OII Blog

One of the outputs of the 2009 Summer Doctoral Programme will be an edited book, written (and edited by) the student group. They have a publisher and a first draft already .. we talked to editor Yana Breindl about the project.
DS: I gather that SDP2009 co-convenor Marcus Foth sprang an instruction on the student group: [...]

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Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Director of the Information and Innovation Policy Research Centre, National University of Singapore, has been visiting the OII recently, and gave a talk last night at Blackwells bookshop about his book: ‘Delete’. Listen to: The Virtue of Forgetting [33 min]
‘Delete‘ looks at the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and [...]

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Just a quick note to say that a webcast is now available for Professor  Manuel Castells‘ talk on ‘The crisis of global capitalism: towards a new economic culture?‘ given last week before a packed lecture theatre at Oxford University Press. The lecture was based on his latest book from OUP, ‘Communication Power’.
A Distinguished Visiting Professor [...]

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Date: Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 19:00 – 20:30
Speaker: Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Director of the Information and Innovation Policy Research Centre at the National University of Singapore
Location: Blackwell, 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BQ, first floor. If you would like to attend please contact [...]

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