The Open Data Institute (ODI) has developed a new approach for organisations to identify and manage data ethics considerations: the Data Ethics Canvas. Data ethics is a rapidly emerging area. Increasingly, those collecting, sharing and working with data are exploring the ethics of their practices and, in some cases, being ...

(Image source: Knowledge Exchange approach towards Open Scholarship, KE, 2017 (*))Within the shift toward Open Scholarship - "here [*] intended as an inclusive synonym for Open Science, Open Research, Science 2.0 and other similar terms" - we need deeper understanding of HOW the MOTIVATIONS of different actors are affected by the interactions between ...

(Image source: WILEY)Peer Review can be seen as a process matrix of a sequence of  activities with rules to progressively assess and predict  the quality of published research... The Review by peers is a tried and tested method for the evaluation of new findings before publication … it places great ...

This essay focuses on Copyright, Creative Commons, Sensitive information and the role of Data Classification in determining baseline security controls for the protection of sensitive data. "With many Data Science Applications based on Large and often Sensitive Data sets, Data Security is increasingly important".  As science becomes more data-intensive and ...

Please RSVP now to join over 100 of your peers to learn how to put the Principles for Digital Development into practice in your organization on Thursday, October 12, 2017 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.The Principles for Digital Development are the distilled knowledge of hundreds of professionals and thousands of projects into ...