[open-sustainability] Article on Barriers to the open government data agenda

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Martin, C., 2014, Barriers to the open government data agenda: Taking
a Multi-Level
Perspective, Policy & Internet, 6(3), 217-240
A loose coalition of advocates for Open Government Data (OGD) argue
that such data has the potential to have a transformative impact by
catalyzing innovation across sectors of the economy and by fostering
democratic participation and engagement. However, there is limited
evidence to date of the OGD agenda having such a transformative
impact. This article applies the Multi-level Perspective (MLP); an
approach more typically applied to study transitions to a sustainable
society, to explore the nature of the barriers currently faced by
the OGD agenda. It argues that such barriers exist in two forms:
implementation barriers and barriers to use. The empirical results
presented include survey responses measuring the perceptions of U.K.
OGD community members of 33 barriers to the OGD data agenda.
These results are analyzed to identify implications for OGD policy and
practice. The article concludes with a start at establishing a
theoretical grounding for the study of barriers to the OGD agenda.

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Dr. Dominik Reusser

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Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Research Domain 2: Climate Impacts & Vulnerabilities
Reserach Area III: Climate Change and Development

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