2025/06/02 by Tommaso Fia, Gijs van Maanen · 1 voice
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · Social Sciences · #Data Quality and Management #Privacy, Security, and Data Protection #Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
paper · pdf · doi:10.71265/tk2x3d39
openalex publication_date 2025/06/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
Collective data governance mechanisms such as data commons have recently gained traction in both theoretical and policy-oriented discussions as promising alternatives to the shortcomings of individualistic data protection and data markets. Many of these approaches centre around the idea of community as the key social institution overcoming these limitations. Yet, far less attention has been paid to the meaning, features and implications that the language of community can have for data commons. This paper investigates the relationship between data commons and the community involved therein, with a focus on the kinds and features of such a community. It argues that analysing its key characteristics and moral-political affordances furnishes key implications for devising and implementing policies on collective data governance.