Research Papers

White Paper

In early 2024 the Better Deal for DataTM was proposed with this collaborative call to action, to co-create a simplified and socially responsible approach to collecting, storing, analyzing, and using data, in direct contrast to the surveillance capitalism approaches dominating data processes in today’s society.

Better Deal for Data White Paper

Building a movement: the case for model data commitments and agreements.

Better Deal for Data White Paper

Building a movement: the case for model data commitments and agreements.

Desk Research

Our initial Literature Review explored data practices, and analyzed fundamental research related to data contexts, governance, and stewardship.

Participatory Data Stewardship Models

What is data stewardship?

Data Sharing: Licenses, and Agreements

How do people share data? What are common elements present in data sharing agreements? What licenses are commonly used to share open data?

Data Governance, Part 1: Context

What is data governance? What is the problem space that emerging models of data governance seek to address?

Data Governance, Part 2: Models & Implementation

What are some examples of current and emerging models of data governance?

Data in Context

How can we begin to test feasibility of a general set of commitments, taking context (community, geographical, different types of data) into account?

Informed Consent

What is informed consent? What does it mean to give consent, for example, to participate in a service? How is consent managed, both by institutions and via technologies?

Participatory Data Stewardship Models

What is data stewardship?

Data Sharing: Licenses, and Agreements

How do people share data? What are common elements present in data sharing agreements? What licenses are commonly used to share open data?

Data Governance, Part 1: Context

What is data governance? What is the problem space that emerging models of data governance seek to address?

Data Governance, Part 2: Models & Implementation

What are some examples of current and emerging models of data governance?

Data in Context

How can we begin to test feasibility of a general set of commitments, taking context (community, geographical, different types of data) into account?

Informed Consent

What is informed consent? What does it mean to give consent, for example, to participate in a service? How is consent managed, both by institutions and via technologies?