News and Research articles on Data justice

Open data meets data justice

Caterina Santoro, KU Leuven
Ramya Chandrasekhar, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Stefania Milan, University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 20 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.14763/2026.1.2067

Building on research from critical data studies and public administration, we present a conceptual framework called ‘open data justice’, and illustrate how this framework can be translated in practice by governments to promote justice in their open data initiatives.

Public value in the making of automated and datafied welfare futures

Doris Allhutter, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Anila Alushi, University of Leipzig
Rafaela Cavalcanti de Alcântara, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Maris Männiste, Södertörn University
Christian Pentzold, University of Leipzig
Sebastian Sosnowski, Polish Academy of Sciences
PUBLISHED ON: 30 Sep 2024 DOI: 10.14763/2024.3.1803

This article considers the public value of automated and datafied welfare and uses the capability approach, buen vivir, and data justice to explore the relation between the procedural and normative components of emerging infrastructures of welfare.

From access and transparency to refusal: Three responses to algorithmic governance

Alexandra James, La Trobe University
Danielle Hynes, University of New South Wales
Andrew Whelan, University of Wollongong
Tanja Dreher, University of New South Wales
Justine Humphry, University of Sydney
PUBLISHED ON: 17 May 2023 DOI: 10.14763/2023.2.1691

This paper critically engages with key responses to algorithmic governance, including access and inclusion, transparency, and refusal. How can these responses effectively address the harms produced by algorithmic governance?