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Covid-19
- Ben Snaith
- Deborah Yates
- Jeni Tennison
- Olivier Thereaux
We’re helping you to make sense of publishing and accessing data during Covid-19, with free tools, guides, explainers, research and opinion pieces.

Latest

Blog 02/12/2021
Asimov and data revelation mechanisms
- Policy
- Adjoa Anyimadu
- David Warrell
- Diana Szasz
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jeni Tennison
- Olivier Thereaux
In Part 2 of our Asimov workstream for our Experimentalism project, we explore opportunities for innovation and experimentation in the context of data policy and practice in the UK
Blog 30/11/2021
Could ‘bottom-up data trusts’ help to tackle the climate crisis?
- Skills and literacy
- Weather, energy and environment
- Jack Hardinges
- Joe Massey
- Katie Waldo
We are working with the Global Partnership for AI, the Aapti Institute and the Data Trusts Initiative to assess the feasibility of creating new, ‘bottom-up data trusts’ to tackle the climate crisis
Blog 25/11/2021
Applications open: second open call for startups and artists to tackle misinformation
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Data ethics and privacy
- Startups
- Tara Lee
Artists and startups have until 27 January 2022 to apply for funding to create work around misinformation, technology and data
Blog, News, Tender opportunities 24/11/2021
Invitation to tender | Call for proposals: Help us understand our customers and audiences
- Ellen Goodman
Help us understand our customers and audiences
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
We share the outline of our draft response to the UK’s data protection consultation ‘Data: a new direction’ for wider discussion and to support others’ responses
Blog 16/11/2021
Navigating the ethical implications of opening up energy data
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Weather, energy and environment
- Josh D'Addario
We outline how we’re helping UK Power Networks to embed data ethics into its processes to support its open data strategy
Blog 11/11/2021
Data institutions for climate action
- Data publishing and use
- Weather, energy and environment
- Ben Snaith
- Joe Massey
With funding from Humanity United, we are aiming to increase the diversity of the organisations in the ‘Data Institutions Register’ – a curated, living repository of data institutions from around the world
Blog, Videos 11/11/2021
ODI Summit 2021 | Data <> People: roundup
- Covid-19
- Skills and literacy
This year’s ODI Summit, which took place online for the second year, explored the relationship between people and data
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
We share summaries from three expert roundtable discussions on the UK government’s data reform proposals to help others develop their views and response
Blog, News, ODI Analyses 02/11/2021
New ODI report reveals effective data infrastructure could help free up as many as 8 million GP appointments every year
- Health and physical activity
The Open Data Institute (ODI) has today published findings from a research study by Frontier Economics, which looks at social prescribing across England