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Blog 01/03/2017
Open Data Day: how to build a strong data economy
- Data infrastructure
- Jeni Tennison
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Blog 28/02/2017
Guest post: African countries level playing field with oil and gold corporations
- Humanitarian response
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Blog 16/02/2017
How can open data portals become sustainable?
- Search and discovery
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Article 15/02/2017
Open Inheritance Art project reveals 36,000 rarely seen private heritage artworks you can visit the Open Inheritance Art project, funded by the Open Data Institute (ODI) Showcase, invites the public to discover and visit private collections of Britain’s most important cultural heritage artworks. -
Blog 15/02/2017
Open Inheritance Art project reveals 36,000 rarely seen private heritage artworks you can visit
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Anna Scott
- Hannah Foulds
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Blog 10/02/2017
Tribute to Hans Rosling
- James Smith (Dr)
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Blog 07/02/2017
Guest post: How can gathering data help curb social exclusion? ODI Associates Mar Santamaria Varas and Pablo Martinez Diez from 300.000 Km/s, discuss how analogue-to-digital tools can improve large-scale data collection processes in cities, helping to combat homelessness and social exclusion
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Reports 31/01/2017
What works in open data challenges The report explores the case for implementation, explains the key attributes of a challenge prize and provides seven recommendations for prize delivery to help others design, deliver and evaluate open data challenge prizes effectively. -
Blog, Guides, Tools 27/01/2017
Policy design patterns that help you use data to create impact
- Innovation
- Policy
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Article 19/01/2017
Guest post: cities take to Yelp to tell their residents where not to eat
- Leigh Dodds
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Blog 13/01/2017
Strengthening our legal data infrastructure
- Data infrastructure
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Blog 11/01/2017
Wasting less and giving more: charities and funders unite with better data
- Humanitarian response
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Blog 05/01/2017
The future of transport? Shared services built on data
- Built environment and housing
- Innovation
- Public service design
- Transport
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Guides 26/12/2016
How to write a good open data policy
- Open standards and open APIs
- Policy
- Leigh Dodds
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Blog 08/12/2016
Improving the resilience of cities using open data- Cities
- Weather, energy and environment
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Blog 23/11/2016
Autumn Statement: UK must recognise the need to strengthen data infrastructure
- Data infrastructure
- Anna Scott
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Blog 22/11/2016
Legislation.gov.uk: improving the UK digital statute book through collaborative maintenance- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Public service design
- Search and discovery
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Blog 09/11/2016
Data is critical national infrastructure – let’s make it open and secure- Data infrastructure
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Blog 31/10/2016
The ODI and Sport England getting the UK more active- Health and physical activity
- Startups
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Blog 21/10/2016
Guest post: what would the open data utopia actually look like?- Built environment and housing
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Open standards and open APIs
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Article 09/09/2016
Appendices Authors, editor, web production, acknowledgements, list of interview participants and related resources.
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Article 09/09/2016
Methodology Our research followed a mixed-methods design and was organised in three consecutive phases — identifying, surveying and interviewing open data companies.
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Article 09/09/2016
Conclusions & recommendations This study has demonstrated the breadth and depth of business use of open data.
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Article 09/09/2016
Examples of UK companies using open data How are UK companies working with open data?
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Article 09/09/2016
Challenges for open data companies Data quality and licensing terms are critical factors for companies using open data.
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Article 09/09/2016
Open data that drives business UK companies are using government and non-government open data from a wide range of sectors.
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Article 09/09/2016
How UK companies are using open data to innovate Our research demonstrates that UK companies are using open data to create new products and develop new business models, and that this is taking place across diverse company types and sizes.
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Article 09/09/2016
Diverse UK companies are working with open data Many different types of companies in the UK are harnessing the benefits of open data.
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Article 09/09/2016
Open enterprise: Executive summary How three big businesses create value with open innovation. -
Blog, Case study 09/09/2016
Case study: Open innovation at Transport for London Transport for London must find ways to improve their efficiency in spite of budget constraints and ageing physical infrastructure. To tackle this, TfL have been working with the ODI on capturing just some of the massive amounts of data produced by its Tube trains. -
Article 07/09/2016
Open Data Challenge Series The Open Data Challenge Series is a series of seven challenge prizes to generate innovative and sustainable open data solutions to social problems. The programme is run jointly between the ODI and Nesta. -
Article 04/09/2016
How open data is putting the brakes on £100m worth of bike theft Using open data to put an end to bike theft. -
Article 02/09/2016
Crime and Justice: Open Data Challenge Series The Crime and Justice Open Data Challenge -
Blog 02/09/2016
25 years of the web: open data, open innovation 25 years of the web: open data, open innovation -
Article 02/09/2016
What is open data? Do you remember life before Citymapper? Thanks to Transport for London opening its data, a new wave of innovative transport apps were made possible. This is just one example of how open data has contributed to our everyday lives financially, socially, culturally and more. -
Blog, Reports 02/09/2016
Applying blockchain technology in global data infrastructure Blockchains, or ‘distributed ledgers’, are part of a new area of technology that is generating a lot of interest. They have the potential to become an important component of our global data infrastructure. -
Article 02/09/2016
Partnership for Open Data How can open data enhance global development? -
Article 02/09/2016
Supporting sustainable development with open data While open data can be used to benefit many areas, this report identifies three where it could have a significant impact in the next development agenda and beyond. -
Article 02/09/2016
Making railways more accessible with open data Improving access to rail information for disabled passengers -
Article 02/09/2016
Global development Global development initiatives strive to reduce poverty and inequality, and improve living conditions around the world. -
Guides 31/08/2016
Principles for strengthening our data infrastructure
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Open standards and open APIs
- Transport
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Guides 31/08/2016
Openness principles for organisations handling personal data
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Innovation
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Blog 18/08/2016
How do we 'own' data?- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
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Blog 10/08/2016
We need to learn how to search the web of data- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Search and discovery
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Blog, Reports 07/08/2016
Who owns our data infrastructure?- Data infrastructure
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Blog 24/06/2016
Data knows no boundaries -
Case study 12/06/2016
Guru Systems improving energy efficiency through open data Find out how open date helps to monitor realtime energy network performance, identify performance issues and optimise efficiencies -
Guides 31/05/2016
White paper: Shareable by default: creating resilient data ecosystems
- Open standards and open APIs
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Article 20/04/2016
New research exposes risks in privatising the UK Land Registry and restricting its data New research commissioned by the ODI on the economic value of open versus closed data reaffirmed the benefits of making all Land Registry data open and unrestricted. -
Blog, Reports 20/04/2016
Research: The economic value of open versus paid data- Innovation
