Second round of grant funding awarded to researchers studying the future of the Internet https://www.isocfoundation.org/2021/06/second-round-of-grant-funding-awarded-to-researchers-studying-the-future-of-the-internet/ 1. University of Oregon Foundation – USA – $199,861 Theme: Greening the Internet Project Title: How to Address Climate Change Risks by Enhancing Internet Infrastructure Resilience Research Question: What is the overall resilience of Internet infrastructures to climate change-induced multi-hazard risks? 2. The Green Web Foundation – Netherlands – $200,000 Theme: Greening the Internet Project Title: A Sustainable and Just Internet for All Research Question: How do we advance climate justice in the practice of Internet professionals in a plausible, desirable, accessible, and coherent way? 3. David Johnson and Senka Hadzic – South Africa – $98,470 Theme: The Internet Economy Project Title: Incentivized network and localized services growth with blockchain economics Research Question: Can decentralized blockchain-based economic systems incentivize vulnerable communities to create and grow their own networking infrastructure, services, and content? (In collaboration with Grassroots Economics)
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