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Areas we focus on
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Service
Data institutions
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Policy
- Jack Hardinges
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Workshop: Open Cities
- Ben Snaith
- James Maddison
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Data sharing in the private sector
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- James Maddison
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Service
Data ethics: how to be more trustworthy with data
- Data ethics and privacy
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ODI project
Using data in the public sector
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Innovation
- Open standards and open APIs
- Public service design
- Science and research
- James Maddison
Our projects
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ODI project
Data assurance: Building trust in data
- Angela Baker
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ODI project
Understanding the social and economic value of sharing data
- Lucas Stiglich
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ODI project
Supporting Historic England to develop as a data institution
- Data publishing and use
- Elea Himmelsbach
- Josh D'Addario
- Thomas Carey-Wilson
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ODI project
Power and diplomacy in data ecosystems
- Data publishing and use
- Ben Snaith
- Calum Inverarity
- Dr Jared Robert Keller
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ODI project
Embedding data ethics with Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS
- Data ethics and privacy
- Health and physical activity
- Ed Evans
- James Maddison
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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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ODI project
Federated learning to support responsible data stewardship
- Data ethics and privacy
- Emerging tech and AI
- Innovation
- Aditya Singh
- Calum Inverarity
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ODI project
Data Decade
- Emma Thwaites
- Louise Burke
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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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ODI project
Philanthropic funding: get involved
- Annalisa Eichholzer
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ODI project
Prototype to help identify and manage risk when sharing data
- Data publishing and use
- Deborah Yates
- Rachel Wilson
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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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ODI project
Building open, trustworthy data ecosystems to solve common challenges
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Humanitarian response
- Innovation
- Science and research
- Search and discovery
- Weather, energy and environment
- Diana Szasz
- Tara Lee
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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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ODI project
National Data Strategy: Help us map who is responsible for data in government
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
- Science and research
- Skills and literacy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Gavin Freeguard
- Lisa Allen
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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
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ODI project
Using data to drive better outcomes in healthcare
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Health and physical activity
- Open standards and open APIs
- Policy
- Annalisa Eichholzer
- Elea Himmelsbach
- Flor Serale
- James Maddison
- Sonia Duarte
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ODI project
Sharing engineering data for the public good
- Built environment and housing
- Cities
- James Maddison
- Leigh Dodds
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ODI project
Enabling data access to transform agriculture in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
- Agriculture and food
- Deborah Yates
- Dr Dave Tarrant
- Josh D'Addario
- Lucy Knight
- Violeta Mezeklieva
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ODI project
MediaFutures: an innovation hub to support media's innovative and responsible use of data
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Orsola De Marco
- Tara Lee
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ODI project
ODI Analyses We carry out and commission analysis to help others understand the topics and issues of the day
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ODI project
The UK National Data Strategy 2020
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
- Science and research
- Skills and literacy
- Alan Walker
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
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ODI project
Using data in the public sector
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Innovation
- Open standards and open APIs
- Public service design
- Science and research
- James Maddison
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ODI project
Exploring new ways of collecting and stewarding health and care data
- Dr Jared Robert Keller
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ODI project
R&D: Data access stimulus fund A stimulus fund to support and explore the foundations needed for successful and sustainable data institutions and data access initiatives
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ODI project
Microsoft and the ODI – helping bridge the data divide
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
- Jack Hardinges
- Tara Lee
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ODI project
R&D: Building trust through audit and certification
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
- Charlotte Mitchell
- Deborah Yates
- Dr Dave Tarrant
- Fionntán O'Donnell
- Jack Hardinges
- Dr Jared Robert Keller
- Olivier Thereaux
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ODI project
R&D: Sustainable data access
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Open standards and open APIs
- Ben Snaith
- Charlotte Mitchell
- Diana Szasz
- Jack Hardinges
- Sonia Duarte
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ODI project
R&D: Data infrastructure for common challenges
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Open standards and open APIs
- Skills and literacy
- Elea Himmelsbach
- Flor Serale
- James Maddison
- Joe Massey
- Josh D'Addario
- Leigh Dodds
- Miranda Marcus
- Olivier Thereaux
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ODI project
Covid-19: Building an open and trustworthy data ecosystem
- Covid-19
- Data infrastructure
- Charlotte Mitchell
- Olivier Thereaux
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ODI project
Wellcome and the ODI: data science challenge
- Health and physical activity
- Diana Szasz
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
- Miranda Marcus
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ODI project
R&D: Trustworthy data institutions
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Open standards and open APIs
- Peer networks
- Policy
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ODI project
Data institutions
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Policy
- Jack Hardinges
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ODI project
INSIGHT: exploring access to eye health data
- Data ethics and privacy
- Health and physical activity
- Policy
- Public service design
- Jack Hardinges
- Tara Lee
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ODI project
Protected Characteristics in Practice
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Public service design
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ODI project
Mapping the wide world of data sharing
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Dr Jared Robert Keller
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ODI project
R&D: The value of data sharing in the private sector
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- Startups
- Annalisa Eichholzer
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
- Miranda Marcus
- Orsola De Marco
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ODI project
Local government using open geospatial data to make a difference
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Policy
- Public service design
- James Maddison
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ODI project
R&D: Open cities
- Built environment and housing
- Policy
- Public service design
- Cities
- Transport
- Ben Snaith
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ODI project
R&D: Digital twins
- Built environment and housing
- Data infrastructure
- Cities
- Deborah Yates
- Fionntán O'Donnell
- Dr Jared Robert Keller
- Miranda Marcus
- Olivier Thereaux
- Sonia Duarte
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ODI project
R&D: Collaborative data maintenance
- Data infrastructure
- Innovation
- Open standards and open APIs
- Peer networks
- Startups
- Leigh Dodds
- Miranda Marcus
- Rachel Wilson
- Sonia Duarte
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ODI project
R&D: Can data trusts increase or help data sharing?
- Agriculture and food
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Emerging tech and AI
- Innovation
- Search and discovery
- Cities
- Weather, energy and environment
- Miranda Marcus
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ODI project
Creating a shared understanding of rights over data
- Data ethics and privacy
- Policy
- Anna Scott
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ODI project
Enabling data access to support innovation in agriculture
- Agriculture and food
- Deborah Yates
- Josh D'Addario
- Leigh Dodds
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ODI project
R&D: Scaling data innovation
- Innovation
- Peer networks
- Skills and literacy
- Ben Snaith
- James Maddison
- Miranda Marcus
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ODI project
R&D: Open standards for the UK energy sector
- Data infrastructure
- Open standards and open APIs
- Policy
- Weather, energy and environment
- Miranda Marcus
- Olivier Thereaux
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ODI project
ARCHANGEL: digital archives and distributed ledger technologies
- Emerging tech and AI
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ODI project
R&D: Predicting cause and effect of data strategies
- Data infrastructure
- Innovation
- Public service design
- Miranda Marcus
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ODI project
R&D: Geospatial data and technology
- Data infrastructure
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Deborah Yates
- Leigh Dodds
- Miranda Marcus
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ODI project
R&D: Data infrastructure for trade competitiveness
- Innovation
- Policy
- Public service design
- Ben Snaith
- Diana Szasz
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ODI project
R&D: Managing the risk of re-identification
- Data ethics and privacy
- Skills and literacy
- Fionntán O'Donnell
- Miranda Marcus
- Olivier Thereaux
- Sonia Duarte
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ODI project
R&D: Increasing access to data while retaining trust
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Emerging tech and AI
- Public service design
- Skills and literacy
- Miranda Marcus
- Sonia Duarte
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ODI project
Improving decision making, innovation and transparency in agriculture and nutrition (GODAN Action)
- Agriculture and food
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ODI project
Blockchain's potential role in the future of archiving
- Emerging tech and AI
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ODI project
R&D: Enhancing data collaboration between the UK and France
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- Peer networks
- Cities
- Transport
- Miranda Marcus
- Olivier Thereaux
-
ODI project
R&D: Helping businesses understand emerging data technology
- Dr Jared Robert Keller
- Miranda Marcus
- Olivier Thereaux
-
ODI project
R&D: Peer-to-peer accommodation
- Built environment and housing
- Retail and consumer
- Cities
- Miranda Marcus
-
ODI project
R&D: New service delivery models
- Innovation
- Public service design
- Transport
- James Maddison
- Miranda Marcus
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ODI project
R&D: Making it easier to create open standards for data
- Data infrastructure
- Open standards and open APIs
- Leigh Dodds
- Miranda Marcus
-
ODI project
R&D: Open data publishing
- Data publishing and use
- Miranda Marcus
- Olivier Thereaux
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ODI project
African Open Data Leaders Network
- Peer networks
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ODI project
Open Data Leaders Network
- Peer networks
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ODI project
The EU General Data Protection Regulation: opportunities for grocery retail report
- Retail and consumer
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ODI project, Startup programme
ODINE: Incubating startups across Europe
- Startups
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ODI project
Guru Systems improving energy efficiency through open data
- Built environment and housing
- Cities
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ODI project, Startup programme
Growing open data startups for the government in Mexico
- Data infrastructure
- Emerging tech and AI
- Innovation
- Public service design
- Skills and literacy
- Startups
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ODI project, Startup programme
OpenActive: Getting the nation active
- Health and physical activity
- Open standards and open APIs
- Tim Corby
- Timothy Hill
-
ODI project
Malaysia: Using startups to build innovation
- Agriculture and food
- Cities
- Startups
- Orsola De Marco
-
ODI project
Building open data capacity in Tanzania
- Skills and literacy
- Dr Dave Tarrant
-
ODI project
Data Pitch: a Europe-wide data accelerator
- Innovation
- Startups
- Orsola De Marco
-
ODI project
Research: Answering questions using web data
- Search and discovery
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ODI project
Breathe Heathrow: Democratising air data to meet local needs
- Built environment and housing
- Weather, energy and environment
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ODI project
Open banking: setting a standard and enabling innovation
- Banking and finance
- Open standards and open APIs
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ODI Analysis, ODI project
World Food Day: Britain's food habits - visualised
- Agriculture and food
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ODI project
Arup builds a network of innovators
- Built environment and housing
- Startups
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ODI project
Syngenta supports sustainability with open data
- Agriculture and food
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ODI project
Thomson Reuters' data services go open
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Data infrastructure
- Emerging tech and AI
- Open standards and open APIs
- Skills and literacy
-
ODI project
Burkina Faso's open elections
- Public service design
- Anna Scott
-
ODI project
Visualising Rail Disruption: Travel smarter
- Transport
-
ODI project
Ukraine: Open data for transparency and accountability
- Peer networks
- Public service design
- Skills and literacy
- Startups
- James Maddison
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ODI project
Creating the UK’s first free and open address list
- Built environment and housing
- Data infrastructure
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Public service design
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ODI project, Startup programme
Open Data Challenge Series
- Agriculture and food
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Built environment and housing
- Weather, energy and environment
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ODI project
Research: diversity in the arts
- Science and research
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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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ODI project
Research: the first ever open data analysis of the peer-to-peer lending market
- Science and research
- Cities
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ODI Analysis, ODI project
Prescription savings worth millions identified by ODI incubated company
- Health and physical activity
- Emma Thwaites