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Blog 19/10/2018 Invitation to tender: Study of the economic and social returns from the ODI's innovation programme
- Data infrastructure
- Innovation
- Science and research
- Philip Horgan
We’re looking for an organisation to help us generate evidence of the economic value and social benefits to the economy from a set of initial outputs of the ODI’s innovation programme
Blog 19/10/2018 Defining a 'data trust'
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Jack Hardinges
- Peter Wells
We’ve been investigating ‘data trusts’ as an approach to stewarding data, to retain trust in how it’s collected, maintained and shared
Blog 18/10/2018 Challenges in using blockchains to build trust in digital archiving
- Emerging tech and AI
- Jared Robert Keller
Could blockchains ensure that our public archives are trusted, unaltered and auditable? Here’s what we discovered with the University of Surrey
Blog 17/10/2018 What we learned about personal data with the BBC
- Public administration services
- Search and discovery
- Claire Selby
- Peter Wells
We have been working with the BBC to explore ideas around its public service mission, future data-powered services, and the shape of an internet that upholds public service values
Blog 12/10/2018 Behind the Curtain: art and the morality of gathering public information
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Emerging tech and AI
ODI Embedded Artist in Residence Alistair Gentry considers trust, sharing and AI in data-rich online worlds
Blog 12/10/2018 Behavioural psychologist Patrick Fagan: ‘I turn minds into money’
- Data ethics and privacy
- Emerging tech and AI
- Retail and consumer
- Anna Scott
- Steffica Warwick
Former Lead Psychologist at Cambridge Analytica talks with Anna Scott on trends in consumer behaviour, how it’s analysed in increasing sectors to influence people’s buying, voting, donating or traveling habits, and where he thinks responsibility and trust come in
Blog 12/10/2018 ODI R&D lead reflects on progress half-way through the programme
- Innovation
- Miranda Marcus
Miranda Marcus reflects on what we have learnt so far, and where we are going
Blog 11/10/2018 The ODI responds to the Mayor of London’s consultation on the London Sport Strategy
- Health and physical activity
Here’s our response to the Mayor of London’s consultation on the London Sport Strategy
Blog 08/10/2018 Develop a business case for data-enabled public services
- Innovation
- Public administration services
- Miranda Marcus
How can local government teams make the business case for open data?
Blog 05/10/2018 Agile ethics pioneer Alix Dunn on why ‘moving fast and breaking things’ must not extend to ethics
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Innovation
- Public administration services
- Startups
- Alix Dunn
- Anna Scott
- Steffica Warwick
Alix says how organisations can adopt agile ethics and why diversity is so important
Blog 04/10/2018 How hard is it to publish good-quality open data?
- Data publishing and use
- Public administration services
- Skills and literacy
How hard is it to publish good-quality open data? Two publishers share their honest experiences
Blog 28/09/2018 ODI responds to Open Data Barometer Leaders Edition: ‘from promise to progress’
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Peer networks
- Anna Scott
- Fiona Smith
- Jeni Tennison
- Peter Wells
We note the need to invest in data infrastructure, ‘faltering’ leaders and the second wave of open data champions
Blog 28/09/2018 Creators of tools for open data? Steal this
- Data publishing and use
- Marina Peneva
- Olivier Thereaux
We’ve done some research into data publishers’ needs – we invite you to steal our ideas and collaborate with us
Blog 24/09/2018 The ODI responds to green paper: Modernising consumer markets
- Retail and consumer
- Jack Hardinges
In July 2018 the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy invited responses to its green paper: Modernising consumer markets, and here’s our response
Blog 23/09/2018 An open future: how the National Institute for Health Research is opening up data
- Health and physical activity
Publishing open data about the funding of clinical research in England
Blog 20/09/2018 The ODI responds to call for evidence on mobility systems and related legislation
- Transport
- Jack Hardinges
The ODI responds to the UK government’s call for evidence about the future of mobility
Blog, News 19/09/2018 Invitation to tender: Local government open geospatial data stimulus fund
- Geospatial data and mapping
Apply for this stimulus fund to grow the public sector’s understanding of how to collect, publish and use open geospatial data, with a specific focus on collaborative approaches
Blog 18/09/2018 The ODI responds to the consultation on the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
- Data ethics and privacy
- Jack Hardinges
Here’s our response to the UK government’s consultation on the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
Article 17/09/2018 Creating FAIR and open agricultural data ecosystems
- Agriculture and food
- Data publishing and use
- Fiona Smith
- Pauline L’Hénaff
How we help ensure good data management in Gates Foundation agriculture grants
Blog 14/09/2018 Open data is on trend this London Fashion Week
- Retail and consumer
- Steffica Warwick
- Waverley Coquet
Collecting and sharing data along the fashion supply chain can help reduce unethical practices in the fashion industry
Blog 11/09/2018 How can we predict the impact of data policy?
- Data publishing and use
- Public administration services
- Search and discovery
- Philip Horgan
- Rebecca Ghani
Predictive modelling could reveal the butterfly effects of data policies on the data economy
Blog, News 10/09/2018 Invitation to tender: Development of an agent-based model of the data economy
- Philip Horgan
Experienced organisation or consortium of organisations to help the ODI scope and develop a prototype (toy) agent-based model of the data economy
Blog 05/09/2018 As British Gas hikes prices, how can data standards transform the energy sector?
- Emerging tech and AI
- Innovation
- Weather, energy and environment
- Mike Rose
How can a new data standard for energy help people move to a cheaper supplier?
Blog 31/08/2018 China’s digital silk road: data infrastructure for international trade?
- Data infrastructure
- Innovation
- Cities
- Josh D'Addario
- Peter Wells
- Waverley Coquet
New initiatives might help data-enabled businesses decide where to export
Blog 17/08/2018 Data-driven healthcare website expands into new European markets
- Startups
- Alessia Camera
Innovative website Pharawizard provides accurate, up-to-date health and medicine information to the Italian market
Blog 14/08/2018 How Facebook, Apple and Microsoft are contributing to an openly licensed map of the world
- Data publishing and use
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Humanitarian response
- Deborah Yates
- Leigh Dodds
Multinational organisations are collaborating in the open on OpenStreetMap
Blog 10/08/2018 The problem with social numbers driving self-worth
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Data ethics and privacy
- Anna Scott
Grime artist JME prompts us to think of what data can skew
Blog 09/08/2018 Data's value: how and why should we measure it?
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- Anna Scott
- Ben Snaith
- Peter Wells
A lack of consensus is holding back innovation, governance and regulation
Blog 09/08/2018 Can data infrastructure help fix travel woes in the north of England?
- Transport
- Peter Wells
Investment in data infrastructure can boost transport jobs and services
Blog 03/08/2018 State of the Map 2018: what we learned about open geospatial data
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Anna Scott
- Deborah Yates
- Leigh Dodds
At this year’s conference we learned more on how OpenSteetMap data is used
Blog 03/08/2018 The ODI responds to House of Lords call for evidence into internet regulation
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Public administration services
Our response to the House of Lords Select Committee on the regulation of the internet, focussing on data and openness
Blog 02/08/2018 Beyond ownership: we need better control and rights over data
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Jeni Tennison
Jeni Tennison’s short discussion paper on intellectual property and data ownership for the new UK Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
Blog 01/08/2018 Sharing data for good in the peer-to-peer accommodation sector
- Built environment and housing
- Public administration services
People feel comfortable sharing data about them if they understand the personal or societal benefits
Article 26/07/2018 Digital Preservation Awards 2018: ODI sponsors award to celebrate new tools and approaches ODI sponsors Award for the Most Outstanding Digital Preservation Initiative in Commerce, Industry and the Third sector
Blog 25/07/2018 Framing for our thinking about trust
- Data ethics and privacy
- Science and research
What causes people concern around sharing data? Could it be that it is not only infrastructure, but also trust, that is essential for an open data future?
Blog 18/07/2018 Using open data tools to improve public services
- Public administration services
- James Maddison
- Pauline L’Hénaff
How can the public sector make better use of open data when delivering and designing services?
Blog 16/07/2018 Project powered by home sales open data wins two awards
- Built environment and housing
- Open standards and open APIs
- Public administration services
- Cities
- Leigh Dodds
Tom Forth, Head of Data at ODI Leeds and Leigh Dodds, Data Infrastructure Programme Lead at the ODI, discuss the importance of open geospatial data
Blog 13/07/2018 Jeni Tennison launches the ODI Strategy
- Jeni Tennison
Our strategy sets out our mission to work with companies and governments to build an open, trustworthy data ecosystem.
Blog 10/07/2018 What is a data trust?
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Search and discovery
- Jack Hardinges
How ‘data trust’ is used, and how it can be used to increase data access while protecting trust
Blog 09/07/2018 Challenges announced for Data Pitch second open call
- Ryan Goodman
Applications are now live for the second open call for Data Pitch, giving European data startups another chance to join this groundbreaking accelerator programme which provides the opportunity to work alongside major corporates
Blog 05/07/2018 Who do we trust with personal data?
- Leigh Dodds
Attitudes towards sharing personal data vary across Europe, an ODI-commissioned survey has found
Reports 04/07/2018 Transport data in the UK and France (report)
- Transport
Transport data case studies and ideas for cross-country collaboration in the UK and France.
Blog 03/07/2018 The Data City in Leeds and Lille: measuring data innovation
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Innovation
- Cities
- Startups
In this blog, we talk to project lead Tom Forth from The Data City to about find out more about The Data City in Lille and Leeds project – a project that takes innovation-measuring methodologies that have been successfully applied in the UK
Blog 02/07/2018 IoT and sensor-based systems in Manchester and Rennes
- Built environment and housing
- Emerging tech and AI
- Innovation
The KBF is a project involving the Internet of Things (IoT) communities in Rennes and Manchester, which aims to identify the opportunities and challenges around the use of sensor-based systems within older buildings, and to build a process for implementation.
Blog 29/06/2018 Mind the Gaps: quality-of-life and wellbeing data in the UK and France
- Built environment and housing
- Cities
Mind the Gaps is an open toolbox to collect quality-of-life data is being developed and tested in Bristol and Bordeaux, and is part of ourthree collaborative UK–France projects
Blog 28/06/2018 Open banking in the UK and France
- Banking and finance
- Innovation
- Jack Hardinges
The Open Data Institute is connecting data innovators across the UK and France and here we compare the approaches to open banking in France and the UK, and the role of the respective governments in supporting data portability.
Blog 27/06/2018 Connecting data innovators across UK and France
- Banking and finance
- Emerging tech and AI
- Innovation
- Transport
As part of its innovation programme, the Open Data Institute has been building on the recommendations of the UK–France Data Innovation Task Force, to connect data innovators and data innovation across the UK and France.
Blog 21/06/2018 Find out how we are using ecosystem mapping to understand geospatial data ecosystems
- Data infrastructure
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Jack Hardinges
As part of our innovation programme, we’re working on mapping out geospatial data infrastructure in the UK.
Blog, News 20/06/2018 Invitation to tender: Research in the field of data anonymisation and re-identification risk management
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- James Maddison
We are looking for an individual or organisation to perform background research in the field of data anonymisation, de-identification, and management of the risk of re-identification of individuals when sharing or working with data
Blog 18/06/2018 Open data a rubbish idea? Not in Leeds where a bin collection app is cleaning up
- Public administration services
A smart refuse app is transforming bin collection in Leeds, and serves as a brilliant example of the power of open data – but will other councils follow suit?

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