Digitalization is frequently addressed in recent economic and social scientific literature. This paper applies a distinction to digital data (raw data) and digital technologies (including both software platforms and hardware solutions). The open data is defined as follows: it is publicly...

This paper explores HacktheCrisis, the Swedish hackathon that was a response to the COVID-19 pandemic to address the challenges that it brought up. The main aims of the research were to explore the feasibility of the digital only COVID-19 hackathon as an open innovation method and to uncover the...

Die von WIK-Consult geführte Geschäftsstelle Stadt.Land.Digital gibt in der Lagebeschreibung einen Überblick über relevante und diskutierte Themen des ersten Halbjahrs 2023. Die Lagebeschreibung betrachtet den Stand offener Daten in Kommunen, den Einsatz von Open-Source-Software für...

Commons are holistic social institutions to govern the (re)production of resources, articulated through interrelated legal, socio-cultural, economic and institutional dimensions. They represent a comprehensive and radical approach to organise collective action, placing it "beyond market and...