by Marta | Jan 19, 2021 | Article
On January 18 the European Commission launched a brand new initiative, the New European Bauhaus. With it, the EC taps into a key European cultural and industrial experience – the Walter Gropius project of a “school that could provide artistic guidance...
by Marta | Jan 14, 2021 | Article
On January 7, the European Commission decided to register a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Civil society initiative for a ban on biometric mass surveillance practices’. This officialisation is a gamechanger: if the ECI – better...
by Marta | Dec 10, 2020 | Article
It is okay to be disoriented by the number of publications and guidelines about AI ethics. Since 2016, they have been booming. The inventory of AI ethics guidelines compiled by AlgorithmWatch lists over 160 of them, and it is continuously updated. Much has been said...
by Marta | Dec 3, 2020 | Article
Europeans often look at the easiness with which American cops take lives (certain kind of lives, mostly) with superiority. Analysis of the US social divide, poverty and gun culture fill the columns of eminent newspapers. Still, their indignation is fuelled by the...
by Marta | Nov 25, 2020 | Article
Three and a half years after the entry into force of the GDPR, the European Commission releases a new ambitious legal framework about data, the Data Governance Act. It aims to encourage the sharing and re-use of data across sectors while protecting the economic...
by Marta | Nov 18, 2020 | Article
Temporary and ‘meanwhile spaces’ are on the rise across Europe. More and more vacant buildings, plots and unutilized spaces are serving as temporary sites for co-creative experimentation, unlocking a multitude of innovative cultural, social and entrepreneurial...