Matt Davies was Senior Policy Advisor at the Open Data Institute until December 2022.
Prior to joining the ODI, Matt worked for the UK Labour Party where they carried out policy development, research and briefing across several policy areas. They were part of the team that produced Labour’s 2019 manifesto, and more recently led on consultation projects including the party’s Green Economic Recovery paper.
Matt’s previous roles include working as an advisor to members of the Shadow Cabinet, as a researcher for Shadow Digital Minister Chi Onwurah, and as a project coordinator at Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation. They hold an undergraduate degree in History and English from Oxford, and a masters in Philosophy from Birkbeck.
Matt is passionate about the role data can play in building a world that is fairer and more prosperous than the one we live in today. Outside of work, they can often be found at the cinema, cooking veggie food, or wandering around Walthamstow Marshes with their dog, Miko.
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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 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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Reports 01/11/2022
Experimentalism and the Fourth Industrial Revolution | final report
- Policy
- Adjoa Anyimadu
- David Warrell
- Jeni Tennison
- Julie King
- Lucas Stiglich
- Matt Davies
- Prushoth Ratnatheepan
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Blog 30/09/2022
Labour Conference 2022: key takeaways for data and digital policy
- Matt Davies
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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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Reports 22/06/2022
Tackling greenwashing through data assurance | report
- Built environment and housing
- Data publishing and use
- Weather, energy and environment
- Lucas Stiglich
- Matt Davies
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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 30/03/2022
How can the UK government and other policymakers support ‘bottom-up data institutions’?
- Matt Davies
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ODI project
Tackling greenwashing through data assurance
- Banking and finance
- Policy
- Weather, energy and environment
- Annalisa Eichholzer
- Matt Davies
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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, 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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ODI project
How can the UK government and other policymakers support ‘bottom-up data institutions’?
- Data publishing and use
- Matt Davies
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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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ODI project
Project: Experimentalism and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- Policy
- Adjoa Anyimadu
- David Warrell
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jeni Tennison
- Julie Freeman
- Lucas Stiglich
- Matt Davies
- Olivier Thereaux
- Prushoth Ratnatheepan