Dr. Anneke Zuiderwijk Delft University of Technology Objective - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

A Europe-wide Interoperable Virtual Research Environment to Empower Multidisciplinary Research Communities and Accelerate Innovation and Collaboration An Analysing op open data in Virtual Research En Environm nments: s: Ne New col ollabor oration on op oppor ortunities to o imp mprove pol olicy ma making Dr. Anneke Zuiderwijk Delft University of Technology

Objective Describe the new opportunities that Virtual Research Environments ( VREs ) offer to researchers to analyse open data and to obtain new insights for policy making

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VRE opportunities Zuiderwijk, A. (2018). Analysing open data in virtual research environments: New collaboration opportunities to improve policy making. The International Journal of Electronic Government Research, 13 (4), 76-92. doi: 10.4018/IJEGR.2017100105

Requirements for open data analysis using VRES • Intuitive VRE user interface • Easy-to-use data analysis tools • Clear data use and sharing conditions • Support of interaction and collaboration • Provision of user training and a helpdesk

Overview of studied cases Case # Case Domain 1 ICOS: Integrate Carbon Observation System Environmental / earth sciences 2 Euro-Argo: A new European research infrastructure Marine / environmental contributing to the international Argo Programme sciences 3 EPOS: European Plate Observing System Earth sciences 4 ELIXIR: A distributed infrastructure for lifescience Biological sciences, life sciences Information 5 LifeWatchGreece: e-Science European infrastructure for Biological sciences Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research 6 CESSDA: Consortium of European Social Science Social sciences Data Archives 7 CLARIAH: Common Lab Research Infrastructure for Humanities and social sciences the Arts and Humanities 3.08.2018 VRE4EIC 8

Detailed overview For the complete overview see: Zuiderwijk, A. (2018). Analysing open data in virtual research environments: New collaboration opportunities to improve policy making. The International Journal of Electronic Government Research, 13 (4), 76-92. doi: 10.4018/IJEGR.2017100105 (open access)

Recommendations 1. Learn from other VRE initiatives and further develop user support 2. Develop a VRE for multidisciplinary data to obtain new insights for policy making and encourage new collaborations 3. VREs should offer clear and effective communication mechanisms for researchers (as open data users) and policy makers (using the outcomes of open data analysis) 4. Develop multilingual VREs

References This presentation is based on: Zuiderwijk, A. (2018). Analysing open data in virtual research environments: New collaboration opportunities to improve policy making . The International Journal of Electronic Government Research, 13 (4), 76-92. doi: 10.4018/IJEGR.2017100105 (open access) Also see the VRE4EIC project. https://www.vre4eic.eu/