New research piece: Together with Chris Hartgerink, we look at scholarly publishing houses and their environmental impact in this guest post.TL;DR:1) We need transparent, comparable, machine-readable emissions data. We are in a Climate Emergency — there is no time to hide behind wordy (100 pages) reporting.2) Some of these research publishers are big enough to... Continue Reading →
Panel: re:publica 2022
#rp22 — “Frictionless Planet” During this year’s re:publica 2022, June 8-10 in Berlin, I had the great pleasure of joining two remarkable women and longtime friends for a panel discussion on the intersection of open data, digital rights, and the climate crisis. Together with Open Knowledge Foundation CEO, Renata Avila and Sustainable Internet Lead with... Continue Reading →
European Parliament Public Hearing
On January 27, 2021, I had the pleasure and honor to join the European Parliament's AIDA Committee in a discussion on Artificial Intelligence and its role in delivering on the EU's Green Deal. The recording of the 3h hearing is available on the EP's multimedia platform. My input during the second panel focused on the... Continue Reading →
Blog: What came out of Reimagine Open?
Last year, the many concerning headlines about the state of the internet prompted us into action. “It seems like we’re at a crossroads where we should take a step back to critically revisit what we envision for the future of our digital lives — and how we can bring about the change that we want... Continue Reading →
Panel: Landesvertretung Schleswig-Holstein
Am 19. September durfte ich gemeinsam mit Schleswig-Holsteins Digitalisierungsminister, Jan Philipp Albrecht, sowie John Weitzmann von Wikimedia und Dr. Thomas Koenen vom BDI unter Moderation von Eva Diederich (NDR) rund um die Themen Offene Daten, Open Source, Open Government und die Idee von Datensouveränität diskutieren. Während Schleswig-Holstein mit Blick auf die Öffnung der eigenen Verwaltungsdaten... Continue Reading →
Cathleen Berger 