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Blog, ODI Inside Business series 20/12/2021

Five smart ways to be data savvy in 2022

Data ethics and privacy
Data infrastructure
Innovation
ODI Inside Business
Skills and literacy

Deborah Yates
Dr Dave Tarrant
Stuart Coleman

Blog 16/12/2021

Stewards of open data: what impact have they had?

Data ethics and privacy
Data publishing and use
Innovation
Policy
Skills and literacy

James Maddison

We share insights from our ‘Stewards of open data: What impact have they had?’ roundtable, as part of our second-peer learning network in partnership with Microsoft

Blog 09/12/2021

Le Guin and data subversions

Policy

Adjoa Anyimadu
David Warrell
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta

In Part 2 of the Ursula Le Guin workstream for our Experimentalism project, we explore practical opportunities for marginalised communities to be pioneers in data policy and digital technologies

Reports 03/12/2021

Mapping data ecosystems in the education sector – a foundation for green skills and jobs [report]

Data infrastructure
Data publishing and use
Skills and literacy

Ben Snaith
James Maddison

Blog 03/12/2021

The Week in Data: Are we bothered enough about disability? *@MiroGriffiths guest edits for #DisabilityHistoryMonth #UKDHM * UN committee calls for input on General Comment draft * Disabled populations ‘hardly considered’ in climate change responses

Blog 02/12/2021

Asimov and data revelation mechanisms

Policy

Adjoa Anyimadu
David Warrell
Diana Szasz
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
Jeni Tennison
Olivier Thereaux

In Part 2 of our Asimov workstream for our Experimentalism project, we explore opportunities for innovation and experimentation in the context of data policy and practice in the UK

Blog 30/11/2021

Reviewing and iterating on your approach to data ethics

James Maddison

Working with data ethically: how to develop and build on your approach

Blog 30/11/2021

Could ‘bottom-up data trusts’ help to tackle the climate crisis?

Skills and literacy
Weather, energy and environment

Jack Hardinges
Joe Massey
Katie Waldo

We are working with the Global Partnership for AI, the Aapti Institute and the Data Trusts Initiative to assess the feasibility of creating new, ‘bottom-up data trusts’ to tackle the climate crisis

Blog 25/11/2021

Applications open: second open call for startups and artists to tackle misinformation

Arts, culture and heritage
Data ethics and privacy
Startups

Tara Lee

Artists and startups have until 27 January 2022 to apply for funding to create work around misinformation, technology and data

Archived tender opportunities, Blog, News 24/11/2021

Invitation to tender | Call for proposals: Help us understand our customers and audiences Help us understand our customers and audiences

Consultation response/call for evidence, News 23/11/2021

The ODI responds to the UK government’s consultation on proposed reforms to data protection

Data ethics and privacy
Policy

Deborah Yates
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
Gavin Freeguard
Jeni Tennison
Lisa Allen
Lucas Stiglich
Matt Davies
Olivier Thereaux

We publish our response to the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) consultation ‘Data: a new direction

Blog, Consultation response/call for evidence 17/11/2021

Outline of the ODI’s draft response to the UK data protection consultation

Data ethics and privacy
Policy

Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
Gavin Freeguard
Jeni Tennison
Lisa Allen
Lucas Stiglich
Matt Davies

We share the outline of our draft response to the UK’s data protection consultation ‘Data: a new direction’ for wider discussion and to support others’ responses

Blog 16/11/2021

Pylons, sunset, electricity lines, energy

Navigating the ethical implications of opening up energy data

Data ethics and privacy
Data publishing and use
Weather, energy and environment

Josh D'Addario

We outline how we’re helping UK Power Networks to embed data ethics into its processes to support its open data strategy

Archived tender opportunities, News 15/11/2021

Invitation to tender: MEL/impact consultancy We’re looking for an experienced MEL/impact consultancy or organisation to help the Open Data Institute (ODI) articulate our long-term strategy and ambition for our programme of work and the impact it will have

Archived tender opportunities, News 11/11/2021

Invitation to tender | Call for proposals: Food data landscape review

Agriculture and food
Humanitarian response

Calum Inverarity
Diana Szasz

We are commissioning this research to map the UK data landscape in support of sustainable food supply – production and provision – and identify data sharing and innovation opportunities and needs

Blog, Philanthropic funded 11/11/2021

Data institutions for climate action

Data publishing and use
Weather, energy and environment

Ben Snaith
Joe Massey

With funding from Humanity United, we are aiming to increase the diversity of the organisations in the ‘Data Institutions Register’ – a curated, living repository of data institutions from around the world

Blog, Videos 11/11/2021

ODI Summit 2021 | Data <> People: roundup

Covid-19
Skills and literacy

This year’s ODI Summit, which took place online for the second year, explored the relationship between people and data

Blog, Consultation response/call for evidence 11/11/2021

technical financial graph on technology abstract background

Expert perspectives on the UK data protection consultation

Data ethics and privacy
Data publishing and use

Deborah Yates
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
Gavin Freeguard
Jeni Tennison
Lisa Allen
Lucas Stiglich
Matt Davies

We share summaries from three expert roundtable discussions on the UK government’s data reform proposals to help others develop their views and response

Archived tender opportunities, News 10/11/2021

Call for proposals: Data ethics in practice - supporting organisations in their ethical data processes

Data ethics and privacy

Deborah Yates
John Burton

We are commissioning a suite of resources to be used in parallel with the Data Ethics Maturity Model to allow organisations to benchmark and identify potential areas to improve

Blog, News, ODI Analyses 02/11/2021

New ODI report reveals effective data infrastructure could help free up as many as 8 million GP appointments every year

Health and physical activity

The Open Data Institute (ODI) has today published findings from a research study by Frontier Economics, which looks at social prescribing across England

Reports 02/11/2021

The role of data in unlocking the potential of social prescribing [Report]

Health and physical activity

Our new report highlights the importance of data to target issues such as mental health and improve provision of non-clinical interventions, from physical activity to assistance with social or welfare problems with improved data availability

Blog 01/11/2021

Call for collaboration: tackling the climate crisis with data

Built environment and housing
Weather, energy and environment

Annalisa Eichholzer
Diana Szasz
Volker Buscher

Join our call for collaboration and help us to better understand what the built-environment can do to tackle the climate crisis with data

Blog, Guides, Tools 01/11/2021

The softer side of data governance: a playbook for non-technical users

Covid-19
Data publishing and use
Health and physical activity

Deborah Yates
Elea Himmelsbach
Flor Serale
James Maddison
Mark Boyd
Sonia Duarte

We’re launching our new playbook ‘Health data governance: a guide for non-technical leaders’ as part of our partnership with Roche

Blog, Case study 01/11/2021

Helping Barclays build trust through data ethics

Data ethics and privacy

We’ve worked with Barclays UK to help them to consider and document decisions made about data in an ethical way

Blog, Case study 01/11/2021

Project Odysseus – using existing infrastructure to tackle new problems

Covid-19
Data ethics and privacy
Data infrastructure
Data publishing and use
Policy
Cities
Transport

Ben Snaith
Josh D'Addario

We look at The Alan Turing Institute’s Project Odysseus, which transitioned from improving air quality to capturing ‘busyness’ in London to help inform Covid-19 response

Reports 01/11/2021

Tackling the climate crisis with data: what the built-environment sector can do

Built environment and housing
Data publishing and use

Annalisa Eichholzer
Diana Szasz
Volker Buscher

This report highlights challenges relating to carbon calculation; explores bringing together data on the existing built environment; examines choices around energy saving and retrofit planning; and looks at better use of digital representations to drive low-carbon design

Blog 29/10/2021

Spending Review 2021: Investing in data to build back better

Data infrastructure
Policy

Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
Gavin Freeguard
Jeni Tennison
Lucas Stiglich
Matt Davies

We take a look at the key headlines for data and digital from the 2021 Spending Review, and outline how we think ministers and their teams can use their new funding allocations to invest in data to address the priority areas that matter to voters, businesses and communities

Blog 28/10/2021

Policy to unlock the economic value of data

Data publishing and use
Policy

Lucas Stiglich

We look at how policymakers can quantify both the value and cost of data use and sharing to unlock the value of data

Blog 28/10/2021

The UK’s data protection reforms: explaining and mapping the proposals

Data ethics and privacy

Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
Lucas Stiglich
Matt Davies

We explain and summarise the UK government’s data reform proposals to help others give their views and evidence – updated June 2022

Blog 25/10/2021

TomTom – Data assurance is ‘critical for us, and it's so difficult to do’

Data publishing and use
Transport

Hannah Foulds

We talk to TomTom about how it ensures that the data it uses is correct, ethical and safe for road-users

Blog 25/10/2021

Seven data collaborations chosen for second peer-learning network

Data ethics and privacy
Data publishing and use
Innovation
Policy
Skills and literacy

Find out about the seven open-data-stewarding organisations selected to receive guidance and other support from the ODI and Microsoft Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Metabrainz Foundation Open Apparel Registry Open Contracting Partnership OpenStreetMap Foundation Wikimedia Foundation WikiRate

Blog 20/10/2021

Data institutions for labour rights and supply chains

Data ethics and privacy
Policy

Ben Snaith
Joe Massey

With funding from Humanity United, we are aiming to increase the diversity of the organisations in the ‘Data Institutions Register’ – a curated, living repository of data institutions from around the world

Blog 19/10/2021

Data ethics: practical and benchmarking tools

Data ethics and privacy
Public service design

Deborah Yates
James Maddison

We are developing a Data Ethics Maturity Model to highlight organisations’ maturity in terms of embedding data ethics

Blog 19/10/2021

Implementing national data strategies: start small, think big

Policy

Jeni Tennison

Is the UK’s Spending Review an opportunity to transform national data and AI strategies into reality? Jeni Tennison, ODI Vice President and Chief Strategy Adviser, shares her thoughts

Archived tender opportunities, News 19/10/2021

Invitation to tender (ITT): Prototype to help identify and manage risk when sharing data We’re looking for an experienced company to develop a prototype web-based tool to help organisations to identify, assess and manage risks related to sharing data

Archived tender opportunities, Blog, News 18/10/2021

Lowering barriers to implementation of the OpenActive Open Booking API

Health and physical activity

Timothy Hill

We are seeking a contractor to support us in the implementation of the OpenActive Open Booking API including: augmentation and improvement of existing technical reference and explanation documentation; the creation of tutorials for developers; extending test-suite coverage; and resolving minor bugs in existing OpenActive tooling

Article 15/10/2021

The Week in Data: Football’s Slade slays stats sharers

Rebecca Ghani

* Footballers seek compensation over use of performance data * ‘Racist’ facial recognition tech blocks taxi drivers from working * Climate change studies twice as likely to focus on wealthier countries

Blog 14/10/2021

Public perceptions of bottom-up data institutions

Data ethics and privacy
Data infrastructure
Data publishing and use

Jack Hardinges
Joe Massey

We are working with ProjectsbyIF to better understand public perceptions of bottom up data institutions

Blog 13/10/2021

Putting government data on the map

Data ethics and privacy
Data infrastructure
Policy
Science and research
Skills and literacy

Gavin Freeguard

Special Adviser Gavin Freeguard looks back at what we’ve learned from our recent National Data Strategy policy project, in which we used a crowdsourcing exercise to map data-related organisations and initiatives across UK government

Reports 13/10/2021

Mapping data in the UK government [report]

Data ethics and privacy
Data infrastructure
Policy
Science and research
Skills and literacy

Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
Gavin Freeguard
Jeni Tennison
Julie King
Lisa Allen

This report explores some of the ways in which the UK government is transforming its use of data to unlock the value of data across the wider economy – as part of our 2021 policy project to support the successful implementation of the National Data Strategy

Worknote 12/10/2021

Worknote: Data-related research landscape

Science and research

Annalisa Eichholzer
Dr Jared Robert Keller

We update on and outline our plans for our data-related research landscape project

Blog 06/10/2021

Le Guin’s data identities

Arts, culture and heritage
Data ethics and privacy
Policy
Science and research

Adjoa Anyimadu
David Warrell
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
Fionntán O'Donnell
Jeni Tennison

A candid and constructive exploration of experimentation in data policy and practice by structurally under-represented communities in North America and Europe as transnational emergent forces reimagining the social contract in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Blog 05/10/2021

Real-time data to measure the economy: insights from the ONS

Data publishing and use
Policy

Fionntán O'Donnell

Our Senior Data Technologist, Fionntán O’Donnell, talks to Andrew Walton and Issie Davies at the Office for National Statistics, to learn more about how real-time indicators are used to help shape data releases

Archived tender opportunities, News 04/10/2021

Call for proposals: Measuring the economic impact of data institutions

Aditya Singh
Jack Hardinges

We are commissioning research as part of our ongoing effort to increase awareness and understanding of data institutions, and support interventions from policymakers, funders and others to create an ‘enabling environment’ for them

Blog, Explainers 01/10/2021

Why leaders should care how their organisation collects, accesses, uses and shares data

Data ethics and privacy
Data infrastructure
Data publishing and use

Deborah Yates
Ed Evans

How do you ensure your organisation is collecting, accessing, using, and sharing data in the right way?

Blog 29/09/2021

Build Back Better: the data behind UK’s net zero transition

Data ethics and privacy
Data infrastructure
Data publishing and use

UK’s Build Back Better plan to recover from Covid-19 discusses the transition to net zero and the UK’s plan to achieve it. But what is the data behind this and is it supporting the government’s ambitions?

Blog, Guides, News, Reports, Tools 28/09/2021

Report scrutinising the policy readiness of Europe for the secondary use of health data

Health and physical activity

Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
Jeni Tennison
Mark Boyd

The Open Data Institute (ODI) has published a first-of-its-kind report – commissioned by Roche – scrutinising the policy readiness of Europe for the secondary use of health data and identifying good practice across the region

Blog 23/09/2021

Octavia’s data parables

Policy
Science and research

Adjoa Anyimadu
David Warrell
Deborah Yates
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
Jeni Tennison

A candid and constructive exploration of experimentation in data policy and practice around environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) data and global supply chains

Blog, News 16/09/2021

Introducing the organisations joining the ‘Data institutions mentorship programme’

Agriculture and food
Data publishing and use
Weather, energy and environment

Elea Himmelsbach

We introduce the first four data institutions to join our mentorship programme

Blog 15/09/2021

How your data strategy could build trust in your brand

ODI Inside Business

Stuart Coleman

Find out how brands can better manage customer data in a trustworthy way

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