News and Research articles on Institutionalisation

Volume 15, Issue 1

Institutionalising data solidarity? The making of expertise in the EU Social Economy Code of Conduct for data sharing

Dwayne Ansah, Utrecht University
Mai Ishikawa Sutton, Commons Network
Sophie Bloemen, Commons Network
Bonno Pel, Utrecht University
PUBLISHED ON: 6 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.14763/2026.1.2059

This paper offers an insider account of collaborative drafting of the EU Code of Conduct for Data Sharing in the Social Economy, revealing institutionalisation dynamics in data governance geared towards solidarity.

KEYWORDS: Social economy, Code of conduct, Expertise, Institutionalisation, Data sharing
Volume 5, Issue 3

Analysing internet policy as a field of struggle

Julia Pohle, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
Maximilian Hösl, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
Ronja Kniep, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
PUBLISHED ON: 25 Jul 2016 DOI: 10.14763/2016.3.412

The internet and its regulation are the result of continuous conflicts. By analysing policy fields as fields of struggle, this essay proposes to observe processes of discursive institutionalisation to uncover core conflicts inscribed into internet policy.

KEYWORDS: Internet policy, Policy field, Discourse, Institutionalisation