Gabriel Laender—Brazilian attorney, ICT researcher and legal tech entrepreneur—gave a guest lecture during our ARNIC lunchtime seminar on January 24. Drawing an impressive turnout, Laender provided a great kickoff of the semester for ARNIC.
 
Laender’s talk, titled “Blockchain for Policy: a Pragmatic Assessment,” touched on topics such as blockchain enthusiasts’ relationship with organizations and institutions, collective decision-making, and digital citizenship. Laender noted that he prefers the term “tinkering” over design when it comes to ICT matters—while “design” connotes a more intentional focus,… Read More » “Gabriel Laender gives guest ARNIC lecture, “Blockchain for Policy: a Pragmatic Assessment””

Prof. Hernán Galperin (director and founding member of ARNIC) recently co-authored a chapter in the new MIT Press book, Digital Economies at Global Margins. The book, edited by Mark Graham (Professor, The Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford), explores whether the digitalized economy may transcend “spatial, organizational, social, and political constraints,” or if these new technologies reinforce inequalities and marginalization.
Galperin, along with Catrihel Greppi (MPA/ID candidate at Harvard Kennedy School),… Read More » “Hernán Galperin co-authors chapter in new “Digital Economies at Global Margins” book (MIT Press)”

On Friday, November 30, ARNIC was fortunate to welcome British Member of Parliament (MP) Seema Malhotra to the USC campus. Malhotra is a British Labour and Cooperative Party politician and is the MP for the Feltham and Heston constituency.
Organized by ARNIC founding director Prof. Jonathan Aronson, Malhotra joined Aronson and four student ARNIC members (Annenberg PhD students Sierra Bray, Cerianne Robertson, Anna Loup, and PhD candidate Rachel Moran) for an intimate lunch…. Read More » “British Member of Parliament Seema Malhotra visits ARNIC, gives guest lecture”