Towards value-creating and sustainable open data ecosystems: A comparative case study and a research agenda

B. van Loenen; A.M.G. Zuiderwijk-van Eijk; G. Vancauwenberghe; Francisco J. Lopez-Pellicer; I. Mulder; Charalampos Alexopoulos; Rikke Magnussen; Mubashrah Saddiqa; Melanie Dulong de Rosnay; Joep Crompvoets; Andrea Pollini; Barbara Re; Cesar Casiano Flores

doi:10.29379/jedem.v13i2.644

Towards value-creating and sustainable open data ecosystems: A comparative case study and a research agenda

B. van Loenen^*, A.M.G. Zuiderwijk-van Eijk, G. Vancauwenberghe, Francisco J. Lopez-Pellicer, I. Mulder, Charalampos Alexopoulos, Rikke Magnussen, Mubashrah Saddiqa, Melanie Dulong de Rosnay, Joep Crompvoets, Andrea Pollini, Barbara Re, Cesar Casiano Flores

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Current open data systems lag behind in their promised value creation and sustainability. The objective of the current study is twofold: 1) to investigate whether existing open data systems meet the requirements of open data ecosystems, and 2) to develop a research agenda that discusses the gaps between current open data systems on the one hand and participatory, value-creating, sustainable open data ecosystems on the other hand. The literature reveals that the main characteristics of value-creating, sustainable open data ecosystems are user-drivenness, inclusiveness, circularity, and skill-based. Our comparative case study of five open data systems in various application domains and countries highlighted that none of these systems are real open data ecosystems: they often do not balance open data supply and demand, exclude specific user groups and domains, are linear, and lack skill-training. We elaborate on a research agenda that discusses how research should address the challenge of making open data ecosystems more value-generating and sustainable.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-27
Number of pages	27
Journal	JeDEM eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government
Volume	13
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.29379/jedem.v13i2.644
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

Open data ecosystem
open data
research agenda
inclusive
circular
user driven

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van Loenen, B., Zuiderwijk-van Eijk, A. M. G., Vancauwenberghe, G., Lopez-Pellicer, F. J., Mulder, I., Alexopoulos, C., Magnussen, R., Saddiqa, M., Dulong de Rosnay, M., Crompvoets, J., Pollini, A., Re, B., & Casiano Flores, C. (2021). Towards value-creating and sustainable open data ecosystems: A comparative case study and a research agenda. JeDEM eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government, 13(2), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.29379/jedem.v13i2.644

van Loenen, B. ; Zuiderwijk-van Eijk, A.M.G. ; Vancauwenberghe, G. ; Lopez-Pellicer, Francisco J. ; Mulder, I. ; Alexopoulos, Charalampos ; Magnussen, Rikke ; Saddiqa, Mubashrah ; Dulong de Rosnay, Melanie ; Crompvoets, Joep ; Pollini, Andrea ; Re, Barbara ; Casiano Flores, Cesar. / Towards value-creating and sustainable open data ecosystems : A comparative case study and a research agenda. In: JeDEM eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government. 2021 ; Vol. 13, No. 2. pp. 1-27.

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In: JeDEM eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2021, p. 1-27.

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