Katharina Meyer

Fediverse Governance Successes & Gaps - Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund Analyzing Effective Governance and Infrastructure Gaps in Medium-to-Large Sized Servers for Enhanced Social Networking

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Homepage - OFA Symposium Open Technology Impact in Uncertain Times

ℹ️ For more information on the CFP and submission requirements, check out their (new!) website: symposium.openforumeurope.org

🗳️ This year, submitters (practitioners & academics alike) can apply for a Paper Presentation, Presentation of Ongoing Research, or Topical Presentation across four tracks:

1. Economic Impact of Open
2. Open Technologies and Geopolitics
3. Sustainability and Security
4. Open Source and AI

📣 The Call for Proposals for the #OFASymposium2025 is now live! (Deadline: June 1st) #opensource

🌐 This year's edition of the Symposium, hosted at Fundação Getulio Vargas Direito Rio (Law School), will be themed "Open Technology Impact in Uncertain Times" - meet me in Rio November 18th-19th: (1/n)

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Ever wanted to discuss a #CriticalTheory of the Computational? Then submit an abstract for our workshop w/ keynote by @katecrawford.bsky.social & input by marvellous critical theorists! Deadline: April 30 www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...
@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social

Umso wichtiger deshalb, dass EU, internationale Organisationen, Corporates und vermögende Einzelstaaten jetzt schnell die single-points-of failure in der digitalen Infrastruktur angehen und diese breit unterstützen- wie es bei analogen Straßen und Brücken schon der Fall ist -für das offene Internet.

von offener, Grundrechte wahrender Technologie - (plus: die unübersehbare Hegemonie der proprietären Tech-Fürsten im Nahfeld des Präsidenten).

Neben dem Angriff auf die Daseinsvorsorge könnte es beim aktiven Defunding deshalb imho auch eine Motivation sein, dass man (anderen) Staaten "entgegenkommen" möchte mit der Destabilisierung

Während einige autokratische Staaten vor ein paar Jahren noch "Systemfeinde" waren, sind sie nun (teilweise) wichtige Partner - man hat evt. ein (gemeinsames) Interesse die aktive Zivilgesellschaft zu kontrollieren.

andererseits: die digitalen Überwachungskapazitäten die dem amerikanischen Staat zur Verfügung stehen, tragen weltweit zur Cyberunsicherheit bei. Das ist mitzudenken, auch um zu verstehen, warum sich Prioritäten in der Außenpolitik verschieben:

2) Die USA haben eine Doppelrolle inne: Der OTF (2012) wurde fast zeitgleich mit den Snowden-Enthüllungen (2013) etabliert. Einerseits wurde mit US-Geldern aktiv u.a. Verschlüsselungstechnologie gefördert, die global unter offener Lizenz zur Verfügung steht-

bei der tax-exempt- Status-Anerkennung im Raum, sobald man sich zu "politisch" im Grantmaking engagiert. Das heisst: Auch die US-Philanthropie kannggf. nicht im selben Umfang wie beim letzten Angriff auf den OTF in die Co-Finanzierung von technischen Projekten einsteigen - es braucht mehr Akteure.

Zwei Punkte, dies nicht mehr untergekommen sind, aber wichtig, um die Perfidität des Angriffs zu erfassen:
1) Nicht zufällig wird aktuell neben dem breitangelegten Rückbau staatlicher Finanzierung auch der Handlungskorridor privater US-Stiftungen eingeschränkt: hier stehen Reformen

vs. breiter angelegte Grundversorgung wie z.B Digitale Souveränität und den EuroStack, strategische Instrumente wie @sovereign.tech gesprochen
- und darüber, dass Open Source global entwickelt, aber leider noch nicht angemessen dezentral finanziert wird.Da jeder Beitrag 1 Zeitrahmen hat:

Die Deutschlandfunk Kultur- "Breitband"- Redaktion hat mich ins Studio eingeladen, um die Definanzierung des Open Technology Fund zu kommentieren: www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/open-technol... - Wir haben über (digitale) Daseinsvorsorge, projektbezogene Finanzierung und Internet-Freiheit

OSS Research-Software - Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund Incentivizing Investment in and Adoption of Open Infrastructure for Research through Community Health Assessments

Last but not least:
Topic: Research Software Ecosystem & Metrics


- Incentivizing Open Research Infrastructure (Katherine Skinner, Chrys Wu, Lauren Collister):


Evaluating how health metrics for open projects drive investment and foster sustainability.
infrastructureinsights.fund/projects/oss...

Code Classification - Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund Sociotechnical Repercussions of FOSS Engineering Processes and Code Classification

- FOSS Engineering and Community Impact (Darren Gergle, Aaron Shaw, Matt Gaughan):


Studying MediaWiki’s technical development processes to understand impacts on sustainability and community engagement.
infrastructureinsights.fund/projects/cod...

OSM CoCreation - Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund Impacts of Corporate Editing on Collective Intelligence in OpenStreetMap

- Corporate Impacts on OpenStreetMap (Yair Grinberger):


Analyzing how corporate contributions shape collaboration and autonomy in OpenStreetMap.
infrastructureinsights.fund/projects/osm...

ISP OSS - Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund Enhancing sustainability for Internet Service Providers connecting those most in need

Topic: Sustainability & Community Impact

- Sustainability for Community-Focused ISPs in Brazil (Nathalia Foditsch):


Leveraging FOSS to expand affordable internet access while improving oper. sustainability.
infrastructureinsights.fund/projects/isp...

DPI Privacy - Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund Privacy Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure in India

Topic: Privacy & Security

- Privacy Risks in Indian Digital Public Infrastructure (Divyank Katira, Gurshabad Grover, Anunay Kulshrestha):


Examining privacy challenges & surveillance risks in India’s expansive digital infrastructure.
infrastructureinsights.fund/projects/dpi...

Tripartite Commons Governance - Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund The next tripartite governance systems: governments, markets, and commons

-Governance of Public-Private-Commons Systems (Marco Berlinguer, Massimo Florio, Silvia Vignetti):

Investigating innovative governance models for collaborations between governments, markets, and commons.
infrastructureinsights.fund/projects/tri...

FOSS Security & Infrastructure Resilience - Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund Understanding Lessons for OSS Security from Historical Trade Security-Efforts

- Securing Open Source Supply Chains (Stephanie Lieggi, Jarrod Millman, Robert Shaw, Juanita Gomez):


Applying historic trade security frameworks to strengthen open-source software supply chains.
infrastructureinsights.fund/projects/fos...

OSS Compliance - Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund Navigating Software Liability of Public Digital Infrastructure

- Legal Liabilities in Open Source Development (Benedict Kingsbury, Angelina Fisher, Han-Wei Liu, Thomas Streinz):

Exploring regulatory challenges faced by FOSS communities, with a focus on non-commercial developers.
infrastructureinsights.fund/projects/oss...

Browser Funding - Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund Asserting Democratic Control over the Browser/Search Funding System

Overview Cohort 4:
Topic: Governance, Policy & Regulation

-Democratic Governance for Browser Funding (Robin Berjon):

Developing governance models to democratize revenue-sharing in browser and search software.
infrastructureinsights.fund/projects/bro...

The new projects underscore D//F’s mission to advance sustainable, secure & resilient open digital infrastructures while fostering a deeper understanding of societal impact & critical role in serving public interest:

💥 It's that ANNOUNCEMENT time of the year again - I´m thrilled to work with all incoming infrastructureinsights.fund researchers and projects! ⬇️
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Call for Web Residencies No. 20 »Tools for Citation«

"The residency »Tools for Citation« examines how knowledge is produced and how those processes can be reimagined through expanded citational practices." — organized by Charles Broskoski (of Are.na) and Mindy Seu!

💻🌱 Continuing the documentation of #TheTechWeWant Summit. You can now access the video and summary of Panel 2 - "The Tech We Want is Built and Maintained with Care" with Sara Petti, Katharina Meyer @kthrnmyr.bsky.social, Mathieu Jacomy and Allison Pike.

👉🏾 https://buff.ly/40zyZt6

Adapting | Technologies of Resilience The world is at a crucial turning point in the fight against climate change. Every decision counts to achieve the goal of climate neutrality by 2050 and limit the global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Not...

"HOPE" coming up Sep 4-8 in Linz! Both conf days are full of thoughtfully curated panels & talks, bridging Art, Science, Technology. I´m hosting a conversation on Tools of Resilience & locality w/ Dani Plöger, Mohamed Labat; Andrei Baicu of www.turbulent.be // ars.electronica.art/hope/en/even...

I can´t wait to read your cutting edge proposals looking into these fields & intersections. Refer to RFP for further details on application & scope: infrastructureinsights.fund/wp-content/u... - we want to support more, to stay ahead of the curve and continue building the field. Apply! & reach out.