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Entries by Debra Hevenstone

Hackathons as Career Catalysts: Innovative Pathways to Professional Integration

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Can hackathons bridge the gap between skilled migrants and local job markets? The Hack Integration project uses hackathons to improve integration and inclusion. The project tests whether high-skill refugees and migrants find better jobs after working with local fellow professionals in a collaborative hackathon environment and whether balanced hackathon teams formed through a team suggestion […]

How Open Data can work in the social sector

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In the course of the digitalisation of social institutions, a tension is emerging between two issues that are gaining increasing attention: the publication of data and individual data protection. Making data accessible brings various benefits, but also risks. These trade-offs will be discussed at the two-day Hack4SocialGood which aims to support social organisations with concerns […]