Global Data Strategies: A Handbook

The paramount role of data as a resource and driver for innovation within modern digitalised societies is increasingly being acknowledged by policymakers. States, supranational institutions, and international organisations find themselves in a global competition for adequate data governance frameworks. Consequently, data strategies worldwide shape political approaches and determine both the usage of data and the associated societal value.

This book aims to contribute to a well-founded discourse on current (and future) data strategies. It pursues a multi-dimensional approach, combining insights from academia and (governmental) practice as well as legal and economic viewpoints. Data strategies from both the Global North and the GlobalSouth are covered. The international and comparative focus allows in particular for a discussion on regulatory convergence and dissonance.

• concise insights into global developments in data policy
• comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives on datastrategies
• global economic and societal implications of data governance