On Monday, January 27, 2014 12:04 PM, Tim Davies <tim.davies@webfoundation.org> wrote: Open Data Research Network Newsletter Open Data Research Network: Newsletter View this email in your browser Welcome to the latest Open Data Research Network newsletter. News from the ODDC NetworkOpen data supply is improving, but there is still a long way to go before the data that is published connects with citizen demand, and open data is regularly put to high-impact use. That's the general impression shared by participants in our Linked In conversation about the biggest open data issues in 2014, and mirrors emerging findings from our case study research. Yet, efforts to overcome barriers that might prevent the realisation of the promise of open data continue to grow, you can be sure more organisations and countries will be engaging with open data over the coming year. In fact, this year started with the launch of a new Open Data Portal in the Philippines at last week's Good Governance Summit, where two ODDC partners were presenting their early research findings. This increasing growth of open data activities is likely to be matched by increasing demand for evidence about open data outcomes and impacts. Central to any research that can address these demands will be understanding the context and politics of a country or city. Four short summaries of the open data journey in different cities in Latin America recently shared by ODDC partners illustrate the very different forms that open data initiatives can take. Over the next few months we're going to focussed in writing up the diverse case studies from across the ODDC network, and planning for a second network meeting in Berlin alongside the 2014 Open Knowledge Festival in July where we hope to also be sharing our learning publicly, and launching the next phase of the ODDC project. As always - you can keep in touch and tell us about your open data research and plans to through the Open Data Research Network LinkedIn group. We look forward to the ongoing open data conversation in 2014. ReadRecent books, papers, reports & presentations to provide inspiration and insight. A new paper from Anneke Zuiderwijk and Marijn Janssen in Government Information Quarterly looks at Open data policies, their implementation and impact: A framework for comparison. Drawing on the Open Data Barometer, Carlos Iglesias as written a topic report for EPSI Platform on A Year of Open Data in Europe, Middle East Asia and Africa Joel Gurin's Open Data Now book, providing a broad survey of the open data landscape has been published. Also in the last month, Joel and the GovLab team launched the first version of the Open Data 500, profiling companies in the United States working with open data. Josefin Lassinantti has written a paper on "Relevant Social Groups Within the Open Data Initiative–a matter of intertwining meanings" through a study of two municipalities in Sweden, exploring how people attribute meaning to their open data engagement. Seen a paper or report on open data we should know about? Join our Zotero group or get in touch by e-mail to suggest papers to feature in next months newsletter, or check the Open Data Research Network tumblr for the latest links. LinkedIn Twitter EngageUpcoming events; open calls; conferences and consultations. Discussions Rebecca Carter from the Governance and Social Development Resource Centre is seeking input into a literature review on the conditions that facilitate more and better data being accessed by citizens and the conditions that support citizens' greater access to data leading to better governance and political accountability. Share your suggestions on our Linked In group. Events ODDC Co-ordinator Tim Davies will be in Montreal for the Developers for Development conference on 27th/28th January. Find out more about the event here. International Open Data Day takes place on the 22nd February. This community organised day invites local groups to host their own open data hackathons and events to raise awareness of and promote open government data. Visit the website to find out if there is an event near you, or plan your own. Conferences The Open Technology Institute are hosting a pre-conference on 'Data and Discrimination: Converting Critical Concerns into Productive Inquiry' ahead of the 64th International Communications Association conference in Seattle on the 22nd May. A call for extended abstracts is open until 31st January. The International Conference on e-Democracy & e-Government takes place in Quito, Ecuador on April 25th and 26th, and has a call for papers open until 9th February. The conference also offers the opportunity for remote presentation from those who cannot travel to attend. OpenSym, the 10th International Symposium on Open Collaboration, held in Berlin, Germany from 27th to 29th August 2014 will have a track on Open Data Research. A call for papers is open until April 20th. The 15th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research is taking place in Aguascalientes City, Mexico on June 18th - 21st 2014 and has a call for papers on "Open Innovations and Sustainable Development in Government: Experiences from around the World" open until February 1st 2014. Journals The International Journal of Public Information Systems (IJPIS) is running a special issue on The non-government and voluntary sector, ICT, and democracy. A call for papers is open until 1st March. Conferences or events on open data coming up? Let us know about them for the next newsletter. The Open Data Research network is a collaborative project. 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