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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.

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Blog, News 01/01/2021
Announcement: ODI's Jeni Tennison and Louise Burke on OpenUK’s New Year’s Honours List for UK Open
- Jeni Tennison
- Louise Burke
Jeni Tennison and Louise Burke featured on OpenUK’s Inaugural New Year’s Honours List for UK Open
Blog, Explainers 23/12/2020
Explainer: What is an identifier?
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
Identifiers are part of how we make sense of the world and communicate. They act as labels to help us uniquely identify physical and digital objects and services, and as pointers to information available online or stored in a variety of databases and systems
Blog 17/12/2020

Working with the INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub: part 3 The ODI is working with eye-health charity AAAMD on a data-sharing initiative: INSIGHT. Find out about the INSIGHT Data Trust Advisory Board – the group of stakeholders providing oversight and scrutiny of the initiative’s data management
Blog, News 15/12/2020
The six data collaborations chosen for our new peer learning network
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Peer networks
The ODI has selected six collaborations who will receive funding and guidance from the ODI and Microsoft, to more effectively address the challenges they face
Blog 14/12/2020
Comparing decentralised approaches to publishing data using open standards
- Data infrastructure
- Josh D'Addario
We’ve been exploring how different data access initiatives are building the data infrastructure needed to tackle a variety of social, environmental and economic challenges, and have identified a ‘pattern’ for documentation
Blog 09/12/2020
Hosting data institutions: what role could the ODI play?
- Jack Hardinges
We’re exploring the idea of ‘hosting’ data institutions – find out more here
Blog 03/12/2020
Outline of the ODI’s draft response to the National Data Strategy consultation
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Innovation
- Skills and literacy
In response to the UK’s National Data Strategy consultation, we’ve been drawing on the ODI’s manifesto points of data infrastructure, capability, innovation, equity, ethics, and engagement, for creating a trusted data ecosystem that works for everyone
Blog 01/12/2020
Exploring sustainable data access: RegulAItion and the AIR Platform
- Banking and finance
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Emerging tech and AI
We reflect on the first phase of our research project with RegulAItion, and set out our plans for the second phase. If you are an organisation in the BALI sectors, come join the research project.
Blog 25/11/2020
The UK National Data Strategy 2020: engaging for resilience
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Fionntán O'Donnell
- Jack Hardinges
- Olivier Thereaux
- Orsola De Marco
Everyone must be able to take part in making data work for us all and people should collaborate on how data is used and accessed – how could this principle be realised in a national data strategy?
Blog, News 25/11/2020
Applications open: funding for startups and artists to tackle misinformation about COVID-19
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Covid-19
- Data ethics and privacy
- Startups
- Ellen Goodman
- Orsola De Marco
- Vicky Hallam
Startups and artists can now apply for equity free funding of up to €80,000 to tackle misinformation about COVID-19 using data