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Posted On: Saturday, August 28th, 2010The most recent issue of Policy & Internet, includes articles on the role of the Internet in a wide range of policy processes and sectors as well as a Call for Papers for a Special Issue on Cybercrime, to be published in Spring 2011. Policy and Internet is published by the Oxford Internet Institute and [...]
Humanity’s Greatest Asset?
Posted On: Tuesday, April 6th, 2010Humanity’s capacity to generate new ideas and knowledge is its greatest asset………Human rights call on us to ensure that everyone can create, access, use and share information and knowledge, enabling individuals, communities and societies to achieve their full potential”, The Adelphi Charter (2005)
How does legislation cope with the constant tension around shifting technological and social [...]
Annual Dupont Summit
Posted On: Monday, April 5th, 2010Paul Rich, Director of Policy Studies Organization, invites fellows to submit proposals for the next annual Dupont Summit.
Washington, DC, December 3, 2010.
Report Card at Midstream: The Obama Administration faces science and technology issues.
For more information see their website: http://www.ipsonet.org/web/page/537/sectionid/375/pagelevel/2/interior.asp
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We are happy to pass along announcements from RSA Fellows which are in keeping with the RSA’s [...]
The Future of the Book – Cyber Alternatives?
Posted On: Friday, February 5th, 2010I would like to raise the topic of THE FUTURE OF THE BOOK. Will cyberspace provide an alternative for the paper volume which doesn’t get redundant whenever a new cyber system comes in vogue. When we shifted from ‘floppy disc’ how much info did you lose?
Anthony Johnson
Music and disability project
Posted On: Thursday, January 21st, 2010I am starting a project which potentially offers therapeutic benefits to children and adults with physical challenges by using underwater speakers to play music. The sounds when you are in the water, with your ears under the waterline, go into your skeletal system and resonate within your solar plexus. From past experience I believe the [...]
