In an interview with Katia Soland, Anna Sigrist, co-director of Opendata.ch, talks about the importance of open data and Opendata.ch’s involvement in the DIZH Public Data Lab (PDL).
She explains why open data is often perceived as an abstract topic and why it is important to highlight the concrete social benefits of open data. Anna Sigrist sees the PDL as a space for experimentation, where different actors from science, administration, culture, and civil society come together to share and analyze data and translate it into applicable knowledge.
It also addresses issues of transparency, equal opportunity, and digital sustainability, as well as the challenges of making open data understandable and relevant beyond specialist circles.
The Public Data Lab (PDL) is funded in the second Structure Call.