[open-science] [okfn-discuss] Introducing the Open Economics Principles

[Peter Murray-Rust]

how do we endorse them? Is there a signup?


On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Velichka Dimitrova <
velichka.dimitrova at okfn.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> The Open Economics Working Group would like to introduce<http://openeconomics.net/2013/08/07/introducing-the-open-economics-principles/>the Open
> Economics Principles <http://openeconomics.net/principles/>, a Statement
> on Openness of Economic Data and Code. A year and a half ago the Open
> Economics project began<http://blog.okfn.org/2012/02/23/alfred-p-sloan-foundation-funds-open-economics-working-group-at-the-open-knowledge-foundation/>with a mission of becoming central point of reference and support for those
> interested in open economic data. In the process of identifying examples
> and ongoing barriers for opening up data and code for the economics
> profession, we saw the need to present a statement on the guiding
> principles of transparency and accountability in economics that would
> enable replication and scholarly debate as well as access to knowledge as a
> public good.
>
> We wrote the Statement on the Open Economics Principles during our First<http://openeconomics.net/events/workshop-dec-2012/>and
> Second <http://openeconomics.net/events/workshop-june-2013/> Open
> Economics International Workshops, receiving feedback from our Advisory
> Panel <http://openeconomics.net/about/advisory-panel/> and community with
> the aim to emphasise the importance of having open access to data and code
> by default and address some of the issues around the roles of researchers,
> journal editors, funders and information professionals.
>
> Please, endorse the Principles! We appreciate your participation and
> support.
> http://openeconomics.net/principles/
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>
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> Velichka Dimitrova
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Peter Murray-Rust
Reader in Molecular Informatics
Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
CB2 1EW, UK
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