Berkman Center

oct
28
2014

[Today] The Responsive City: Engaging Communities Through Data Smart Governance

With Susan Crawford and other special guests

Harvard Law School Visiting Professor and co-director of the Berkman Center Susan Crawford joins Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor of Somerville, MA, Jascha Franklin-Hodge, Chief Information Officer for the City of Boston and Harvard Business School Professor Mitchell Weiss for a lively discussion around her new book, The Responsive City.

Apply for a spot in CopyrightX 2015

The application for the 2015 CopyrightX online sections will run from Oct. 15 - Dec. 15.

15 oct 2014

Open Call for Fellowship Applications, Academic Year 2015-2016

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University has opened our yearly call for fellowship applications. This opportunity is for those who wish to spend the 2015-2016 academic year in residence in Cambridge, MA as part of Berkman's community of pioneers, and who seek to deeply engage in the collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and cross-sectoral exploration of some of the Internet's most interesting, challenging, and compelling issues. Applications will be accepted through Friday December 12, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

Berkman Buzz, October 27, 2014

Berkman adopts an open-access policy, updates from the Digital Problem Solving Initiative, the paradoxes of Open Data, and more... in this week's Buzz.

27 oct 2014

Upcoming Events: The Responsive City (10/28); The Coming Swarm (10/29); Authorship in the Digital World (10/30)

A preview of our upcoming events calendar and recently archived digital media

23 oct 2014

Berkman Community Newcomers: Erhardt Graeff

Meet civic media researcher, technologist, and entrepreneur Erhardt Graeff, a 2014-2015 Berkman Fellow and member of MIT Center for Civic Media and MIT Media Lab.

22 oct 2014

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society Adopts Open Access Policy

With this policy, approved on October 9, 2014, the Berkman Center’s faculty directors and staff join the action of the nine School faculties: granting the University nonexclusive rights on all new scholarly work relating to the purview of research at the Berkman Center. The policy ensures that the “fruits of [Berkman’s] research and scholarship” will be distributed as widely as possible.

22 oct 2014

oct
21
2014

The Inspection House: An Impertinent Field Guide to Modern Surveillance

with authors Emily Horne & Tim Maly

Shopping malls, container ports, terrorist holding cells, and social networks all bristle with cameras, sensors, and trackers. But, crucially, they are also rife with resistance and prime opportunities for revolution. The Inspection House is a tour through several of these sites—from Guantánamo Bay to the Occupy Oakland camp and the authors' own mobile devices—providing a stark, vivid portrait of our contemporary surveillance state and its opponents.

Berkman Buzz: October 17, 2014

The role for children in digital rights discourse, reading ebooks with your kids, the social media/FOMO connection, and more... in this week's Buzz.

17 oct 2014

Berkman Community Newcomers: Josephine Wolff

Produced by our 2014 summer interns (affectionately known as "Berkterns"), these Newcomers snapshots aim to showcase the diverse backgrounds, interests, and accomplishments of our dynamic 2014-2015 community.

15 oct 2014

Upcoming Events: The Inspection House (10/21); The Responsive City (10/28); The Coming Swarm (10/29)

A preview of our upcoming events calendar and recently archived digital media

15 oct 2014

Berkman Buzz: October 10, 2014

Apple's iPhone encryption, algorithmic curation of your vacation photos, a stackscore for libraries, and more... in this week's Buzz.

10 oct 2014

Upcoming Events: National Security and Cyberthreats (10/10); The Inspection House (10/21); The Responsive City (10/28)

A preview of our upcoming events calendar and recently archived digital media

8 oct 2014

Berkman Buzz: October 3, 2014

Chilling Effects launches new website; technology and art to increase transparency and combat abuse in U.S. guest worker programs; and more... in this week's Buzz.

3 oct 2014

New Internet Monitor Report: "Russia, Ukraine, and the West: Social Media Sentiment in the Euromaidan Protests"

Internet Monitor is delighted to announce the publication of "Russia, Ukraine, and the West: Social Media Sentiment in the Euromaidan Protests," the fourth in a series of special reports that focus on key events and new developments in Internet controls and online activity.

2 oct 2014

Upcoming Events: The Evolution of the Internet Governance Ecosystem (10/2); The Great Firewall Inverts (10/7)

A preview of our upcoming events calendar and digital media archive

1 oct 2014

sep
30
2014

Berkman Luncheon Series

NymRights: Protecting Identity in the Digital Age

with aestetix, founder of NymRights

Do you use your "real" name online? What makes a name "real" anyways? Can Google, Facebook, or the government tell us?

Berkman Buzz: September 26, 2014

The future of libraries; 25 years of the Internet; civic tech and climate politics; and more... in this week's Buzz!

26 sep 2014

Upcoming Events: NymRights: Protecting Identity in the Digital Age (9/30); The Evolution of Internet Governance (10/2)

A preview of our upcoming events calendar and recently archived digital media

24 sep 2014

sep
23
2014

Berkman Luncheon Series

Digital Badges for Global Health Delivery Skills

Rebecca Weintraub, MD, Faculty Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University & Faculty Director, Global Health Delivery Project at Harvard University

Healthcare professionals worldwide often have extensive non-clinical skills in management, public health, policy, or other fields which are not officially recognized through a degree. The Global Health Delivery (GHD) Project aims to introduce digital badges, a credentialing mechanism for healthcare professionals to showcase their skills and experience to potential new employers, grant-giving organizations, and others. This event will be webcast live at 12:30pm ET.

Berkman Center for Internet & Society

[Today] The Responsive City: Engaging Communities Through Data Smart Governance

With Susan Crawford and other special guests

Apply for a spot in CopyrightX 2015

Open Call for Fellowship Applications, Academic Year 2015-2016

Berkman Buzz, October 27, 2014

Upcoming Events: The Responsive City (10/28); The Coming Swarm (10/29); Authorship in the Digital World (10/30)

Berkman Community Newcomers: Erhardt Graeff

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society Adopts Open Access Policy

The Inspection House: An Impertinent Field Guide to Modern Surveillance

with authors Emily Horne & Tim Maly

Berkman Buzz: October 17, 2014

Berkman Community Newcomers: Josephine Wolff

Upcoming Events: The Inspection House (10/21); The Responsive City (10/28); The Coming Swarm (10/29)

Berkman Buzz: October 10, 2014

Upcoming Events: National Security and Cyberthreats (10/10); The Inspection House (10/21); The Responsive City (10/28)

Berkman Buzz: October 3, 2014

New Internet Monitor Report: "Russia, Ukraine, and the West: Social Media Sentiment in the Euromaidan Protests"

Upcoming Events: The Evolution of the Internet Governance Ecosystem (10/2); The Great Firewall Inverts (10/7)

Berkman Luncheon Series

NymRights: Protecting Identity in the Digital Age

with aestetix, founder of NymRights

Berkman Buzz: September 26, 2014

Upcoming Events: NymRights: Protecting Identity in the Digital Age (9/30); The Evolution of Internet Governance (10/2)

Berkman Luncheon Series

Digital Badges for Global Health Delivery Skills

Rebecca Weintraub, MD, Faculty Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University & Faculty Director, Global Health Delivery Project at Harvard University

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