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Covid-19
- Ben Snaith
- Deborah Yates
- Jeni Tennison
- Olivier Thereaux
- Renate Samson
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 21/10/2020
The ODI's Covid-19 project: reflections and next steps
- Alex Vryzakis
A roundup of our Covid-19 project so far, and information on the next phase including symptom-tracking initiatives, and data sharing between the public and private sectors
Blog 19/10/2020
The UK National Data Strategy 2020: data as infrastructure, data for infrastructure
- Deborah Yates
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Elea Himmelsbach
- Hannah Foulds
- Leigh Dodds
- Olivier Thereaux
Sectors and societies must invest in and protect the data infrastructure they rely on: how could this principle be realised in a national data strategy?
Blog 15/10/2020
Fiascos and the future – why data literacy is essential
- Carrie Brindle
We explore why 2020 has proved that now is the time to harness data literacy
Blog 13/10/2020
Matchmakers of the data world: how 'data intermediaries' can bring decision makers and data together to help combat Covid-19
- Data publishing and use
- Fionntán O'Donnell
Access to data is essential to support effective and swift decisions around Covid-19, making the role of the data intermediaries more important than ever
Blog, News 12/10/2020
The ODI further develops data institutions programme with new grant from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
- Skills and literacy
Find out how funding from the McGovern Foundation will help the ODI further explore and advance its work on data institutions
Blog, News 12/10/2020
ODI partners with RegulAItion to collaborate on breakthrough platform
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Emerging tech and AI
- Skills and literacy
Data platform company RegulAItion has partnered with the Open Data Institute (ODI) to collaborate on its breakthrough data access and collaboration platform, which aims to ‘enable automated, scalable, repeatable and responsible data access and collaboration for regulated industries’.
Blog 01/10/2020
How a local project in Bath is now transforming energy use in schools
- Startups
- Weather, energy and environment
Energy Sparks, a startup charity, uses energy data to helps schools save money on their bills and reduce their carbon emissions
Blog 29/09/2020
Why should we share computer models?
- Covid-19
- Data infrastructure
- Health and physical activity
Find out about the importance of transparency and accountability in the increasingly influential world of computational modelling
Blog 28/09/2020
Covid-19 mobility data user personas
- Covid-19
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Innovation
- Cities
- Transport
- Ben Snaith
We lay out four user personas to help illustrate who is using mobility data, what they’re using it for and the challenges they face.
Blog, Reports 28/09/2020
Open communications: an open trustworthy data ecosystem for the telecommunications sector [report]
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- Open standards and open APIs
- Retail and consumer
- Josh D'Addario
Find out about the potential of data portability in telecommunications: our report examines the potential benefits and risks of sharing more data about use of communications services