Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta was Head of Public Policy at the Open Data Institute until November 2022, where she led the ODI’s engagement with the UK National Data Strategy, the UK’s G7 Presidency, and UK data protection reform; and led the ODI’s work on inclusive data, on secondary use of health data in Europe, and on Experimentalism and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Prior to joining the ODI in September 2020, Milly was Senior Policy Adviser at the Royal Society, the independent scientific academy of the UK, where she led the Society’s policy programme on Data and Digital Disruption including projects on data governance, data science skills, and privacy enhancing technologies.
Milly was previously Programme Manager at the Alan Turing Institute, Britain’s national institute for data science and AI, where she managed the Turing’s research partnership programmes in Health and in Finance/Economic Data Science. She has also worked at the Medical Research Council, and served on an Advisory Group at Chatham House. She holds degrees in philosophy from Oxford, Cambridge and York (UK).
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Blog 29/11/2022
Rewiring society: The ODI in conversation with Taiwan’s Digital Minister Audrey Tang
- Data ethics and privacy
- Policy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Matt Davies
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Blog 07/10/2022
Conservative Conference 2022: key takeaways for data and digital policy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
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Blog 28/07/2022
Asimov and data mirrors
- Policy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Gavin Freeguard
- Julie King
- Lucas Stiglich
- Matt Davies
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Blog 22/07/2022
Octavia and data games
- Policy
- Adjoa Anyimadu
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Julie King
- Lucas Stiglich
- Matt Davies
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Blog 15/07/2022
Le Guin and data questions
- Policy
- Adjoa Anyimadu
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Julie King
- Lucas Stiglich
- Matt Davies
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Blog, Consultation response/call for evidence, News 14/07/2022
Update to Green Finance Strategy: call for evidence
- Public service design
- Weather, energy and environment
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Lucas Stiglich
- Matt Davies
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Blog 05/07/2022
Secondary use of health data in Europe: new features on our digital tool
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Mark Boyd
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Blog, Case study 05/07/2022
Supporting open and trustworthy health data ecosystems in Europe with Roche
- Health and physical activity
- Policy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Mark Boyd
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ODI project
GIZ and the ODI – supporting policymakers through the Data4Policy project
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Josh D'Addario
- Julie King
- Lucas Stiglich
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Consultation response/call for evidence, News 07/06/2022
The ODI submits evidence to the parliamentary inquiry on public sector health data practices
- Health and physical activity
- Policy
- Public service design
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Lucas Stiglich
- Matt Davies
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Reports 12/04/2022
Data literacy and the UK government [report]
- Policy
- Skills and literacy
- Dr Dave Tarrant
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Gavin Freeguard
- Violeta Mezeklieva
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Consultation response/call for evidence 31/03/2022
The ODI responds to the European Commission’s proposed European Health Data Space
- Health and physical activity
- Policy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Mark Boyd
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Blog 10/03/2022
Octavia and data imaginations
- Innovation
- Policy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Lucas Stiglich
- Matt Davies
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Reports 03/03/2022
Regulators, industry bodies and professional bodies: their role in data assurance
- Deborah Yates
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Matt Davies
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Blog 16/02/2022
The year ahead in data: Three key areas for impact in 2022
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- ODI Inside Business
- Policy
- Weather, energy and environment
- Deborah Yates
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Stuart Coleman
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Blog, Consultation response/call for evidence 05/01/2022
The ODI responds to the UK government’s consultation on proposed reforms to artificial intelligence and intellectual property
- Data ethics and privacy
- Open standards and open APIs
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Matt Davies
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Blog 09/12/2021
Le Guin and data subversions
- Policy
- Adjoa Anyimadu
- David Warrell
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
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Blog 02/12/2021
Asimov and data revelation mechanisms
- Policy
- Adjoa Anyimadu
- David Warrell
- Diana Szasz
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jeni Tennison
- Olivier Thereaux
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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
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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
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Blog, Consultation response/call for evidence 11/11/2021
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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ODI project
Discover which European countries are ready for the secondary use of health data
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Mark Boyd
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ODI project
'Data: a new direction’ – the UK government’s new data protection regime
- Data ethics and privacy
- Deborah Yates
- Diana Szasz
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Gavin Freeguard
- Julie King
- Lisa Allen
- Olivier Thereaux
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Blog 23/09/2021
Octavia’s data parables
- Policy
- Science and research
- Adjoa Anyimadu
- David Warrell
- Deborah Yates
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jeni Tennison
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Blog 09/09/2021
Mapping data in the UK government: engagement
- Innovation
- Policy
- Deborah Yates
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Gavin Freeguard
- Jack Hardinges
- Jeni Tennison
- Julie King
- Lisa Allen