Case studies

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Our case studies describe some of our research and commercial projects, exploring the use of open and shared data across sectors and topic areas

ODI projects: case studies

Find out how we have explored the use of open and shared data across a variety of research and commercial projects, from agriculture and health research, to data ethics and ecosystem mapping.

Case study (private sector) 16/04/2020
Case study: The value of sharing data to build trust
- Agriculture and food
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
How a global agriculture business publishes open data to help evidence its commitments to being a more trustworthy organisation
Case study (private sector) 03/03/2020
Case study: The value of sharing data in supply chain optimisation
- Data publishing and use
- Transport
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
How Airbus shares engineering data on its aeroplane concepts with supply-chain partners to improve the efficiency and accuracy of its product design
Case study (private sector) 03/03/2020
Case study: The value of sharing data to drive open innovation
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
In this case study, we look at how an EU-funded open innovation programme, Data Pitch, has allowed a large organisation to share data with a startup to help address key challenges
Case study (private sector) 03/03/2020
Case study: The value of sharing data in regulated environments
- Banking and finance
- Data publishing and use
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
How a multinational investment bank and financial services company shares data both for regulatory purposes and more widely for its business
Case study (private sector) 03/03/2020
Case study: The value of sharing data for benchmarking and insights
- Built environment and housing
- Data publishing and use
- Transport
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
How a private sector organisation is sharing data to provide shipping companies with safety recommendations
Case study (private sector) 03/03/2020
Case study: The value of sharing data to address sector challenges
- Data publishing and use
- Weather, energy and environment
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
How two private sector organisations are sharing data to better forecast the generation of electricity from solar energy sources
Case study, Guides, Tools 21/02/2020
Data 2020
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Emerging tech and AI
- Innovation
- Policy
- Public service design
- Skills and literacy
- Jeni Tennison
Here is a landscape review of hot topics in the world of data in 2020 – from digital competition, AI and trade to data rights, ethics and literacy
Blog, Case study 18/02/2020
Testing our open cities workshop with Bristol Connected City
- Policy
- Cities
- Ben Snaith
- Violeta Mezeklieva
Find out how our tools can help cities work out what data they have, and how they can use that data effectively and ethically
Case study, Case study [Luminate] 26/12/2019
Data and Public Services Toolkit (case study)
- Public service design
Discover how we developed the Data and Public Services Toolkit which aims to address the challenges public authorities face when trying to use data
Case study, Case study [Luminate] 26/12/2019
Sharing engineering data for the public good (case study)
- Built environment and housing
- Data infrastructure
- James Maddison
Learn about our work exploring the opportunities and barriers around data sharing in the engineering sector