey to Justice
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 03.12.2019, Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Debbie Levy - Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Journey to Justice—in Children & Teens Young Ruth Bader Ginsburg knew she had the intelligence…
Debate
Wirtschaftspolitische Impulse für Deutschland 2035
by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung 30.11.2019, Bonn
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Bonn, Germany
Description
In der Politik überwiegen in der Regel aktuelle Themen, langfristige Fragen kommen oft zu kurz. Der Managerkreis der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung hat einen…
Lecture
Kritik der Wertegemeinschaft oder: Über den Platz der Politik in …
by Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main - Normativeorders 27.11.2019, Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
Der Siegeszug autoritärer politischer Bewegungen lädt politische Gemeinschaften zu normativer Vergewisserung ein. Auf der Suche nach Mitteln der Auseinandersetzung…
Reading
Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- a…
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 26.11.2019, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Taking her title from Google’s early mantra, Foroohar, the award-winning CNN global economic analyst and Financial Times columnist and associate editor,…
Conference
FIfF-Konferenz 2019 - Künstliche Intelligenz als Wunderland
by Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung e.V. 22.11.2019 bis 24.11.2019, Bremen
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Bremen, Germany
Description
In der berühmten Erzählung Alice im Wunderland von Lewis Carroll begegnet die Protagonistin im Wunderland den merkwürdigsten Gestalten und erlebt kuriose…
Conference
»Girls for Global Goals« Ingenieurinnen für Nachhaltigkeit
by deutscher ingenieurinnenbund e. V. 14.11.2019 bis 16.11.2019, Hamburg
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Hamburg, Germany
Description
Beschreibung: »Moin, Moin«, sagt man in Hamburg. Willkommen im hohen Norden. Die dib-Jahrestagung 2019 in Hamburg steht unter dem Motto »Girls for…
Lecture
Databite No. 125: Charlton McIlwain
by Data & Society Research Institute 13.11.2019, New York
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New York, United States of America
Description
Data & Society welcomes NYU Professor Charlton McIlwain to share African Americans’ role in the Internet’s creation and evolution, illuminating…
Reading
After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, …
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 10.11.2019, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Hope M. Harrison - After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present — in conversation with Charles King Known as…
Reading
Opting Back In: What Really Happens When Mothers Go Back to Work
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 07.11.2019, Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
In their groundbreaking Opting Out?, Stone, sociology professor at Hunter College and the Graduate Center at CUNY, and Lovejoy, a sociologist and senior…
Lecture
Taming New York
by London School of Economics - LSE Cities 06.11.2019, London
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London, Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Description
New York and London have many similarities: global presence, population size, demographic and economic profile, but also severe housing shortage and growing…
Lecture
Shoshana Zuboff: Überwachungskapitalismus und Demokratie
by Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft 06.11.2019, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
Erhebungen und Analysen von Daten verändern die Funktionsweise von Wirtschaft. Aber sind diese Veränderungen so grundlegend, dass sie zur Entstehung…
Reading
Diversity, Inc.
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 04.11.2019, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Pamela Newkirk - Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business —In Conversation with Jonathan Capehart In her latest book Newkirk,…
Debate
Saving America's Cities
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 03.11.2019, Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Lizabeth Cohen - Saving America's Cities: Ed Logue and the Struggle to Renew Urban America in the Suburban Age — in conversation with E. J. Dionne Focusing…
Debate
Ethics of the Digital Transformation
by Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society 01.11.2019, Cambridge
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Cambridge, United States of America
Description
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University was delighted to welcome the President of Germany, Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier,…
Debate
Digitaler Salon: Score me maybe?
by Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft 30.10.2019, Berlin
Ort
Berlin, Germany
Description
Bewertungssysteme entscheiden schon jetzt über Kreditvergabe. In China geht das sogenannte Social Scoring viel weiter. Trotz aller Kritik, gibt es auch…
Lecture
Rethinking Responsibility
by Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main - Normativeorders 17.10.2019, Bad Homburg
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Bad Homburg, Germany
Description
After the publication of Hans Jonas' Das Prinzip Verantwortung forty years ago, the principle of responsibility has become a key concept in moral and political…
Lecture
Fairness in Machine Learning in Health
by Data & Society Research Institute 11.10.2019, New York
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New York, United States of America
Description
Dr. Marzyeh Ghassemi (University of Toronto) and Dr. Kadija Ferryman (NYU Tandon School of Engineering) hosted an interdisciplinary gathering of scholars…
Debate
The Politics of Difference: Race, Technology, and Inclusion
by Harvard Kennedy School - Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy 07.10.2019, Cambridge
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Cambridge, United States of America
Description
The Technology and Social Change Research Project and the Initiative for Institutional Anti-Racism and Accountability – both core research projects at…
Debate
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey - She Said
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 02.10.2019, Washington, D.C.
Ort
Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey - She Said—in conversation with Bob Woodward at Sixth & I From the Pulitzer-prize winning reporters who broke the news…
Symposium
AI NOW 2019 Symposium
by New York University - AI Now Institute 02.10.2019, New York
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New York, United States of America
Description
The Growing Pushback Against Harmful AI The AI Now 2019 Symposium provided behind-the-scenes insights from those at the frontlines of the growing pushback…
Conference
"Jede gute Idee bekommt ihre Chance"
by Hans-Boeckler-Stiftung Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut 02.10.2019, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
Wie geht Gute Arbeit im Zeitalter der digitalen und ökologischen Transformation? Das war das Thema der LABOR.A® 2019 in Berlin, die in diesem Jahr bereits…
Debate
Social Networks or Social Nightmares?
by The Institute for Human Sciences 27.09.2019, Wien
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Wien, Austria
Description
A decade ago social networks, big data and artificial intelligence were welcomed for their promise of progress and democratization of access. Today, the…
Conference
„Eigentum verpflichtet“ – Boden und Immobilien im Spannungsfeld z…
by Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences - Architektur • Bauingenieurwesen • Geomatik 26.09.2019, Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
Die Fachtagung „Eigentum verpflichtet“ widmet sich der Rückkehr der Bodenfrage und den alltäglichen Herausforderungen, die das Eigentum mit sich…
Reading
Margaret Atwood - The Testaments
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 21.09.2019, Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
In this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades with The…
Lecture
American Diplomacy in a Disordered World
by The Institute for Human Sciences 19.09.2019, Wien
Ort
Wien, Austria
Description
In the fifth event of the series “Geopolitical Talks” IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev will talk with Ambassador William J. Burns, president of the…
Lecture
Led by children: designing an inclusive city
by London School of Economics - LSE Cities 18.09.2019, London
Ort
London, Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Description
In a city short of funds where urban air pollution was a growing concern something creative needed to be done to change the city for the better. Elected…
Workshop
Financing Renewables in the Tug-of-War between Subsidies and Mark…
by ifo Institut 17.09.2019, Munich
Ort
Munich, Germany
Description
Achieving the goals of climate policy calls for extensive investments in green technologies. The decarbonization of the energy system – including further…
Reading
Washington Black
by Literaturhaus Frankfurt am Main e.V. 12.09.2019, Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
„Die Vermessung der Welt“ trifft „Underground Railroad“ Obama setzte Esi Edugyans „Washington Black“ (Eichborn) auf die Liste seiner Lieblingsbücher.…
Debate
Can Tech be Governed?
by Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society 10.09.2019, Cambridge
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Cambridge, United States of America
Description
The twenty-odd year mainstream digital revolution has transformed in the public eye from one of promise to threat. This pessimism is reflected in assessments…
Conference
Mensch und Computer 2019
by Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. 08.09.2019 bis 11.09.2019, Hamburg
Ort
Hamburg, Germany
Description
The Mensch und Computer (MuC) conference is an annual conference organised by the German Informatics Society (Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.) and the…
Movie
Reparatur
by Architekturzentrum Wien 28.08.2019, Wien
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Wien, Germany
Description
Bikes n‘ Rails: Solidarität schafft Raum, AT 2019, 7:00 min, dOF, R: Filmgruppe RPL Ein ganzes Mietshaus bauen ohne Eigenmittel – wie geht das? Die…
Debate
GESELLSCHAFTSWANDEL
by Deutsches Architekturmuseum 27.08.2019, Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
Das Begleitprogramm zur Ausstellung BENGAL STREAM steht ganz im Zeichen des Austauschs zwischen europäisch-westlicher und bengalischer Architektur. Die…
Movie
Ökonomie
by Architekturzentrum Wien 21.08.2019, Wien
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Wien, Germany
Description
The Disappearance of Robin Hood, CH 2018, 25:13 min, OmeU, R: Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou London, 1972: The post-war welfare state ushered in an era…
Debate
KLIMAWANDEL
by Deutsches Architekturmuseum 21.08.2019, Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
Das Begleitprogramm zur Ausstellung BENGAL STREAM steht ganz im Zeichen des Austauschs zwischen europäisch-westlicher und bengalischer Architektur. Die…
Lecture
Wohlergehen statt Wachstum
by Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomie e.V. 13.08.2019,
Description
Vortrag und Diskussion: Wohlergehen statt Wachstum. Warum unsere Vorstellung von Entwicklung komplett neu gedacht werden muss. Vortragende: Katherine…
Lecture
Die Industrialisierung des Privatlebens
by Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH - Weizenbaum-Instituts für die vernetzte Gesellschaft 11.07.2019, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
Durch die zunehmende Digitalisierung und Automatisierung sehen uns manche bereits im postindustriellen Zeitalter einer Dienstleistungsgesellschaft angekommen.…
Lecture
Criticism and Compromise – Humboldt as Politician
by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 20.06.2019, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
Alexander von Humboldt was a political writer. His collected writings show how resolutely he engaged as a public intellectual in international matters…
Conference
5th IWH-FIN-FIRE Workshop on "Challenges to Financial Stability"
by Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle 19.06.2019 bis 20.06.2019, Halle (Saale)
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Halle (Saale), Germany
Description
The Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) – Member of the Leibniz Association and the FIRE research centre at Frankfurt School of Finance &…
Hearing
Transparenz-Anforderungen und rechtliche Fragen KI-basierter…
by Bundestag 06.06.2019, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
Anforderungen an die Transparenz sowie rechtliche Fragen rund um haftungs-, patent- und datenschutzrechtliche Aspekte KI-basierter Systeme haben die Mitglieder…
Lecture
José van Dijck: Europe and responsible platform societies
by Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft 05.06.2019, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
The growing pains of digitisation involve intense struggles between competing ideological systems and contesting societal actors – market, government…
Lecture
Die deutsch-französische Herausforderung nach der Europawahl
by Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences - Center for Applied European Studies 04.06.2019, Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
Am 4. Juni 2019 war Daniel Cohn-Bendit im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe ‚Think Europe - Europe thinks‘ am Center for Applied European Studies (CAES) mit…
Lecture
Chinese Tech: The New Global Map
by Data & Society Research Institute 29.05.2019, New York
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New York, United States of America
Description
How are data technologies affecting Chinese society and politics—and how is Chinese tech affecting the rest of the world? Join us for this panel featuring…
Debate
Richard David Precht
by DAI Heidelberg 27.05.2019, Heidelberg
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Heidelberg, Germany
Description
Die digitale Gesellschaft Utopien, Chancen und Risiken In dialogue Richard David Precht im Dialog mit Prof. Dr. Tobias Kollmann, Inhaber des Lehrstuhls…
Lecture
How the Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts
by Data & Society Research Institute 26.05.2019, New York
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New York, United States of America
Description
The Chinese government has long been suspected of hiring as many as 2,000,000 people to surreptitiously insert huge numbers of pseudonymous and other deceptive…
Debate
Das Humboldt Forum und die Ethnologie
by Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main - Normativeorders 22.05.2019, Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
Das Auffälligste am Streit um das Humboldt Forum ist der Streit selbst. Er will nicht enden. Es ist wohl Ironie der Geschichte, dass ausgerechnet jene…
Lecture
Schicksalswahl für Europa!
by Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences - Center for Applied European Studies 21.05.2019, Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
Am 21. Mai 2019 war Vizekanzler und Bundesaußenminister a.D. Joschka Fischer im Rahmen der Reihe ‚Think Europe - Europe thinks‘ und dem 1.000-Tage…
Symposium
Was bedeutet Demokratie in der EU im 21. Jahrhundert?
by Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences - Center for Applied European Studies 17.05.2019, Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
Am 17. Mai 2019 diskutierten die Expertinnen und Experten Prof. Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Grün (Ethikverband der deutschen Wirtschaft e.V. und Goethe-Universität…
Lecture
Everyday Chaos
by Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society 14.05.2019, Cambridge
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Cambridge, United States of America
Description
What's Happening to the Future? The Internet and AI are not only changing the future, they're changing our ideas about how the future arises from the…
Lecture
The Strange State of the Liberal International Order
by German Institute of Global and Area Studies 09.05.2019, Hamburg
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Hamburg, Germany
Description
Lecture by Professor Daniel Drezner. The state of the liberal international order is not good. There are two commonly perceived threats to its future:…
Lecture
SCL and Cambridge Analytica: Peering Inside the Propaganda Machin…
by Data & Society Research Institute 09.05.2019, New York
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New York, United States of America
Description
Cambridge Analytica and their parent company SCL Group hit the headlines recently when, after their work on the Trump campaign, reporting exposed misuse…
Lecture
Ghost Work
by Data & Society Research Institute 08.05.2019, New York
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New York, United States of America
Description
Please join Data & Society for this talk by anthropologist Mary L. Gray based on her latest book, Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building…
Lecture
IGNITE Talks at BKC
by Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society 07.05.2019, Cambridge
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Cambridge, United States of America
Description
Berkman Klein community members share their research, passions, and musings in five minute Ignite Talks. Topics include the data economy in the European…
Ceremony
BigBrotherAwards 2019
by digitalcourage 30.04.2019, Bielefeld
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Bielefeld, Germany
Description
Die BigBrotherAwards prämieren Datensünder in Wirtschaft und Politik und wurden deshalb von Le Monde „Oscars für Datenkraken“ genannt. Die BigBrotherAwards…
Lecture
Having our cake and eating it too
by Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society 29.04.2019, Cambridge
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Cambridge, United States of America
Description
It has been argued that competitive pressures could cause AI developers to cut corners on the safety of their systems. If this is true, however, why don't…
Debate
Das Verbrechen des Holocaust verjährt nicht - Die Aufgaben von Hi…
by Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main - Normativeorders 25.04.2019, Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
„Dadurch war aber der Gerichtshof überfordert, der nur zu einem einzigen Zweck zusammentritt, nämlich dem, Recht zu sprechen“, so Hannah Arendt,…
Debate
How to work with tech companies on human rights
by Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society 23.04.2019, Cambridge
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Cambridge, United States of America
Description
Insights from a decade of multi-stakeholder collaboration (and an argument with Steve Jobs) How can advocates, activists, and academics work with technology…
Lecture
Constitutionalizing Speech Platforms
by Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society 09.04.2019, Cambridge
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Cambridge, United States of America
Description
We're never going to get a global set of norms for online speech but do the platforms pick our global values and constitutionalize them? Something to tie…
Debate
Corporate Digital Responsibility
by Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz (BMJV) 02.04.2019, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
Das Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz (BMJV) hat gemeinsam mit den Unternehmen Deutsche Telekom, Miele, Otto Group, SAP, Telefónica…
Reading
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice
by Politics and Prose Bookstore 26.03.2019, Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C., United States of America
Description
Jennifer L. Eberhardt - Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do Eberhardt, a professor of psychology at Stanford,…
Debate
Social Scoring – Auf dem Weg in die gläserne Gesellschaft?
by Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz (BMJV) 13.03.2019, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Conference
The Big Picture of a Just and Clean European Energy Transition in…
by Agora Energiewende - Smart Energy for Europe Platform (SEFEP) gGmbH 07.03.2019, Brussels
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Brussels, Belgium
Description
The report summarises 14 months of research and discussion with a broad range of experts, stakeholders and senior decision-makers in Brussels and capitals…
Lecture
Eva Illouz: Capitalist subjectivity and the internet
by Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft 06.03.2019, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
In her lecture, Eva Illouz takes a closer look at the dating app Tinder. In regards to how people interact with the app, she will address the notion of…
Panel discussion
Vorhang auf oder Schotten dicht? Was bleibt von 1989?
by The Institute for Human Sciences 17.02.2019, Wien
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Wien, Austria
Description
Im Frühsommer 1989 bekam der Eiserne Vorhang erste Risse. Im November 1989 fiel symbolträchtig die Berliner Mauer, bis Jahresende verschwanden die alten…
Lecture
Wie der schlechte Zustand der Weltmeere verbessert werden kann
by Bundestag 13.02.2019, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
Die Weltmeere sind in einem schlechten Zustand und beim Schutz der Hohen See besteht noch erheblicher Handlungsbedarf. Unter diesen Prämissen tauschten…
Lecture
ITeG-Ringvorlesung: Das metrische Wir. Über die Quantifizierung d…
by Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. 13.02.2019, Kassel
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Kassel, Germany
Description
Ob Bildung, Gesundheit oder Konsum: Über so ziemlich jeden Aspekt unserer Person und unseres Verhaltens werden inzwischen Daten gesammelt. Schritt für…
Debate
Cyberlaw and Human Rights
by Harvard University - Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society 31.01.2019, Cambridge
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Cambridge, United States of America
Description
After two decades of little direct legislation of the internet, national laws and related court decisions meant to govern cyberspace are rapidly proliferating…
Lecture
Impulsvorträge zu ethischen Fragen rund um Künstliche Intellige…
by Bundestag 14.01.2019, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
Mit ethischen Fragen der Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI) haben sich die Mitglieder der Enquete-Kommission „Künstliche Intelligenz – Gesellschaftliche…
Lecture
How Democracies dies
by Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main - Normativeorders 10.12.2018, Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
Einführung in den Vortrag: Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst (Co-Sprecher des Exzellenzclusters "Die Herausbildung normativer Ordnungen" und Professor…
Lecture
Explainability: an interactive view
by Universität Heidelberg - Institut für Informatik 03.12.2018, Heidelberg
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Heidelberg, Germany
Description
Explainability is currently discussed as a solution to socio-technical challenges such as intelligent software providing incomprehensible decisions but…
Lecture
Rethinking Growth: The Schumpeterian Perspective
by Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH 15.11.2018, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
WZB Distinguished Lecture in Social Sciences by Philippe Aghion Introduction: Helmut Bester Ever since the financial crisis, the threat of long-lasting…
Debate
Vorstellung und Diskussion: "Empfehlungen für Faires Verbraucher-…
by Gesellschaft für Informatik e. V. - Fachgruppe Frauen und Informatik 31.10.2018, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
Es gehört zunehmend zu unserem Alltag, dass unsere Aktivitäten, Verhaltensweisen oder Gewohnheiten aufgezeichnet und ausgewertet werden. Big Data und…
Debate
Opferschutz in Strafverfahren wegen geschlechtsspezifischer Gewal…
by Deutscher Juristinnenbund e. V. (djb) - Bundesgeschäftsstelle 26.10.2018, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
Anlässlich des Internationalen Tages gegen Gewalt gegen Frauen veranstaltet der Lehrstuhl für Öffentliches Recht und Geschlechterstudien zusammen mit…
Symposium
AI NOW 2018 Symposium
by New York University - AI Now Institute 18.10.2018, New York
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New York, United States of America
Description
Ethics, Organizing, and Accountability Over the past year, research and advocacy have continued to expose bias, error, and misuse of Artificial Intelligence…
Lecture
Würde_Wer bestimmt, was einem Menschen zusteht?
by Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main - Normativeorders 16.10.2018, Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
Die Würde hat Karriere gemacht. Mit ihr beginnt das Grundgesetz. Fast zeitgleich wird sie in die Allgemeine Erklärung der Menschenrechte aufgenommen.…
Debate
Conceptualizing the Future of Democracy: Combining Representation…
by Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main - Normativeorders 26.09.2018, Frankfurt am Main
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Description
In the light of declining voter-turnout, party membership and trust in representative institutions, the democratic institutions developed in the 19th and…
Debate
Economic models
by Post Growth 2018 Conference 18.09.2018 bis 19.09.2018, Brüssel
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Brüssel, Belgium
Description
Chair : Alojz Peterle, MEP (EPP) Panellists : Simone d’Alessandro, University of Pisa Daniel Mügge, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Professor of Political…
Debate
Wages & Collective Bargaining
by Post Growth 2018 Conference 18.09.2018 bis 19.09.2018, Brüssel
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Brüssel, Belgium
Description
Chair : Marisa Matias, MEP (GUE/NGL) Panellists: Esther Lynch, ETUC, Confederal Secretary Lars Vande Keybus, FGTB
Debate
Beyond GDP Growth
by Post Growth 2018 Conference 18.09.2018 bis 19.09.2018, Brüssel
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Brüssel, Belgium
Description
Chair, Helmut Scholz, MEP (GUE/NGL) Panellists: Efi Achtsióglou, Greek Minister of Labour Christian Felber, Economy for the Common Good Leida Rijnhout,…
Lecture
The Civic City in a Digitized World
by HafenCity Universität Hamburg 13.06.2018, Hamburg
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Hamburg, Germany
Description
The world is turning to its darker face, apprehension is in the air, the Zeitgeist is one of rising anxiety as our social and our tribal selves increasingly…
Workshop
TV, Economics and Society II "Stories for our time"
by Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH 04.06.2018 bis 05.06.2018, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
This workshop series aims at fostering the rare dialogue between the arts and economics. It focuses on the revolution that has taken place in TV - that…
Lecture
Speculative Urbanism and the New Volatility of City Life
by Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH 23.05.2018, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
UN-Habitat Director Joan Clos recently declared we would build more urban infrastructure in the next three decades than in all of human history. He was…
Debate
Start-ups and Platforms: Regulating Labor in the Gig Economy
by Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH 13.04.2018, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
Advocates of the platform economy present it as a new way of organizing work and value creation and as a fundamental and efficient alternative to the “old…
Lecture
Die Zukunft von «Privacy» im Zeitalter der Künstlichen Intelligen…
by Collegium Helveticum 23.11.2017, Zürich
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Zürich, Switzerland
Description
«Du hast ohnehin Null Privacy. Komm darüber hinweg.» Der Satz des Ex-CEO von Sun Microsystems stammt aus dem Jahre 1999, hat aber bis heute nicht an…
Symposium
AI NOW 2017 Symposium
by New York University - AI Now Institute 10.07.2017, New York
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New York, United States of America
Description
The AI Now 2017 Symposium was designed to address the biggest challenges we face as AI moves further into our everyday lives. This was the second annual…
Lecture
Databite No. 91: Bruce Schneier
by Data & Society Research Institute 04.07.2016, New York
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New York, United States of America
Description
We have created a world where information technology permeates our economies, social interactions, and intimate selves. The combination of mobile, cloud…
Workshop
Public Finance Workshop
by Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) 05.05.2014 bis 06.05.2014, Berlin
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Berlin, Germany
Description
The MCC brought together international top-researchers in a Public Finance Workshop. You can find the documentation of the presentations here. Participants…