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.

Blog, Case study 23/12/2015

A year in open data: How the ODI helped to deliver a successful democratic transition in Burkina Faso We reflect on the use of open data in building trust in an election process that faced many obstacles, and on the ODI’s role in supporting this process.
Blog, Case study 22/12/2015

A year in open data: Breathe Heathrow informs policy making Access to data can bring objectivity and insight to highly polarised debates. By involving communities in collecting and publishing data, OpenSensors.io and the ODI demonstrated how both citizens and policy makers can become better informed about issues of local and national importance.
Blog, Case study 16/12/2015

Travel smarter with open data app Fasteroute Research from open data startup Fasteroute and the Open Data Institute (ODI) reveals the UK cities most affected by morning delays and how commuters can avoid them
Blog, Case study 28/10/2015

Investment in Open Data Challenge Series could see 5 to 10-fold return to UK economy over 3 years A new report released today (28th October) by the Open Data Institute (ODI) and Nesta provides evidence for the first time of how open data could strengthen the UK economy.
Blog, Case study 08/09/2015

ODI summer showcase: Working with Mental Health We chat with Martin Vowles, Director of M/A, about his ideas behind winning summer showcase project Working with Mental Health, and what he has in store.
Case study 15/07/2015

Peer-to-peer lending businesses lead the way in opening up financial data A comprehensive snapshot of the UK’s peer-to-peer lending market
Case study 05/02/2015
How Aidspan uses open data to track health spending
- Humanitarian response
We explore how Aidspan has been using open data to increase its impact and to provide a series of analysis and visualisation tools to its community, whose role is to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria around the world
Case study 30/11/2014
Open data in Macedonia: from legislation to engagement
- Public service design
- Cities
Blog, Case study 30/10/2014

Guest post: Linked data and the future of the web Identifiers are at the heart of how data becomes linked, but not many people know how to use them. The ODI and Thomson Reuters have written a guide to identifier schemes.
Blog, Case study 30/10/2014

Guest post: Linked data and the future of the web Today’s world would have been almost unimaginable then, and the phenomenal growth of the web has been intrinsically linked with many of the technology advances of the past 25 years. It will be no surprise if that continues for the next 25.