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Blog, News 06/06/2018
Open call for an embedded artist
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Hannah Redler Hawes
We are inviting an artist to explore the concept of data trust and sharing
Blog, News 01/05/2018
Mumsnet Founder Justine Roberts, and fintech expert Anna Mazzone join the ODI as Non-Executive Directors
- Anna Mazzone
- Justine Roberts
The ODI is excited to welcome two new non Executive Directors to its board: Justine Roberts, CEO of Mumsnet, and Anna Mazzone, a Fintech and risk management specialist and current Managing Director at Aravo Solutions Inc.
News 05/04/2018
The ODI secures $2.5m from Omidyar Network to help deliver its mission to build an open, trustworthy data ecosystem
- Data infrastructure
- Peer networks
The Open Data Institute (ODI) has secured $2.5 million in funding from the Governance and Citizen Engagement Initiative at Omidyar Network, the philanthropic investment firm established by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.
Blog, News 12/02/2018
ODI survey reveals British consumer attitudes to sharing personal data
- Data ethics and privacy
- Health and physical activity
- Retail and consumer
The Open Data Institute has released findings from new consumer research, conducted online by YouGov, revealing current attitudes of British adults online towards sharing personal data. The full dataset can be viewed here under an open licence
Blog, News 14/12/2017
ODI welcomes UK National Infrastructure Commission recognition that data is infrastructure
- Data infrastructure
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Transport
- Leigh Dodds
ODI welcomes UK National Infrastructure Commission recognition of data as a new form of infrastructure and that open data is necessary for innovation.
News 17/10/2017
ODI secures £6m to advance data innovation
- Emerging tech and AI
- Innovation
- Open standards and open APIs
The ODI will use the funds to focus on projects that it believes will progress strategically important areas: building data infrastructure, improving data literacy, stimulating data innovation and building trust in the use of data
Blog, News 15/07/2015
Citymapper executive to governments: 'Open more data so we can improve your cities'
- Data infrastructure
- Innovation
- Anna Scott
The size and number of businesses built on open data is growing every year. Citymapper is one of the best-known open data success stories