Below is a selection of my work on Open Data and Transparency
Papers, Publications and Evidence
Open Data
Worthy, Ben, The Impact of Open Data in the UK: Complex, Unpredictable and Political (March 5, 2015). Public Administration 93 (3): 788-805, 2015. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2806876
Worthy, Ben, Making Transparency Stick: The Complex Dynamics of Open Data (September 17, 2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2497659
Worthy, Ben, ‘David Cameron’s Transparency Revolution? The Impact of Open Data in the UK’ (November 29, 2013). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2361428
Worthy, Ben ‘Evidence to PASC on the Aims of Open Data’ http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/WrittenEvidence.svc/EvidenceHtml/3924
Worthy, Ben ‘Evidence to PASC on the Impact of Open Data’ http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/WrittenEvidence.svc/EvidenceHtml/1511
Freedom of Information
Worthy, Ben and John, Peter and Vannoni, Matia, Transparency at the Parish Pump: A Field Experiment to Measure the Effectiveness of Freedom of Information Requests (December 4, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2699198
Worthy, Ben, Freedom of Information and the Media (September 12, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2837762
Worthy, Ben and Hazell, Robert, Disruptive, Dynamic and Democratic? Ten Years of Freedom of Information in the UK (December 28, 2015). Parliamentary Affairs, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2708768
Worthy, Ben and Hazell, Robert, The Impact of the Freedom of Information Act in the UK (August 26, 2013). Nigel Bowles, James T Hamilton, David Levy (eds) Transparency in Politics and the Media: Accountability and Open Government, London: L.B. Tauris, 31-45, 2013. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2487541
Worthy, Ben, ‘Does FOI Work? The Impact of Freedom of Information on Local And Central Government in England ‘(December 6, 2010). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2364281
Michener, Greg and Worthy, Ben, ‘From Fishing to Experimentation: Transparency as Information-Gathering a Typology and Framework for Analysis’ (October 4, 2013). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2366707
Worthy, Ben and Hazell, Robert, ‘The Sword: How MPs and Peers Have Used Freedom of Information in the UK’ (January 6, 2010). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2364312
Hazell, R., & Worthy, B. (2010). ‘Assessing the Performance of Freedom of Information’. Government Information Quarterly, 27(4), 352-359. See here
Worthy, Ben, Hazell, Robert, Amos, Jim and Bourke, Gabrielle (2012) ‘Written evidence from the Constitution Unit, University College London on the Impact of FOI’ see here
Reports
Worthy, Ben, Hazell, Robert, Amos, Jim and Bourke, Gabrielle (2011). Town Hall Transparency? The Impact of FOI on Local Government in England.London: Constitution Unit available here
Worthy, Ben and Bourke, Gabrielle. (2011). The Sword and the Shield: The use of FOI by Parliamentarians and the Impact of FOI on Parliament. Constitution Unit: London available here
Talks and Presentations
Talk at the ODI on the Impact of Open Data in the UK http://theodi.org/blog/guest-blog-opening-local-government-spending-was-it-worth-it
Video of a presentation comparing Finnish and UK transparency at the Finnish Institute in May 2013 see here
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