On the fifth of July, CoSEM student Berkay Türk successfully defended his thesis entitled “Enhancing Open Research Data Sharing and Reuse via Infrastructural and Institutional Instruments: a Case Study in Epidemiology”. He obtained his MSc with distinction.

We will be present at the 18th International Symposium on Open Collaboration (OpenSym 2022, September), where we will present the study “How do Non-profit Open data Intermediaries enhance Open data Usability? A Systematic Literature Review” (by Liubov Pilshchikova, Anneke Zuiderwijk and Marijn Janssen). The OpenSym conference focuses on open collaboration research and practice, including topics like open data, open science, open source, open education, and open innovation. Below, you can find our study’s abstract.

On December 10, 2021, Arie Purwanto successfully defended his PhD dissertation, entitled “Citizen Engagement with Open Government Data: A Model for Analyzing Factors Influencing Citizen Engagement”. The dissertation is available through the TU Delft Repository (open access). We would like to congratulate Dr. Purwanto with this great achievement!