Towards value-creating and sustainable open data ecosystems

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

van Loenen, B. (TU Delft Urban Data Science)
Zuiderwijk-van Eijk, A.M.G. (TU Delft Information and Communication Technology)
Vancauwenberghe, G. (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Lopez-Pellicer, Francisco J. (Universidad de Zaragoza)
Mulder, I. (TU Delft Design Conceptualization and Communication)
Alexopoulos, Charalampos (University of the Aegean)
Magnussen, Rikke (Aalborg University)
Saddiqa, Mubashrah (Aalborg University)
Dulong de Rosnay, Melanie (CNRS)
Crompvoets, Joep (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Pollini, Andrea (University of Camerino)
Re, Barbara (University of Camerino)
Casiano Flores, Cesar (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

2021

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.

Open data ecosystem
open data
research agenda
inclusive
circular
user driven

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https://doi.org/10.29379/jedem.v13i2.644

2075-9517

JeDEM eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government, 13 (2), 1-27

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© 2021 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