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François van Schalkwyk

Regional Research Manager for the Open Data Lab Africa, World Wide Web Foundation

François is the Regional Research Manager for the Open Data Lab Africa, co-ordinating existing IDRC-funded research including open data in agriculture, cities and illicit financial flows including others, as well as scoping new research. He has several years of research experience as an independent researcher, mainly in the areas of open data, higher education studies and scholarly communication.

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Open data-related publications include Viscous open data: The roles of intermediaries in an open data ecosystem, Open Data Intermediaries in Developing Countries and Embedding Open Data Practice. François also has more than 15 years of management experience as founder of COMPRESS.dsl, a publishing services company for non-governmental organisations in Africa, as well as of African Minds, an open access academic book publisher. François is a graduate from the University of Cape Town in English Literature. He has been awarded an MPhil in Publishing Studies from the University of Stirling and an MEd in Higher Education Studies from the University of the Western Cape. He is currently completing a PhD inScience Communication at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Articles

Viscous Open Data: The Roles of Intermediaries in an Open Data Ecosystem

François van Schalkwyk, Michelle Willmers, Maurice McNaughton

Category Open Data
Methodology Conceptual Framework
Objective Access

Type journal-article

Region South Africa

Sector Education

Tools Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries

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Supply-Side Variants in the Supply of Open Data in University Governance

François van Schalkwyk

Category Open Data
Methodology Conceptual Framework Case Studies
Objective Effectiveness

Type conference-proceedings

Region South Africa

Sector Education

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Open Data in the Governance of South African Higher Education

François van Schalkwyk, Michelle Willmers, Laura Czerniewicz

Category Open Data
Methodology Case Studies
Objective Legitimacy Outside Innovation

Type research-report

Region South Africa

Sector Education

Tools Centre for Higher Education Transformation (CHET)

Open Data Intermediaries in Developing Countries

François van Schalkwyk, Michael Canares, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Alexander Andrason

Category Open Data
Methodology Conceptual Framework Qualitative Analysis
Objective Effectiveness

Type research-report

Sector Development

Embedding Open Data Practice

François van Schalkwyk, Michelle Willmers, Tobias Schonwetter

Category Open Data
Methodology Conceptual Framework Quantitative Analysis
Objective Effectiveness

Type research-report

Region Africa

Sector Development

Case Study: Open Data in the Governance of South African Higher Education

François van Schalkwyk, Michelle Willmers, Laura Czerniewicz

Category Open Data
Methodology Case Studies
Objective Effectiveness Legitimacy

Type research-report

Region South Africa

Sector Development Education