https://youtu.be/VE4uvVlkcPA; #9 What is digitalization?; 64:35; “What is digitalization?” is the topic of Data Talks episode #9 with Prof. Dr. Benedikt Berger (WI-WWU) and M.A. Fábio Senne (Nic.Br/DCP-USP).

How the concept of digitalization has changed in the last years? What are the challenges that governments and companies are facing to become more digitalized? What is digital inequality and how different access and digital literacy can impact societies? https://youtu.be/uKM8f4osQ7c; #8 Thinking AI; 67:45; How does science fiction help us (re)build our concept of artificial intelligence? What is the impact that those stories have in our expectations and fears about technology? What do we foresee regarding the relationship between technology, power and people and what do we see in the real world?

“Thinking AI” is the the topic of the newest Data Talks episode #8 with Dr. Veridiana Domingos (C4AI-USP) and Dr. Isabella Hermann (Berlin Sci-Fi Filmfestival). https://youtu.be/My8UiT9iZ4c; #7 Cities and Data; 66:14; Cities are not all the same: they have their own history, population, geography and challenges. How to move towards a more sustainable and fair city, based on one city’s own knowledge? How can different cities create their own developing models? How to build a data strategy with this goal?

“Cities and Data” is the topic of our Data Talks Episode #7, with Prof. Dr. Samuel Mössner (IfG - WWU) and M.Sc. Carolina Guimarães (Sustainable Cities Institute). https://youtu.be/6BwyX_RrWHI; #6 Civil society initiatives using public data; 66:45; Public transparency and the provision of information in an open format aim to allow citizens to monitor and interact with governments, developing new solutions to problems faced by communities. But how exactly can citizens use data to impact their community and change the reality? What can we learn from civic innovations in Brazil and Germany?

This is the topic of Data Talks Episode #6: “Civil Society Initiatives using public data” , with Prof. Dr. Gisele Craveiro (EACH - USP) and Sonja Fischbauer (Open Knowledge Foundation - Deutschland) https://youtu.be/7VBYV2iJ4lM; #5 Public data against corruption; 88:28; Corruption undermines the democratic institutions and forbids citizens to have access to their rights, increasing social inequalities and punishing especially the most vulnerable ones. How can civil society take concrete measures to fight corruption and how public data is an essential tool for this battle?

That is the topic of Data Talks #5 “Public data against corruption”, with M.A. Juliana Sakai (Chief Operating Officer - Transparência Brasil), Dr. Bianca Vaz Mondo (Hertie School of Governance) and M.Sc. Mara Mendes (IfPol-WWU) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiIBEo8LymU&ab_channel=DataTalks; #4 Data for climate; 63:48; What are the challenges imposed by the climate crisis and how data can help tackle them? What data is available to use and what information do we still need to collect? And can civil society also produce data to inform governments?

“Data for Climate” is the topic of Data Talks #4, with Dr. Milena Ponczek, atmospheric scientist with Post-Doc at the Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics at the University of São Paulo (IFUSP- Universidade de São Paulo) and producer of the Atmospheric Tales Podcast, and Dr. Thomas Bartoschek, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Geoinformatics of the University of Münster (IfGI-Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) and Co-Founder and CEO of the edtech Start-up re:edu GmbH & Co. KG https://youtu.be/vKwT2dsHwHE; #3 How can public data improve education?; 59:50; Planning education policies is to plan one country’s future. How public data is being used to plan and monitor educational policies? Are educational investments being made efficiently? Is the information available helping us teach our kids the skills and knowledge they will need for their future?

That’s the topic of Data Talks Episode #3 “How can public data improve education?” with Prof. Dr. Marcelo Parreira do Amaral (IfE-WWU, Germany) and M.Sc. Gabriel Barreto Corrêa (Todos pela Educação, Brazil) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJIz2ZSczsQ&list=PLM_TybmCS-gX-dwx3wEXBoqja2liRh5Op&index=2&ab_channel=DataTalks; #2 Data and Health: lessons learned from the management of the COVID-19 crisis; 65:55; In 2020/2021 the world experienced the biggest health crisis of the century. The coordination between local administrations, national governments and research centers was fundamental to avoid more drastic scenarios around the world. What has changed in health administration and what are the new challenges that we will face?

This is the theme of our Data Talks Episode #2 “Data and Health: lessons learned from the COVID-19 crisis” with Prof. Dr. Christovam Barcellos (ICICT - Fiocruz) and M.Sc. Mara Mendes (IfPOL-WWU). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBFSB9lfKF4&list=PLM_TybmCS-gX-dwx3wEXBoqja2liRh5Op&index=1&t=173s&ab_channel=DataTalks; #1 Smart Cities in 2021: Advances and Challenges; 65:31; Over the last years, academics and public leaders dwelled on how to incorporate technology into the administration of cities and make them more efficient, inclusive and clean. But how are these projects today?

This is the topic of our first talk of our Data Talk series entitled "Smart Cities in 2021: advances and challenges", featuring Prof. Dr. Norbert Kersting (IfPOL-WWU) and Prof. Dr. Ana Carla Bliacheriene (EACH-USP)