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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
Reports 28/04/2020
Designing sustainable data institutions [report]
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Peer networks
- Policy
- Ben Snaith
- Diana Szasz
- Jared Robert Keller
- Jeni Tennison
- Sonia Duarte
When data institutions steward data on behalf of others, they need to be able to offer long-time stewardship. Our new report explores how to make them more sustainable.
Reports 28/04/2020
Designing trustworthy data institutions [report]
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Policy
- Jack Hardinges
- Jared Robert Keller
- Jeni Tennison
- Olivier Thereaux
- Sonia Duarte
To effectively meet its public, educational or charitable aims, a data institution need to be trustworthy and trusted
Reports 31/03/2020

Becoming more open: the view from four European cities [report] Our research has found that the language of ‘smart cities’ is little more than a marketing strategy, and that there is a move towards speaking more meaningfully about ‘open cities’
Reports 11/03/2020
Sharing data to create value in the private sector [report]
- Data publishing and use
- Josh D'Addario
Read our research which finds that businesses can benefit from sharing business-held data, as well as making use of third-party data
Blog, Reports 30/01/2020
Monitoring Equality in Digital Public Services (report)
- Public service design
Many of the public and private services we use are now digital. The move to digital is likely to increase as technology becomes more embedded in our lives. But what does this mean for how essential public services understand who is using, or indeed not using, them and why?
Reports 20/12/2019
The future of the London Datastore (report)
- James Maddison
- Olivier Thereaux
- Sonia Duarte
We explore the future of the London Datastore and make recommendations which include creating a destination for insights and becoming a trusted guide and a steward