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This is Uta Meier-Hahn's webpage.
From journalism to research to international cooperation: In May 2019 I joined the German development agency’s (GIZ) Berlin Lab as advisor for digital technologies in international cooperation. Leading to that, I successfully defended my doctoral thesis at the Department for Economics at Freie Universität Berlin. It is titled “Internet connectivity economics. Architecture – Conventions – Community”. The thesis explores the question of how network operators worldwide overcome the tension between cooperation and competition and jointly provide internet connectivity. Previous posts include programme director at Volkswagen Foundation, who is Germany’s largest independent research funder, online journalist at public broadcasting company Norddeutscher Rundfunk and editor at the Internet Policy Review, which is the first open access journal for internet regulation, published by the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin.
Thoughts about Internet infrastructuRE
Blockchain-Technologien erobern immer mehr Aufmerksamkeit. Während der Hype um immer neue Kryptowährungen, Non-fungible Tokens und das “Web3” weitergeht, bringen Netztheoretiker:innen die kritische Diskussion auf ein neues Niveau: Wer profitiert zurzeit am meisten von Blockchain-Technologien und zu wessen Lasten? Inwiefern eliminieren heutige Blockchain-Systeme alte Mittelsleute und inwiefern begünstigen sie neue? Bei Wikimedia diskutierten wir eine Stunde lang über Machtverschiebungen, Gefahren und Gestaltungsspielräume im transaktionsorientierten Web.
In my previous role as advisor in GIZ’s Blockchain Governance Lab, I edited and co-authored this white paper on blockchain in Africa. It offers a fresh view on blockchain technology as it is maturing and gives policy recommendations, including the fields of data protection regulation and fiscal policy.
Transparency, immutability of records and decentralisation – it is these key features of blockchain technologies that resonate with the core values of public interest journalism, which serves to hold the powerful accountable. But how exactly can blockchain be used to support the journalistic ecosystem in practice? Here is my take from the FoME Symposium 2019.
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Twitter updates
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RT @OSoMe_IU: .@twitterdev finally announced the new Twitter API access tiers. Sadly, it’s no longer feasible to build tools and… https://t.co/iv8fUA1C1D -
Ein Jahr Krieg in der Ukraine: Betreiber bauen im Rücken der Armee Netze neu auf Die Kommunikationsnetze haben in… https://t.co/bDPOw6kCoB
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RT @OBSFrankfurt: Welche Vorteile hat #Nonprofitjournalismus als "dritte Säule" des #Mediensystems (neben privat und ÖRR) ?… https://t.co/8pJ49Zyz9o
Where to meet
Due to Corona, I am not attending open in-person conferences at the moment. Drop me a note if you would like to meet for a walk in Hamburg or Berlin.
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