“We want a world where data works for everyone”

Jeni Tennison, Vice President and Chief Strategy Advisor

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Make better decisions using data

...and manage any harmful impacts.

We work with companies and governments to build an open, trustworthy data ecosystem.
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What's new >

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Art launch: Fairly Intelligent™️ by AM Darke Artist A.M. Darke discusses the process of developing Fairly Intelligent™️, a speculative fiction about the world’s worst algorithm posing as the world’s best algorithm
ODI Summit 2021 tickets now live Get your super earlybird ticket to this year's ODI Summit 2021, where we'll explore being human in a world of data
Take part in our business survey Take part in our short survey, and tell us how your organisation manages skills and resources around data
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New report >

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Data about teachers' lives in the pandemic

The impact of the pandemic on teachers’ and pupils’ lives, through the lens of new data made available to the ODI
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Our current projects >

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Transforming agriculture in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa – How a new data toolkit promises to transform agriculture and secure food supplies for growing communities
Helping bridge the data divide – The ODI and Microsoft are working together to help address the looming ‘data divide’
Data innovation for the UK – Our R&D projects for Innovate UK cut across themes of data sharing and trust, supporting innovation and upgrading data infrastructure
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Work with us

Whether you’re in the private, public or third sectors, we can help with your data strategy. Share your ideas with us, and we’ll be in touch to find out more.

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Latest blogposts >

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Data in advertising can be effective, but companies need to be vigilant to safeguard consumers’ privacy
Green 'Open' sign attached to a wooden door
Guest post: Five projects using open data for good
Colourful lights, blurry
The ODI responds to the UK government’s restoring trust in audit and corporate governance consultation
Scholars and partners welcome: broadening the ambition of the ODI research fellowship scheme
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Explainers >

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Spot the difference – explaining the Covid-19 apps
What is open innovation?
How we use the Data Access Map to tell stories and explain concepts
Why should we care about data ethics?
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Data Ethics Canvas >

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Free tool to help identify and manage ethical issues

The Data Ethics Canvas is a free, downloadable tool for anyone who collects, shares or uses data. It helps identify and manage ethical issues – at the start of a project that uses data, and throughout.
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Free tools >

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The Data Ethics Canvas
Illustration: Open Standards for Data
Open Standards for Data
Service designers using the Data Ecosystem Mapping tool
Data Ecosystem Mapping
Datopolis board game
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Upcoming events >

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ODI Data Ethics Canvas – Learning team adaptation
Introduction to data ethics and the Data Ethics Canvas
Anonymisation is for Everyone
Come on this course and see if you can win the machine learning card game!
Applying Machine Learning and AI Techniques to Data
ODI Data Ethics Canvas – Learning team adaptation
Introduction to data ethics and the Data Ethics Canvas
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The Open Data Institute works with companies and governments to build an open, trustworthy data ecosystem, where people can make better decisions using data and manage any harmful impacts.

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