Sep 28, 2026
Research on Open Government Data presented at RVI 2026
On September 24 and 25, 2026, the 9th Legal and Administrative Informatics Conference (RVI 2026) took place at Dresden University of Technology. Under the theme “Digital Resilience and Sovereignty—Boosters for Innovative Administration and State Modernization?”, the conference provided an interdisciplinary forum for exchange between academia and practice on current developments in digital administration. Among other topics, the focus was on legal, technical, and organizational issues related to the digitization of public administration, as well as the significance of data and digital technologies for innovative administrative structures.
As part of RVI 2026, Eric Börner presented the paper “Mapping Individual Benefits: A Typology of Citizen-Centric Open Government Data Applications.” The study examines the question of what individual benefits citizens can derive from the use of Open Government Data (OGD). While previous research has primarily examined the societal, democratic, and economic value of OGD, less is known to date about the specific benefits and use cases that arise at the individual level. The paper examines the individual benefits and mechanisms of OGD-based applications and presents a typology comprising five different types of citizen-centric OGD applications.
The presentation introduced the research conducted by the ISIH and WIBE chairs on open government data and its use in the context of digital administration into the RVI’s academic discourse. The conference provided an opportunity to discuss the research findings with representatives from academia and the professional field and to gain inspiration for further research.
The research was conducted as part of the Smart Cities Model Project (MPSC) and was funded by the City of Dresden, the German Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building (BMWSB), and KfW.
