Open Data
Data: Social Sciences & Humanities –Numerical data for scholarly research: Economics, Sociology, Political Economy, Economic History &c. –Qualitative: coded data, cases, images. The Data Deluge –Free Our Data –Indexing of Big Data –Personal data
Propensity towards Open Data –Data from research projects –Data from individual scholars –Macro data (ECB, W.B., states) –Micro-socioeconomic data –Financial data –HFDF
Data from research projects –Institutionally-generated, large/medium scale projects (usually with an original survey component); also retro-scanned data –EUDO, DReMMEUDODReMM Data from individual scholars –Related to publications: Elaboration of macro and micro sources; smaller surveys & fieldwork –Theses, articles, WPs, monographs
Access, Networks and Archives –National archives: SURF, UKDS SURFUKDS –Discipline/cluster archives: NBER NBER –Multi-disciplinary: Dataverse, Nesstar DataverseNesstar –Journal archives: Econometrica, PloS EconometricaPloS –Local institutional data repositories –EUI Data PortalEUI Data Portal
OD dissemination for publication-related datasets: Benefits Access Data methodology & instruction Cross-referencing with publications
OD dissemination for publication-related datasets: Some caveats. Dated data / newer data resides at source Data not sufficiently elaborated Discourse echo
An Institutional Data Repository – University of Edinburgh
EUI Data beta consultation –Join the data list –Feedback via the Data PortalData Portal
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Open Data