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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 12/08/2021
Mapping data in the UK government: capability
- Policy
- Skills and literacy
- Dr Dave Tarrant
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Gavin Freeguard
- Jeni Tennison
- Lisa Allen
As part of our 2021 policy project to support the successful implementation of the National Data Strategy, we take a look at who is responsible for data in government through the lens of capability
Archived tender opportunities, Blog, News 12/08/2021
Call for proposals: Deliberative research to understand perceptions of ‘bottom-up data institutions’
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Jack Hardinges
- Joe Massey
Blog, Podcast 12/08/2021
Podcast: Inspiring global data collaborations
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Peer networks
- Elea Himmelsbach
In this podcast, we hear three inspiring stories from the first cohort of the ODI Microsoft peer learning network, an initiative which aims to give data collaborations working on significant societal challenges the opportunity to share and learn from each other
Blog, News, Tender opportunities 11/08/2021
Open call: join a network of organisations that steward open data
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Peer networks
- Elea Himmelsbach
We’re looking for established organisations that steward open data to join the second cohort of our peer learning network, run in partnership with Microsoft
Blog 05/08/2021
Mapping data in the UK government: infrastructure
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
- Deborah Yates
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Gavin Freeguard
- Jeni Tennison
- Lisa Allen
- Olivier Thereaux
As part of our 2021 policy project to support the successful implementation of the National Data Strategy, we take a look at who is responsible for data in government through the lens of data infrastructure
Blog, News 04/08/2021
New Embedded Artist in Residence announcement: Rohini Devasher
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Hannah Redler Hawes
The Open Data Institute (ODI) has appointed artist Rohini Devasher in a new role as Embedded Artist in Residence
Blog 03/08/2021
Who’s conducting research about data and what are they researching?
- Emerging tech and AI
- Science and research
- Dr Jared Robert Keller
- Olivier Thereaux
Join us in our new project to survey the data-related research landscape and agenda
Blog, Data governance and ethics series - podcast, ODI Learning Month 2021, ODI Learning Month 2021 - podcast, Podcast 28/07/2021
Inside Business podcast: The role of data literacy in building a trusted brand [ODI Learning Month 2021]
- ODI Inside Business
- Skills and literacy
- Dr Dave Tarrant
- Stuart Coleman
As part of ODI Learning Month 2021 and the Data governance and ethics series, on this podcast, you’ll get to hear a diverse range of business leaders talk about the skills and literacy they and their teams have developed, in order to build a trustworthy brand.
Blog, Explainers 26/07/2021
How does data assurance increase confidence in data?
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Ben Snaith
- Deborah Yates
- Ed Evans
In this explainer we talk about why we are looking at ‘data assurance’ – we cover what data assurance means or can mean, the impacts of a lack of data assurance and how this relates to confidence, trust and trustworthiness.
Blog 21/07/2021
Asimov’s data revolution
- Adjoa Anyimadu
- David Warrell
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jeni Tennison
- Olivier Thereaux
We are exploring how data policymakers and data practitioners can work in more innovative and experimental ways