ShareCast Episode 1 – Data: Nothing (easier) to share?

What is the topic of the “Podcast about Data Sharing” – and what is our goal? We talk about this in the first episode. We shed light on some of what lies behind buzzwords like sharing economy, data silo, platform economy, or open science. And we explore the different understandings associated with sharing: voluntarily giving data for a specific purpose, mutually exchanging data with someone else, passing data along within a group, or making data openly available to everyone – these are not the same. Who benefits from this? Why are many hesitant to share data, especially when it is sensitive or valuable? Data sharing is practiced in different ways. It varies in effort, is often delicate, but is generally desirable – for reasons of efficiency, but also to generate not only financial but also creative, intellectual, and other kinds of added value from digitality. Sharing data in a good way can lead to innovation – and perhaps even open up truly alternative paths for a digital economy.