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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 18/06/2021
Assurance, trust, confidence – what does it all mean for data?
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Ben Snaith
- Deborah Yates
- Ed Evans
Assurance of data and data practices is really important for organisations to build trust, manage risks and maximise opportunities, but how can organisations assess, build and demonstrate trustworthiness with data? We’re carrying out research and exploring tools that will make it easier for data to flow and create value
Blog 16/06/2021
One year of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the ODI
- Data ethics and privacy
- Denise Sanderson-Estcourt (she/her)
- Emily Sinclair
- Joe Massey
We celebrate the first anniversary of the ODI’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion group by highlighting some of the ways in which we’ve already changed how we work and sharing plans for the future
Blog, News 16/06/2021
Building a digital picture of the UK’s data landscape: Data ecosystem project launched
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Emerging tech and AI
- Policy
- Public service design
Working with ODI Leeds and The Data City, in June and July, we’re setting out to produce a proof-of-concept visualisation; to make it easier for people to find – and understand – the role of different organisations in the UK data economy
Blog 15/06/2021
Encouraging innovation through data access initiatives
- Banking and finance
- Data publishing and use
- Health and physical activity
- Innovation
- Startups
- Ellen Goodman
- Josh D'Addario
- Orsola De Marco
- Timothy Hill
We explore different approaches to data access initiatives that encourage innovation ahead of our roundtable discussion on the topic
Blog 28/05/2021
The next generation of data ethics tools
- Data ethics and privacy
- Search and discovery
- Skills and literacy
- Olivier Thereaux
The first generation of tech and data ethics tools helped shape and lead the field – the next generation will help grow the field
Blog 27/05/2021
Introducing the ODI's data literacy programme
- Skills and literacy
- Dr Dave Tarrant
In 2021 the ODI’s data literacy programme aims to meet the challenge of building literacy in society by helping leaders develop their data literacy, by professionalising data ethics, and by enhancing how data literacy is developed, online.
Blog, News 18/05/2021
New work programme for ODI as government published its response to National Data Strategy consultation
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- Policy
- Skills and literacy
- Deborah Yates
- Dr Dave Tarrant
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jack Hardinges
- Jeni Tennison
- Olivier Thereaux
- Orsola De Marco
We outline the ODI’s new programmes of work in light of the government publishing its response to the National Data Strategy consultation
Blog 12/05/2021
Guest post: Why good statistics are so important for fact checkers
- Data publishing and use
Andrew Dudfield, Head of Product at Full Fact, presents the high-level insights following interviews with fact checkers around the world about the statistics data they use
Blog 06/05/2021
Sustainable data access – our work and future plans
- Data publishing and use
- Ben Snaith
- Jack Hardinges
- Joe Massey
We recap what we achieved in our work around sustainable data access, and outline our plans to continue this work in the future
Blog, News 06/05/2021
We join forces with the IoD to help upskill a generation of company directors in data governance
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- ODI Inside Business
- Emma Cohen
- Louise Burke
Alongside the Institute of Directors, we are developing a data governance training programme to help directors get to grips with data and digital transformation