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Untangling the open data debate: definitions and implications
I’m exploring creating a series of short notes based on my current PhD research into open data as tools to support wider dialogue around data policy and practice. Here’s a draft of the first one,...
View ArticleOpen data: embracing the tough questions
Two open data related publications I’ve been working on have made it to the web in the last few days. Having spent a lot of the last few years working to support organisations to explore the...
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Ten building blocks of an open data initiative
This is the second in a short series of research notes that aim to draw out practical points from my current PhD explorations of the impacts of open data on inclusive governance. This one draws on a...
View ArticleThree new #opendata papers
Just in time for the Open Knowledge Festival in Helsinki we’ve added one new paper, and two new field notes to the Open Data Special Issue of the Journal of Community Informatics. Simon McGinnes and...
View ArticleKey perspectives on open data research: Boston workshop
As part of the Open Data Research network projects I’m involved in I had the pleasure of participating in a workshop at Harvard a few weeks back, where Felipe Heusser had brought together a stellar...
View ArticleComplexity and complementarity – why more raw material alone won’t...
[Summary: reflections on an open data hack day, complexity, and complements to open data for economic and social impact] “Data is the raw material of the 21st Century”. It’s a claim that has been made...
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Reflections on WebSci13
I spent most of last week at the 2013 Web Science Conference. Although I’ve been working on my PhD in Web Science for about 18 months (now part-time, as I work on the Exploring the Emerging Impacts of...
View ArticleCfP: Open Data Track – 2014 Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government
I’m co-chairing a track on ‘Open Data, Transparency and Open Innovation‘ at the next CeDEM Conference for E Democracy and Open Government, taking place at Danube University Krems in May next year. The...
View ArticleWeb Observatories: The Governance Dimensions
Governance & Sustainability for a Web Observatory I’m in a workshop at MIT today about plans to create a ‘Web Observatory’, collecting and curating vast quantities of data from across the web for...
View ArticleData standards and inclusion in the network society
This note is based on a presentation given at the ‘Inclusion in the Network Society Roundtable‘ hosted by IT For Change in Bangalore, 29th September – 1st October. It further develops a number of...
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