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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 29/10/2020
Towards collaboration between data institutions and philanthropy
- Data publishing and use
- Skills and literacy
- Jack Hardinges
- Vilas Dhar
Data institutions have an important role to play in helping us tackle the challenges and issues of our time. In this article, we explore the relationship between data institutions and philanthropic capital
Blog 27/10/2020
The UK National Data Strategy 2020: equity, fairness and rights
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- Policy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Josh D'Addario
- Renate Samson
Access to data and information promotes fair competition and informed markets, and empowers people as consumers, creators and citizens. How could this principle be realised in a national data strategy?
Blog, News 26/10/2020
Winners – ODI Writers' Fund for Black History Month 2020
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Data publishing and use
- Science and research
We’re delighted to share three pieces of writing by winners of our Black History Month Writer’s Fund, chosen by Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Rob Berkeley, Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta and Sir Nigel Shadbolt
Blog 26/10/2020
The dividing line: how we represent race in data
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Data publishing and use
- Science and research
This essay was written by Eleanor Shearer as part of our ODI Writers’ Fund for Black History Month 2020. Eleanor explores the difficult relationship between data and race, and puts forward three important questions researchers should be asking themselves when collecting data around race
Blog 26/10/2020
i am A.I. and Thou
- Arts, culture and heritage
This poem was written by Anne L. Washington as part of our ODI Writers’ Fund for Black History Month 2020. It invites the audience to observe the ambiguities of a simple form and reflect on how well data represents their lives.
Blog 26/10/2020
Facing Decisions
- Arts, culture and heritage
This short story was written by Danni Youziel as part of our ODI Writers’ Fund for Black History Month 2020. It is set in a future where facial recognition is used to keep the peace within a kingdom, but data cannot predict everything…
Blog 26/10/2020
Tackling climate change challenges through data access – Microsoft and the ODI
- Agriculture and food
- Built environment and housing
- Covid-19
- Data publishing and use
- Transport
- Diana Szasz
As part of our global partnership with Microsoft, we have been conducting research into climate change to identify priority areas for increased access to data through data collaborations
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 20/10/2020
How can data help cities to address concerns around Covid-19?
- Covid-19
- Public service design
- Cities
- Annalisa Eichholzer
- James Maddison
We discuss how data can help cities address the unique challenges presented by the Covid-19 crisis
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?