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Blog 15/02/2018 Will GDPR and data portability support innovation?
- Banking and finance
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Emerging tech and AI
- Health and physical activity
- Innovation
- Retail and consumer
- Jack Hardinges
Imagine if you could let your doctor access data on your Fitbit, or if you could use your favourite Spotify playlist in iTunes. Data portability could make these things possible
Blog, News 12/02/2018 ODI survey reveals British consumer attitudes to sharing personal data
- Data ethics and privacy
- Health and physical activity
- Retail and consumer
The Open Data Institute has released findings from new consumer research, conducted online by YouGov, revealing current attitudes of British adults online towards sharing personal data. The full dataset can be viewed here under an open licence
Blog 12/02/2018 ODI's 5th Year: annual report
- Jeni Tennison
2017 was a year of transition for the ODI as we celebrated our fifth birthday and developed our plans for the next five years.
Blog 05/02/2018 Invitation to tender: development of applied best practice research guides
- Science and research
The ODI is looking for a supplier to research and develop the content for a range of best practice guides of different quantitative, qualitative and user research techniques, as part of our R&D programme
Blog 31/01/2018 Invitation to tender: branded presentation templates for R&D outputs
- Science and research
As part of its R&D programme, the ODI is looking for an experienced graphic designer or agency to produce templates for the presentation of innovation outputs to key stakeholders
Blog 25/01/2018 Helping data publishers to improve open data: research and tools register
- Data publishing and use
- Search and discovery
- Olivier Thereaux
We spent a few months listening to data publishers and the people creating tools for them. Here’s what we learned
Blog 24/01/2018 Invitation to tender: copywriters, editors and/or producers
- Hannah Foulds
Experienced copywriters, editors and/or producers to assist in the production of outputs from the ODI’s three year innovation programme
Blog 18/01/2018 Documenting the development of open standards for data
- Open standards and open APIs
- Leigh Dodds
As part of the ODI’s innovation programme, a project is being run to help make it easier for people to create open standards for data. Here, Leigh Dodds explains the aims, how different approaches to standards development have been studied so far and what to expect from the projects in the next mont
Blog 15/01/2018 What do SMEs and startups need to succeed in open data innovation?
- Startups
With the flexibility to experiment and be more innovative, startups and SMEs are increasingly incorporating open data into their business models. In this blog, ODI Fellow Tom Wainwright explores what it takes for these organisations to succeed
Blog 12/01/2018 Opportunities for UK/France transport data: ODI workshop on 15 February
- Transport
- Marina Peneva
As part of the ODI’s data innovation programme, we are exploring opportunities for collaboration in transport between France and the UK. Transport organisations in both countries are invited to participate in our workshop on 15 February
Blog 12/01/2018 Open banking: counting the steps towards a strong data infrastructure for the UK
- Banking and finance
- Data infrastructure
- David Beardmore
- Peter Wells
Open banking gives consumers more control over data about them. This will change the sector and improve the services customers receive. Other countries and sectors will follow and build a better and more open future for data
Blog 05/01/2018 Invitation to tender: animated videos explaining emerging technology As part of its innovation programme, the ODI is running a research project to help businesses understand emerging data technologies and whether these can meet their needs. In this project we are specifically looking at emerging technologies around personal data, smart contracts and artificial intelligence.
Blog 27/12/2017 Open data training in Africa: lessons from the leaders network
- Peer networks
The African Open Data Leaders Network brought together public servants working in open data to help them develop their open data policies and communicate its value.
Blog 20/12/2017 Using artificial intelligence and open data for innovation and accountability
- Emerging tech and AI
- Olivier Thereaux
In the light of the UK’s new industrial strategy and budget, as well as the ODI’s recent participation in a House of Lords evidence session around how AI and personal data should be owned, managed, valued and used for the benefit of society, the ODI’s Head of Technology Olivier Thereaux examines our work in this area.
Article 15/12/2017 ODI Podcast: the African Open Data Leaders Network In this podcast, we look at the African Open Data Leaders Network, a regional variation of the programme that took place this year in Accra, Ghana.
Blog 15/12/2017 Building resilient cities in Africa: lessons learned from ODI’s mini-grant projects Following the conclusion of the mini-grant programme, hear from three projects bringing citizens and governments together to improve Africa’s cities, with £6,000 and support from the ODI
Blog, News 14/12/2017 ODI welcomes UK National Infrastructure Commission recognition that data is infrastructure
- Data infrastructure
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Transport
- Leigh Dodds
- Peter Wells
ODI welcomes UK National Infrastructure Commission recognition of data as a new form of infrastructure and that open data is necessary for innovation.
Blog 14/12/2017 Assessing data literacy needs in government
- Peer networks
- Skills and literacy
As part of its work with the OD4D-funded project Building an Africa Open Data Network (AODN), the ODI conducted a learning needs assessment of people working in government.
Blog 06/12/2017 The ODI launches three collaborative data innovation projects between the UK and France
- Emerging tech and AI
- Innovation
- Peer networks
- Public administration services
- Science and research
- Cities
- Transport
- Tom Hunter
The ODI has kicked off three collaborative UK and France projects, which support ways to enhance data collaboration between the two countries.
Blog 06/12/2017 Research: what are the impacts of peer-to-peer accommodation platforms?
- Built environment and housing
- Innovation
- Retail and consumer
As part of the ODI’s innovation programme, a new project is looking into ways in which data can help to improve the peer-to-peer accommodation sector.
Blog 05/12/2017 What will the UK’s Geospatial Commission look like?
- Data infrastructure
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Peter Wells
The Autumn Budget included a commitment, building on that in the Conservative manifesto, that could lead to Ordnance Survey’s MasterMap data being made available as open data
Blog, Reports 04/12/2017 The EU General Data Protection Regulation: opportunities for grocery retail
- Data ethics and privacy
- Retail and consumer
Our report explores how the retail sector can work together to turn GDPR from a compliance obligation into an opportunity to build services that meet shoppers needs.
Blog 04/12/2017 Four UK teams win funding to redesign public services with open data
- Public administration services
The ODI is working with four teams from different parts of the UK, to support them in redesigning specific public services with open data.
Blog 22/11/2017 Autumn Budget: the ODI welcomes measures to open up land data – citizens, companies and services to benefit
- Data infrastructure
- Jeni Tennison
- Sir Nigel Shadbolt
By opening up mapping data – previously only accessible to large companies who could afford it – the UK government will enable small businesses, communities and citizens to use it, bringing wide benefits
Article 08/11/2017 Public procurement: startups improve process
- Innovation
- Open standards and open APIs
- Public administration services
- Startups
- Tom Hunter
Every year, governments spend over $9.5 trillion through contracts with companies to provide everything from pencils and paper to building infrastructure such as bridges, schools, and hospitals. A third of government expenditure is on public contracts.
Article 03/11/2017 Exploring human-data interaction challenges
- Emerging tech and AI
- Public administration services
- Science and research
- Search and discovery
- Laura Koesten
Finding and selecting data can be complicated and inconsistent. ODI PhD student Laura Koesten shares her plans to map problems within data search from a user’s perspective
Guides 03/11/2017 What is 'open data' and why should we care?
- Banking and finance
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Emerging tech and AI
- Innovation
- Peer networks
- Public administration services
- Search and discovery
- Cities
- Transport
- Weather, energy and environment
- Anna Scott
What is ‘open data’, and how does it fit in? Here are 10 things you need to know…
Blog 01/11/2017 Why data-enabled insight is the key to an active nation
- Health and physical activity
- Startups
- Richard Norris
As nonprofit physical activity body ukactive this week launches the second iteration of its Fit-Tech accelerator ActiveLab, ukactive CEO Steven Ward explains how the benefits of open data can help tackle the global physical inactivity crisis
Reports 01/11/2017 Data entrepreneurship: exploring successful business models with open data
- Innovation
- Startups
- Ryan Goodman
This paper presents lessons on the role of open data in successful business models, based on the ODI’s experience incubating startups and on research carried out as part of the Open Data Incubator for Europe (ODINE) programme
Blog 26/10/2017 Open Banking: we're looking for opportunities for collaboration
- Banking and finance
Open innovation will help drive efficiencies and competition in financial services through open standards and open data
Topic Overview 26/10/2017 Smart cities overview
- Cities
Smart cities in focus: enabling individuals and communities to improve their lives Demands on cities are increasing everywhere. As a result, they are becoming more sophisticated in how they support the billions of people, biological ecosystems, systems infrastructure, buildings and vehicles that move and grow within them. As technology transforms the way transport, health, education, retail, energy, waste, water and other infrastructure works, the data and devices we use to understand them and communicate with each other will become part of our daily routine (whether actively or passively).
Blog 24/10/2017 Exploring how data can improve PDFs: our work so far
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Olivier Thereaux
Having recently released research on how PDFs can work better with data, ODI Leeds Head of Data Tom Forth and ODI Head of Tech Olivier Thereaux share their working and aims for how the work may develop with input from the community
Blog 23/10/2017 ODI sport sector initiative OpenActive builds momentum
- Health and physical activity
- Richard Norris
OpenActive, the ODI’s sport and physical activity sector initiative, has successfully established the foundations for open data to help people get active.
Blog 19/10/2017 UK parties must show voters their vision for data and technology
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Emerging tech and AI
UK parties need to use data and technology to improve local governments, economies and services across the country.
Blog 18/10/2017 Using data to build resilient cities in Africa: introducing ODI mini-grant projects
- Humanitarian response
In August, we announced the six projects shortlisted for our mini-grants programme, to implement data-enabled projects in Africa
Blog 17/10/2017 Improving the resilience of cities using open data
- Data infrastructure
- Cities
As the population of cities is expected to grow, from being home to just over 50% of the world’s population in 2015 to 60% by 2030, finding innovative solutions to improving urban resilience becomes even more pressing
Blog 17/10/2017 ODI secures £6m to advance data innovation
- Built environment and housing
- Data ethics and privacy
- Emerging tech and AI
- Innovation
- Open standards and open APIs
- Public administration services
- Cities
- Transport
The ODI will use the funds to focus on projects that it believes will progress strategically important areas: building data infrastructure, improving data literacy, stimulating data innovation and building trust in the use of data
News 17/10/2017 ODI secures £6m to advance data innovation
- Emerging tech and AI
- Innovation
- Open standards and open APIs
The ODI will use the funds to focus on projects that it believes will progress strategically important areas: building data infrastructure, improving data literacy, stimulating data innovation and building trust in the use of data
Reports 10/10/2017 Deutsche Bank report: Using data to take an open approach to investment banking
- Banking and finance
- Innovation
- Startups
Investment banking is one of the world’s oldest and most data-rich industries. It provides a large range of financial products and services to businesses, governments and investors, helping them to grow and manage risk. The sector is undergoing significant change, adopting new technologies and regulations, transforming organisational cultures and reducing costs.
Blog 06/10/2017 Open data publishing: towards better tools and processes
- Emerging tech and AI
- Search and discovery
- Skills and literacy
- Dr Dave Tarrant
- Olivier Thereaux
How the ODI can help organisations publish open data for the better
Blog 05/10/2017 ODI Toolbox application experiments: from Comma Chameleon to Data Curator
- Emerging tech and AI
- Stephen Fortune
ODI Code Fellow Stephen Fortune explains how the ODI Australian Network – an ODI Node – built on ODI Toolbox application Comma Chameleon’s code to enhance the application while working in the spirit of open source software development.
Blog 13/09/2017 Why we need the data ethics canvas
- Data ethics and privacy
- Science and research
The Data Ethics Canvas is for organisations to identify and manage potential data ethics considerations
Blog 29/08/2017 Survey: What's your experience of solving problems with data? A survey looking to uncover the real problems people experience with data, and to help rectify the situation
Blog 25/08/2017 Call for tenders: collaborative data innovation projects between French and UK cities
- Data infrastructure
The ODI will grant three worth £20,000 for proposals that connect and/or encourage collaborative data between French and UK cities.
Blog 23/08/2017 Improving public services with data: fund launched for service delivery redesign
- Built environment and housing
- Public administration services
The ODI explores how using data better could transform public services and help them meet our needs as citizens
Blog 23/08/2017 How is peer-to-peer accommodation regulated around the world
- Built environment and housing
- Pauline L’Hénaff
Regulation for peer-to-peer accommodation is being discussed around the world, but data isn’t being used effectively to inform, design and implement it. We are researching how data could be better used to help regulate the peer-to-peer accommodation sector. Here’s what we’ve learned so far.
Blog 17/08/2017 Invitation to tender: Stimulus fund for service redesign
- Public administration services
Stimulus fund for a number of consortia organisations. Each consortium must include at least one UK public sector organisation.
Blog 11/08/2017 Ukraine Open Data Challenge: finalists revealed
- Innovation
- Richard Stirling
As part of a partnership between the Eurasia foundation and Ukrainian open data incubator 1991, the Transparency and Accountability in Public Administration and Services (TAPAS) organised a challenge event over one weekend to help Ukrainian startups innovate with open data.
Blog 11/08/2017 How could data be used better to help regulate peer-to-peer accommodation?
- Built environment and housing
- Transport
- Pauline L’Hénaff
The ODI is going to develop and prototype new models of gathering and using data for regulation in the peer-to-peer accommodation sector
Blog 11/08/2017 Building open data capacity in Tanzania - the support of two years of training As part of our mission to help businesses and governments around the world get data to people who need it, we have worked with the World Bank over the last two years to provide training and support to the Tanzania Open Data Initiative

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