The 2024 open data maturity (ODM) assessment evaluated the maturity of countries in the field of open data. In particular, the assessment measured the progress of European countriesin making public sector information available and stimulating its reuse, in line with the open data directive...

In the 2023 open data maturity (ODM) assessment, Portugal, Serbia and Slovakia achieved significant year-on-year improvements in their ODM. This current report on open data best practices investigates the drivers behind this growth through interviews with the open data teams of these three...

While several studies have documented the potential of open data to spur economic innovation as well as to usher in fresh forms of political and government accountability, we know little about how open data is being used and what forms of impact it is having. To balance the demand and supply of...

The 2023 open data maturity (ODM) assessment evaluated the maturity of countries in the field of open data. In particular, the assessment measured the progress of European countries in making public sector information available and stimulating its reuse, in line with the open data directive...

The 2023 open data maturity (ODM) assessment evaluated the maturity of countries in the field of open data. In particular, the assessment measured the progress of European countries in making public sector information available and stimulating its reuse, in line with the open data directive...

Deutschland schreitet laut internationalen Vergleichsstudien in der Öffnung von Verwaltungsdaten voran, kann aber das Potenzial noch nicht ausreichend heben. Dabei bieten offene Verwaltungsdaten einen hohen Mehrwert sowohl für Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Gesellschaft als auch für die...

Smart city technology has its value and its place; it isn’t automatically or universally harmful. Urban challenges and opportunities addressed via smart technology demand systematic study, examining general patterns and local variations as smart city practices unfold around the world. Smart...

Die von WIK-Consult geführte Geschäftsstelle Stadt.Land.Digital gibt in der Lagebeschreibung einen Überblick über relevante und diskutierte Themen des ersten Halbjahrs 2023. Die Lagebeschreibung betrachtet den Stand offener Daten in Kommunen, den Einsatz von Open-Source-Software für...

A central objective of European open data policy is ensuring that the potential value of data, including data made available via open data portals, can be optimally realised. Reducing or eliminating any constraints that impede open use of such data is a critical step in achieving this objective:...

Active transparency is developed through the provision of information by public administrations. However, for this information to be reusable, it must be offered through free licenses and open formats, two characteristics present in open data. This paper aims to investigate the disclosure of...

This paper explores HacktheCrisis, the Swedish hackathon that was a response to the COVID-19 pandemic to address the challenges that it brought up. The main aims of the research were to explore the feasibility of the digital only COVID-19 hackathon as an open innovation method and to uncover the...

Governmental and public organisations have historically been generating and accumulating vast amounts of data which could provide many potential benefits for society and national economies. One example of an important dataset is accounts payable providing information about purchases and...

In conjunction with the release of The Periodic Table of Open Data Elements: A User’s Guide, the Open Data Policy Lab (a collaboration between The GovLab and Microsoft) is pleased to present a completely reworked version of our Periodic Table of Open Data Elements, first launched alongside in...

The Open Data Maturity assessment 2022 benchmarks the development of European countries in the field of open data. In this eighth consecutive annual report by data.europa.eu (formerly European Data Portal), 35 countries participate, including the 27 EU Member States, 3 European Free Trade...

Smart meter open data is becoming widely available due to the mass installation of smart meters. Consumer data analytic methods are available in literature since several years ago, but they seldom specify the steps taken in data treatment, nor do they highlight the particularities that can arise...

Fragmentation of production across national boundaries results in global supply chains. To govern effectively in this type of economy requires a combination of public data with private initiatives (from business, banks and NGOs). But basically, there are three major challenges to that: a) data...

Our modern society and economy moves toward a knowledge-based and service-oriented global world. With the increase of mobile network, mobile devices, and internet of things, many industries, including government departments, private firms, and research communities, offer more transparency...

Starting in the 1960s with the Kennedy Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), nontariff measures (NTMs) have been replacing tariffs continuously as the core element of trade negotiations. Today they take centre stage in all EU trade agreements with industrialised and...

Das LaForeT Projekt (Landscape Forestry in the Tropics) wurde vom Thünen-Institut für Waldwirtschaft in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Partnern in Ecuador, den Philippinen und Sambia in den Jahren 2016 bis 2023 durchgeführt. Das Projekt analysiert Auswirkungen von Politikinstrumenten auf die...

This study examines Open Science practices among economic researchers at German universities and research institutions. A total of 314 scientists from different economic disciplines took part in an online survey to answer questions about their attitudes, applications, barriers, and incentives in...

Diese Studie untersucht Open-Science-Praktiken in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften an deutschen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen. Insgesamt 314 Wissenschaftler:innen aus verschiedenen wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Disziplinen haben an einer Online-Umfrage teilgenommen, um Fragen zu ihren...

European Union legislation obliges natural gas transmission system operators to publish key transport indicators on a transparency platform operated by the European Network of Gas Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG). Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) maintains similar transparency...

Diese Research Note stellt mit StatePol eine neue Datenbank vor, die Informationen über die Mitglieder der Landesparlamente und -regierungen enthält. Die Informationen umfassen sowohl soziodemografische Merkmale als auch Karrieredaten wie Mitgliedschaften und Ämter in Fraktionen,...

Das LaForeT Projekt (Landscape Forestry in the Tropics) wurde vom Thünen-Institut für Waldwirtschaft in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Partnern in Ecuador, den Philippinen und Sambia in den Jahren 2016 bis 2023 durchgeführt. Das Projekt analysiert Auswirkungen von Politikinstrumenten auf die...

Germany must decarbonise all energy sectors to meet international and national climate goals. This task necessitates linking the electricity with the gas, heat and mobility sectors. On the one hand, sector coupling increases the demand for electrical energy and changes well-known demand patterns...

Digitalization is frequently addressed in recent economic and social scientific literature. This paper applies a distinction to digital data (raw data) and digital technologies (including both software platforms and hardware solutions). The open data is defined as follows: it is publicly...