Open Science as a Means for Development Aid: Fostering Scientific Research and Innovation
External Publication 29. April 2024 *Alexander Cuntz / *Frank Mueller-Langer / *Alessio Muscarnera / *Prince C. Oguguo / Marc Scheufen Open Science as a Means for Development Aid: Fostering Scientific Research and Innovation
Access to prior scientific works and technical information is key to the emergence of new scientific knowledge and innovation (Moser and Biasi 2018, Nagler et al. 2019).
*Alexander Cuntz / *Frank Mueller-Langer / *Alessio Muscarnera / *Prince C. Oguguo / Marc Scheufen German Economic Institute (IW)
Access to prior scientific works and technical information is key to the emergence of new scientific knowledge and innovation (Moser and Biasi 2018, Nagler et al. 2019).
In the Newtonian sense of "giants on whose shoulders [s]he could look so far", knowledge generation in science is best characterized by a cumulative process that heavily relies and benefits from the work of other researchers. However, access to academic publications is particularly problematic for scientists based in developing economies that often lack the necessary resources. The Research4Life initiative led by several United Nations agencies wants to change this situation. New empirical research by Cuntz et al. (2024) suggests a positive impact on local science and innovation from improved access to scientific information via the initiative.
IW-Trends No. 2 14. June 2024 Dennis Bakalis / Jan Büchel
Data Utilisation and Data Sharing: The Potential and the Reality in German Companies
Companies that store their data extensively in digital form, process it in a structured manner and use it in a variety of ways can become particularly efficient members of the data economy.
Obstacles to Data Sharing – An Outline of Recent Developments with Policy Recommendations
The increasing networking of production processes and the ability of artificial intelligence to analyse ever larger amounts of data offer enormous potential for the German economy. To exploit this potential fully, however, data must be shared.
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