The use of data for social good is attracting increasing interest in last years. However, several elements still limit data sharing between data holders and potential data users. Among these elements there is the difficulty and uncertainty on how to evaluate the value of data.

The thesis aims to deepen the topic of data value evaluation in the context of social entrepreneurship. The thesis will be highly experimental and based on the application of the analysed methodologies on real cases. The startups to be involved will be identified among those taking part to the IMPACT DEAL incubation process.

The thesis will start with a review of existing methodologies for data evaluation and proceed with the application of the selected methodologies to the cases selected. The last part of the research will be dedicated to extrapolating lessons learned from the development of the case study.