Emma leads the ODI’s Corporate Affairs portfolio. This includes:
- Public policy
- Events and engagement
- Data as Culture
- Communications and marketing
- Product and innovation
- ODI Membership and;
- The ODI Summit
Emma’s team comprises of individuals with multi-disciplinary expertise to deliver:
- Behaviour and culture change consultancy – specialising in the global data ecosystem
- Policy and public affairs research, engagement and influencing
- Convening and collaborating with our network of influential stakeholders and audiences worldwide
- Sharing the ODI’s research and thought leadership
- Creative campaigns, storytelling and content production
Emma has 30 years of strategic business experience, gained in roles at the BBC and UK Cabinet Office, and founding – and running – her own successful consultancy practice.
A former journalist and editor, Emma is a member of the ODI’s Executive Leadership team and advises the board. She is a board director of OpenUk, and Executive Chair of Allegory.
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Blog 08/03/2023
International Women’s Day 2023
- Emma Thwaites
- Hannah Redler Hawes
- Jhilla Khodaie
- Kanika Joshi
- Lisa Allen
- Louise Burke
- Navdip Dhariwal
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Blog, Podcast 19/12/2022
Data Decade: Data and climate change
- David Dinnage
- Emma Thwaites
- Gavin Starks
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Blog, Podcast 16/12/2022
Data Decade: Data and public policy
- Policy
- David Dinnage
- Emma Thwaites
- Matt Davies
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Blog, Podcast 18/11/2022
Data Decade: State of the data nation
- David Dinnage
- Emma Thwaites
- Navdip Dhariwal
- Rebecca Ghani
- Sir Nigel Shadbolt
- Sir Tim Berners-Lee
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Blog 09/11/2022
ODI Summit 2022: roundup
- Emma Thwaites
- Louise Burke
- Sir Nigel Shadbolt
- Sir Tim Berners-Lee
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Blog, ODI Analyses 08/11/2022
Who is most at risk of fuel poverty?
- Emma Thwaites
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Blog, Podcast 03/11/2022
Data Decade: Saving lives with data
- Ben Goldacre
- David Dinnage
- Emma Thwaites
- Lisa Allen
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Blog, ODI Analyses 09/10/2022
Data on UK food poverty right now
- Emma Thwaites
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Blog, Podcast 29/09/2022
Data Decade: Data and technology
- Carrie Brindle
- David Dinnage
- Emma Thwaites
- Dr Jared Robert Keller
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Blog, Podcast 08/08/2022
Data Decade: Responsible use of data
- Data ethics and privacy
- Carrie Brindle
- David Dinnage
- Di Mayze
- Emma Thwaites
- Stuart Coleman
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Blog, Podcast 21/07/2022
Data Decade: Trust and misinformation
- David Dinnage
- Emma Thwaites
- Rebecca Ghani
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Blog, Podcast 29/06/2022
Data Decade: Who looks after the data?
- Carrie Brindle
- David Dinnage
- Emma Thwaites
- Jack Hardinges
- Dr Wen Hwa Lee
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Blog, Podcast 09/06/2022
Data Decade: Data Cities
- Public service design
- Cities
- David Dinnage
- Emma Thwaites
- Josh D'Addario
- Rebecca Ghani
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Blog, Podcast 10/05/2022
Data Decade: Data in Culture
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Carrie Brindle
- David Dinnage
- Emma Thwaites
- Hannah Redler Hawes
- Julie Freeman
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ODI project
Data Decade
- Emma Thwaites
- Louise Burke
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Canalside Chat, Members Event, Talk
ODI Canalside Chats: Data sharing and the need for new business models Thu, 07 Apr 2022, 18:00 Kings Place, Kings Cross
- Data publishing and use
- ODI Inside Business
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News 30/03/2022
ODI announces its first hosted data institution – for the Open Referral UK data standard
- Data publishing and use
- Emma Thwaites
- Louise Burke
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ODI Analysis, ODI project
ODI reveals impact of London fire station closures using open data
- Public service design
- Cities
- Dr Dave Tarrant
- Emma Thwaites
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Blog 18/04/2013
PAF decision "flies in the face" of government commitments
- Emma Thwaites
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ODI Analysis, ODI project
Prescription savings worth millions identified by ODI incubated company
- Health and physical activity
- Emma Thwaites
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Blog, Case study 12/06/2012
Prescription Savings Worth Millions Identified by ODI incubated company
- Emma Thwaites