Ecornet Berlin Research Partnership
Five institutes working in transdisciplinary research for a social and ecological metropolis
The project Data Governance and Regulation for a Sustainable Berlin, over a period of 18 months, has examined a range of conceptual, theoretical and policy-related issues regarding the social and ecological implications of data regulation.
In the first part of the research project, we developed theoretical fundamentals for ideal-typical regulatory scenarios and normative data principles (Franke, 2021; Gailhofer & Franke, 2021) as well as a methodology for scenario-based analysis (Kollosche et al., 2022).
There is no system which is currently subject to greater dynamics of change than the mobility system. Two main drivers are responsible for the high dynamics and quality of change: digitalisation and the imperative of sustainability.
Digitalisation is likely to play an essential role in facilitating the transition to a circular economy. One relevant technological approach is the so-called digital product passport, which provides information about a product that is relevant to its entire lifecycle.
Digitization has great socio-ecological potential in the healthcare sector. The processing of health data can lead to an improved information and decision-making basis and thus promote public health.
Data plays an important role in realizing the socio-ecological potential of digitalization and in overcoming its environmental and sustainability challenges.
This working paper develops a conceptual basis for exploring options for sustainable data governance for Berlin in the Ecornet project "Data governance and regulation for a sustainable Berlin".
This background paper for the research project “Digitalisation – Setting the Course for a Social-Ecological Digital Transformation in Berlin” within the project “Knowledge. Change. Berlin” provides an overview of the sustainability and digi-talisation goals of the state of Berlin.
Data-driven innovations have enormous potential to make the existing economic and social order more just and environmentally sustainable. However, the past two decades have shown that such potential by no means materializes automatically.