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Blog, Reports 20/01/2021
Infrastructure for common challenges [report]
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Elea Himmelsbach
- Flor Serale
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
In this report, we summarise our initial user needs research on data access initiatives, sharing insights into the challenges these initiatives encounter and how design tools can help them build the data infrastructure they need to be successful
Blog, Reports 15/01/2021
Data skills and knowledge in the engineering sector [report]
- Built environment and housing
- Data infrastructure
- Skills and literacy
- Deborah Yates
- James Maddison
- Mahad Alassow
This report explores the level of data skills and knowledge currently in the engineering sector, and what improvements are required
Blog, Reports 05/01/2021
Exploring the Covid-19 symptom tracking ecosystem [report]
- Covid-19
- Data infrastructure
- James Maddison
- Jeni Tennison
- Olivier Thereaux
This report looks at the ecosystem of symptom trackers to understand how they operate and cooperate, and what data flows they enabled.
Reports 13/12/2020
Comparing decentralised data publishing initiatives [report]
- Data publishing and use
This report explores a common design pattern for increasing access to data through the adoption of open standards for data. It compares how it is being applied across 14 different initiatives and shares insights into how this approach can be used.
Blog, Reports 24/11/2020
Getting data right: perspectives on the UK National Data Strategy 2020
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
- Skills and literacy
This report looks at the outcomes of the ‘Getting data right’ series – a series of events focused on developing constructive recommendations for the UK government about the National Data Strategy 2020
ODI Analyses, Reports 10/11/2020
Data about children’s lives in the pandemic: report
- Covid-19
This report looks at the impact of the pandemic on children’s lives, and the wellbeing of parents and teachers, through the lens of new data made available to the ODI
Reports 30/09/2020
Data institutions: reducing costs and improving sustainability
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
- Ben Snaith
- Diana Szasz
- Joe Massey
- Sonia Duarte
Find out about the revenue models used by data institutions, and read our recommendations around sustainability and cost reduction
Reports 30/09/2020
Demonstrating and assessing trustworthiness when sharing data
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Science and research
- Skills and literacy
- Elea Himmelsbach
- Fionntán O'Donnell
- Jared Robert Keller
- Olivier Thereaux
- Sonia Duarte
How can people and organisations trust others when sharing data? This report finds that while third-party certifications and audits are useful, alternative approaches can also be effective
Blog, Reports 28/09/2020
Open communications: an open trustworthy data ecosystem for the telecommunications sector [report]
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- Open standards and open APIs
- Retail and consumer
- Josh D'Addario
Find out about the potential of data portability in telecommunications: our report examines the potential benefits and risks of sharing more data about use of communications services
Reports 16/07/2020
Applying new models of data stewardship to health and care data [report]
- Health and physical activity
The outbreak of the coronavirus (Covid-19) has amplified and accelerated the need for an effective technology ecosystem that benefits everyone’s health, and this report explores models of ‘data stewardship’ required to enable better evaluation