Policy recommendations at the national and EU level

The project will start with a systematic literature review on academic data sharing, reuse and integration. Next, qualitative research will be conducted (i.e. interviews, observation) capturing organisational, social and institutional factors influencing data sharing, reuse and integration. Lastly, the ESR will perform a quantitative empirical survey on data sharing, reuse and integration practices in comparable research networks. Based on this, field experiments will be designed to evaluate mechanisms and tools that facilitate the reuse and integration of existing data and results as well as collection of novel data with future sharing and reuse in mind. Lastly, we will participate in policy workgroups (e.g., Knowledge Exchange on the European Level, national working groups) and prepare policy recommendations for research funders and organisations.