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Datafication is Transforming Citizenship in Cities Around the World

March 16, 2015
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Alison Powell posed a number of interesting questions during her public lecture on March 12 hosted by CMDS. Her talk focused on how datafication influences the transformation of cities, what role brokers play in the making of cities, and on the shift in the meaning of citizenship.

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Two-day VOX-Pol Workshop on the Role of Social Media and Internet Companies in Responding to Violent Online Extremism

March 16, 2015
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CMDS hosted the third VOX-Pol workshop on 5 – 6 March with the participation of nearly 40 experts from policy making, human rights groups, activists, law enforcement, social media companies, and academia. The diverse background and expertise of the participants enabled workshop sessions to address and discuss the themes and issues related to violent online extremism in a complex manner, taking different actors’ and stakeholders’ viewpoints into consideration.

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Pitching American Primacy for 2016

March 5, 2015
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In his article for The Sacramento Bee, CMDS fellow Markos Kounalakis writes about the 2016 US presidential elections, examining the foreign policies of American presidents. "The fourth quarter of a presidency is the foreign policy quarter. During most presidencies, it is when his leverage over Congress is at its ebb, his political considerations minimized and the time used to crystallize a legacy. For all presidents, this is the time to set the geopolitical gears in motion."

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Jillian C. York Says Social Media is Changing Political and Geographic Reality

March 2, 2015
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Writer and activist Jillian C. York, who is the director for international freedom of expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (ECF), offered a global perspective during a public lecture at Central European University (CEU) on February 26, hosted by CMDS.

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SSRN Levels the Playing Field, Says Gregg Gordon

February 27, 2015
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In a public lecture co-hosted by CMDS and the CEU Library, Gregg Gordon explained how the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), the leading social science research repository in the world, is “causing problems and creating opportunities.”

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