Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society

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Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
motto Exploring cyberspace, sharing in its study & pioneering its development
founding 1998
place Cambridge , Harvard University , USA
Executive director Urs Gasser
Website cyber.law.harvard.edu

The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society is an interdisciplinary research center at Harvard University that specializes in Internet research. Formerly part of Harvard Law School , the institute has traditionally dealt with legal and regulatory issues relating to the Internet. Since May 15, 2008 the institute has been a university-wide initiative of Harvard University.

history

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society was founded in 1998 by Professors Jonathan Zittrain and Charlie Nesson. It is named after the Berkman family, former owners of The Associated Group , who contributed $ 5.4 million to founding the institute. Since 1998 the center has grown from a small project within Harvard Law School to an interdisciplinary research center at Harvard University .

Some sister institutions have been inspired by the Berkman Center 's research focus , including the Stanford Center for Internet and Society and the Oxford Internet Institute . On 5 July 2016, the Research Center for a donation of 15 million was US dollars by Michael R. Klein to Berkman Center for Internet & Society Klein renamed.

Main research areas

The main research focus at the Berkman Klein Center is the influence of social and societal contexts on the development of Internet technologies and how these in turn change society. Research topics include youth and media, surveillance , privacy , digital arts , internet governance , cloud computing , and internet censorship . The center strives to incorporate research results directly into internet law , internet regulation and the future technical development of the internet. The Berkman Klein Center sponsors events, lectures and conferences on the topic of the Internet and regularly invites visiting scholars and post-doctoral students.

Projects and initiatives

Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP)

The Citizen Media Law Project (CMLP) is a project of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society . The aim of the project is:

  1. To advise and provide resources to individuals and groups involved in online and grassroots journalism .
  2. The promotion of participatory journalism .
  3. Protecting freedom of expression on the Internet.

Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)

The Digital Public Library of America is a project that aims to create a comprehensive and freely accessible public library .

Members

Current or former members of the center are: John Perry Barlow , Danah Boyd , John Clippinger, Primavera De Filippi , Tamar Frankel, Benjamin Mako Hill , Reynol Junco, Rebecca MacKinnon , James F. Moore, Mayo Fuster Morell, Doc Searls, Wendy Seltzer, Peter Suber , Jimmy Wales , David Weinberger , Dave Winer , Shoshana Zuboff and Ethan Zuckerman.

Part of the teaching staff are: Yochai Benkler , William "Terry" Fisher, Urs Gasser , Lawrence Lessig , Charles Nesson , John Palfrey and Jonathan Zittrain.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Jon Swartz: Berkman Center pioneers steer the course of cyberspace . In: USA Today , June 10, 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2011. 
  2. ^ Steve Bradt: Harvard Gazette announcement of Berkman Center elevation to Harvard interfaculty initiative . News.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on October 22, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 22, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.news.harvard.edu
  3. ↑ Berkman Gift of $ 5.4 Million to Support Professorship for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies and Center for Internet & Society
  4. ↑ Harvard's Berkman Center Launches Publius Project . Schoollibraryjournal.com. May 19, 2008. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
  5. ↑ See http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/
  6. ^ Oxford Internet Institute website . Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  7. ↑ Michael R. Klein LL.M. '67 supports future of cyberspace exploration and study. In: Harvard Law Today. July 5, 2017, accessed September 13, 2017 .
  8. ↑ http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/youthandmedia
  9. ↑ http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/surveillance
  10. ↑ http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/privacy
  11. ↑ http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/metalab
  12. ↑ http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/icann_study
  13. ↑ http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/cloudcomputing
  14. ↑ http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/herdict
  15. ^ About Berkman Center . November 3, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
  16. ^ Berkman Center People: Fellows . Cyber.law.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on September 6, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 9, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cyber.law.harvard.edu
  17. ^ Citizen Media Law Project
  18. ^ Digital Public Library of America .