ESR1 – Strategies for building data capacity
Objective: To raise data awareness and to build digital capacity to empower civil society in finding solutions and to take
ODECO is a 4-year Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network initiative (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2020, grant agreement 955569). The central aim of the ODECO consortium network is to train the next generation of creative and innovative early stage open data researchers, to unlock their creative and innovative potential to address current and future challenges in the creation of user driven, circular and inclusive open data ecosystem.
The programme runs between October 2021 and September 2025 and will deliver 15 PhD degrees, in joint supervision and training between the public and private sectors.
ODECO offers 15 PhD projects for Early Stage Researchers (ESRs), each of them covering a specific part of the open data ecosystem supervised by leading European beneficiaries.
WP No. | WP Title | Activity Type | Lead Beneficiary | ESR involvement |
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1 | Training | Training | TU DELFT | All |
2 | From supplier driven to a user driven open data ecosystem | Research | UNIZAR | ESR1-7, 9-15 |
3 | From a linear to a circular open data ecosystem | Research | AAU | ESR1,2,8-15 |
4 | From an exclusive to an inclusive open data ecosystem | Research | UNICAM | ESR1,2,5,9,13,15 |
5 | Towards a sustainable open data ecosystem | Research | UAEGEAN | All |
6 | Communication and Dissemination | Dissemination | KU LEUVEN | All |
7 | Management and coordination | Management | TU DELFT | All |
8 | Ethics requirements | Management | TU DELFT | All |
Objective: To raise data awareness and to build digital capacity to empower civil society in finding solutions and to take
Objective: To design user driven UIs for finding data that fulfils different findability requirements from different domains (non-professionals, data journalists,
Objective: To analyse and assess the value that is created and captured in open data ecosystems, in order to contribute
Objective: To design new legal instruments to include private actors as producers and sharers of (open) data and data generated
Objective: To design and develop tools that improve the technical interoperability of open government and non-government data at platform level,
Objective: To develop strategies to engage local government in the open data ecosystem to create an open data ecology in local
Objective: To enable the web of data by enhancing the semantic interoperability between sectoral and domain specific data models and ontologies.
Objective: to develop methods and tools that, from a technological point of view, close the open data cycle by delivering
Objective: To develop an open data quality validator including government and other data. By collecting, analysing and comparing open data
Objective: To develop new methods and processes for integrating collection, interpretation, and exploitation of open data in elementary public school
Objective: To investigate the influence of resources provided by NGOs on the usability of open government data. By using a
Objective: To identify the role and responsibilities of the central/regional government in the open data ecosystem as a user from
Objective: To develop a governance framework for the co-creation of public services by governments and companies. By using a design
Objective: To investigate how Artificial Intelligence (Algorithms) and Collective Intelligence (AI & CI) approaches can be shaped to foster access
Objective: To improve the understanding of the roles of intermediaries in the open data ecosystem and to design business strategies
PhD student (ESR01)
PhD student (ESR02)
PhD student (ESR03)
PhD student (ESR05)
PhD student (ESR06)
PhD student (ESR07)
PhD student (ESR08)
PhD student (ESR09)
PhD student (ESR10)
PhD student (ESR11)
PhD student (ESR12)
PhD student (ESR13)
PhD student (ESR14)
PhD student (ESR15)
ESRs will be supervised at the host beneficiary by a team of experienced supervisors. Each supervisor has experience in supervising research. Each ESR will have an academic supervisor in the institute where they enrol. ESRs performing their training and research at a non-academic beneficiary will be supervised by an experienced supervisor from a university.
Associate Professor & Scientific Project Coordinator, TU DELFT
Assistant Professor, TU DELFT
Associate Professor,
TU DELFT
Associate Professor, TU DELFT
Researcher, TU DELFT
Professor, TU DELFT
Associate Professor, KU LEUVEN
Senior Researcher, KU LEUVEN
Professor, KU LEUVEN
Postdoctoral Research Associate, KU LEUVEN
Associate Professor, CNRS
Professor, UPN
Associate Professor, UNIZAR
Associate Professor, UNIZAR
Senior Researcher, UAEGEAN
Associate Professor, UAEGEAN
Professor, UAEGEAN
Associate Professor, AAU
Professor, AAU
Research Assistant, AAU
Associate Professor, UNICAM
Assistant Professor, UNICAM
Chief Editor, FAROSNET/HUFFPOST
The Supervisory Board is the primary management structure within ODECO. The SB is responsible for overseeing the quality of the network-wide training of ESRs and for ensuring that scientific/technological training is balanced with transferable skills training appropriate to the needs of each recruited researcher. The Supervisory Board will also oversee the quality and quantity of supervision of the ESRs.
Associate Professor & Scientific Project Coordinator, TU DELFT
Associate Professor, KU LEUVEN
Associate Professor, CNRS
Associate Professor, UNIZAR
Senior Researcher, UAEGEAN
Associate Professor, AAU
Associate Professor, UNICAM
Chief Editor, FAROSNET/HUFFPOST
The project coordination in ODECO is performed at two levels:
The scientific coordinator and the project coordinator work closely together to guarantee a smooth project communication internally (within the project) and act as the intermediary between the project beneficiaries and the external funding authority the European Union and the public at large.
Associate Professor & Scientific Project Coordinator, TU DELFT
Project Coordinator, TU DELFT
Distributed among the 8 beneficiaries, 15 ESRs will be recruited and involved in the ODECO training programme. Being part of the ODECO network offers unique possibilities for individual fellow research trainings, an online training programme, and five training weeks hosted at European project beneficiaries for all ESRs. Training will be delivered through 5 types of training activities:
The ODECO consortium is an integrated team of beneficiaries and partners. The beneficiaries are composed of European top universities and a research institute with extensive expertise in high-quality open data research, including both governance and technical aspects. The beneficiaries joined forces with a number of partner organizations, which results in a network in nine European countries (NL, BE, FR, ES, IT, EL, DK, IE, FI). Together, they are covering multiple domains from the public, private, academic, and non-profit sectors.
Here you can find a list of publishable project dissemination items:
Below you can find all available deliverable reports prepared so far within the ODECO project. This section will be updated during the duration of the project when results are becoming available.
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D1.3 Training Week 1 ‘Understanding open data as an ecosystem’ download
During the past month of April, the Aalborg University ODECO team was invited to collaborate in Geoforum. This Danish publication reunites new knowledge in the
“Towards a user driven open data ecosystem” The UNIZAR team is excited to share some of the most important insights and memorable moments from our
The National Center for Geographic Information (CNIG) is an autonomous body depending on the Ministry of Transport, Mobility, and Urban Agenda, through the National Geographic
7eData is a company specialised in the creation, installation, and maintenance of Information Systems for the agri-food industry. With more than 25 years of expertise
Open Knowledge Belgium (OKBE) is a non-profit organisation, whose mission is to open up knowledge in Belgium for it to be used and useful. To
CoC Playful Minds (CoC) is a non-profit organization with basis in Billund (Denmark) aimed at making Billund the Capital of Children by developing co-creation programs
During the ODECO training week in Zaragoza in March 2023, whose focus was on developing user-driven open data ecosystems, we were reminded of a conversation
Presenting a paper at an international conference is a great exposure and experience. For the first time in two years, the 26th International Conference on
At first glance, the concepts of circular economy and open data ecosystems may seem unrelated. However, a recent visit to the Thermochemical Processes Group (GPT)
April 7 is the World Health Day, which marks the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in1948, 75 years ago. This year’s theme is
During the second ODECO training week in Zaragoza, Spain, an energizer was organized where ESRs had to guess the name of an animal that was put
Governments have embraced Open Data initiatives in the last decade to increase data accessibility and improve data sharing. However, assessing the impact of Open Data
“Developing clear standards to ensure systems communicate with each other in a common language they all understand.” – Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Our interactions with our cities are increasingly becoming digital, from the personal data we provide when filling in a form or using a service to
timely, open, quality data are more essential than ever. As we confront the cascade of challenges from Covid-19 to climate emergencies, we rely on data
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 955569.