From the introduction:

In a statement on 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) proclaimed the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a global pandemic. At the time of writing, one year later, there have been over 110 million confirmed cases, of which more than 35 million are located in Europe. Digital technologies have been instrumental in combating the coronavirus (…) Pandemics, like technological transformations, are recognised as being catalysts for societal change. A pivotal moment had come to promote progress, causing more organisations to choose to collaborate digitally for the common good and overcome potential obstacles. As a result, a large number of novel data collaborations have formed to counter the effects of the pandemic throughout societal sectors. Thus, this chapter aims to exploratively study and analyse their typology and societal value creation mechanisms with regard to two research questions:

• What kind of trans-sectoral data collaborations have emerged to counter COVID-19 and its societal consequences in the EU?
• With what result and purpose is shared value created for society within those collaborations?

After a brief literature review on data collaboration, shared value creation, civil society and its connection to the Relational Theory in the context of COVID-19, the case study and related methodology is discussed. The chapter concludes with limitations defined by the scope of the research.