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Blog 23/06/2017
The value of open data for the private sector
- Data infrastructure
- Innovation
- Retail and consumer
- Skills and literacy
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Blog 22/06/2017
The New Observatory: A creative collaboration between FACT and the ODI
- Hannah Foulds
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Blog 22/06/2017
Observatories of ourselves
- Hannah Foulds
- Hannah Redler Hawes
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Blog 21/06/2017
The ODI 5 years on: a time to celebrate and reflect
- Jeni Tennison
- Mahadia Tunga
- Sir Nigel Shadbolt
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Blog 14/06/2017
Six Open Contracting Innovation Challenge finalists win $5k ahead of $30k Grand Prize
- Innovation
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Blog 08/06/2017
Testing the Data Ethics Canvas: what we've learned
- Data ethics and privacy
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Blog 07/06/2017
ODI mini-grant programme: open call for open data innovators in Africa
- Agriculture and food
- Humanitarian response
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Blog 05/06/2017
'Late to the game' but committed: Malaysia's open data 'change agent' on challenging cultural norms and plans for the future MAMPU drive for open data is in keeping with the country’s ICT plan for 2016-2020, which calls for a boom in data-driven initiatives.
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Blog 05/06/2017
Open Data Pathway: introducing country-level statistics Over 290 organisations are using the Open Data Pathway and over 100 assessments have been completed. The statistics provide a great source of data to assess the state and progress of open data practices globally
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Blog 02/06/2017
The UK is failing to debate the role technology plays in our future
- Emerging tech and AI
- Public service design
- Transport
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Blog 25/05/2017
Open Data Barometer: now more than ever, we must strengthen open data initiatives across the world
- Data infrastructure
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Blog 10/05/2017
Open letter to parties: publish candidate data and be open about use of personal data
- Data ethics and privacy
- Public service design
- Jeni Tennison
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Blog 05/05/2017
Open Contracting Innovation Challenge hosts its first international meetup in Kiev The ODI’s Innovation Consultant recounts the first international meetup of the challenge held in Ukraine
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Blog 03/05/2017
UK general election: how data can and should inform our decisions
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
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Blog 26/04/2017
African Open Data Leaders Network: an open call for outstanding government leaders
- Peer networks
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Reports 20/04/2017
The state of weather data infrastructure – white paper- Weather, energy and environment
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Blog 18/04/2017
Open call: Open Contracting Innovation Challenge
- Public service design
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Blog 13/04/2017
‘Bring Open Data to Your School’: connecting teens with open data in Argentina
- Data infrastructure
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Article 12/04/2017
Briefing paper: UK government must support data sharing and open data in transport how the government can support integrated, efficient and sustainable transport systems. -
Blog 12/04/2017
Briefing paper: UK government must support data sharing and open data in transport
- Built environment and housing
- Data infrastructure
- Transport
- Louise Burke
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Blog 10/04/2017
Data Pitch: a new Europe-wide data accelerator launches today
- Innovation
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Blog 04/04/2017
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, ODI Co-Founder, awarded prestigious Turing Award Sir Tim Berners-Lee, ODI Co-founder, and Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Oxford, has today been awarded the 2016 ACM A.M. Turing Award by The Association for Computing Machinery.
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Blog 27/03/2017
Open call: Open Data Champions Programme – 22-24 May 2017 Do you work in open data in the public sector in Europe? If so, explore our latest programme
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Blog 23/03/2017
Call for proposals: LMAO 😹 Data as Culture is the art programme for the Open Data Institute. Exhibitions take place in the working environment, alongside ODI staff and visitors
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Blog 15/03/2017
The ODI’s international startup network comes to South-East Asia
- Startups
- Richard Stirling
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Blog 03/03/2017
When an international partnership works: growing open data startups in Mexico
- Data infrastructure
- Humanitarian response
- Startups
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Blog 01/03/2017
Open Data Day: how to build a strong data economy
- Data infrastructure
- Jeni Tennison
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Blog 28/02/2017
Guest post: African countries level playing field with oil and gold corporations
- Humanitarian response
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Blog 16/02/2017
How can open data portals become sustainable?
- Search and discovery
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Article 15/02/2017
Open Inheritance Art project reveals 36,000 rarely seen private heritage artworks you can visit the Open Inheritance Art project, funded by the Open Data Institute (ODI) Showcase, invites the public to discover and visit private collections of Britain’s most important cultural heritage artworks. -
Blog 15/02/2017
Open Inheritance Art project reveals 36,000 rarely seen private heritage artworks you can visit
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Hannah Foulds
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Blog 10/02/2017
Tribute to Hans Rosling
- James Smith (Dr)
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Blog 07/02/2017
Guest post: How can gathering data help curb social exclusion? ODI Associates Mar Santamaria Varas and Pablo Martinez Diez from 300.000 Km/s, discuss how analogue-to-digital tools can improve large-scale data collection processes in cities, helping to combat homelessness and social exclusion
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Reports 31/01/2017
What works in open data challenges The report explores the case for implementation, explains the key attributes of a challenge prize and provides seven recommendations for prize delivery to help others design, deliver and evaluate open data challenge prizes effectively. -
Blog, Guides, Tools 27/01/2017
Policy design patterns that help you use data to create impact
- Innovation
- Policy
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Article 19/01/2017
Guest post: cities take to Yelp to tell their residents where not to eat Yelp’s latest innovation allows users to rate the state of kitchens in restaurants across the US. Will this have an effect on the standards at dirty eateries?
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Blog 13/01/2017
Strengthening our legal data infrastructure
- Data infrastructure
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Blog 11/01/2017
Wasting less and giving more: charities and funders unite with better data
- Humanitarian response
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Blog 05/01/2017
The future of transport? Shared services built on data
- Built environment and housing
- Innovation
- Public service design
- Transport
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Guides 26/12/2016
How to write a good open data policy
- Open standards and open APIs
- Policy
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Blog 08/12/2016
Improving the resilience of cities using open data- Cities
- Weather, energy and environment
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Blog 23/11/2016
Autumn Statement: UK must recognise the need to strengthen data infrastructure
- Data infrastructure
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Blog 22/11/2016
Legislation.gov.uk: improving the UK digital statute book through collaborative maintenance- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Public service design
- Search and discovery
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Blog 09/11/2016
Data is critical national infrastructure – let’s make it open and secure- Data infrastructure
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Blog 31/10/2016
The ODI and Sport England getting the UK more active- Health and physical activity
- Startups
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Blog 21/10/2016
Guest post: what would the open data utopia actually look like?- Built environment and housing
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Open standards and open APIs
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Article 09/09/2016
Appendices Authors, editor, web production, acknowledgements, list of interview participants and related resources.
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Article 09/09/2016
Methodology Our research followed a mixed-methods design and was organised in three consecutive phases — identifying, surveying and interviewing open data companies.
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Article 09/09/2016
Conclusions & recommendations This study has demonstrated the breadth and depth of business use of open data.
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Article 09/09/2016
Examples of UK companies using open data How are UK companies working with open data?