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We bring together commercial and non-commercial organisations and governments around specific sectors to address today’s global challenges.

Driven by needs, and focused on timely challenges, we help people identify and address how the web of data will impact their businesses and their sectors. Together, we will build a strong data infrastructure.

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R&D programme

R&D main project only (overarching Innovate UK page only)
Data innovation for the UK: research and development
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Innovation
- Open standards and open APIs
- Public service design
- Science and research
- Olivier Thereaux
- Vicky Hallam
Our R&D projects cut across themes of data sharing and trust; supporting innovation; and upgrading data infrastructure

Current projects

Current project
Microsoft and the ODI – helping bridge the data divide
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
- Jack Hardinges
The ODI has partnered with Microsoft to launch its Open Data Campaign which aims to ‘help address the looming ‘data divide’ and help organisations of all sizes to realise the benefits of data and the new technologies it powers
Current project
R&D: Building trust through audit and certification
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
- Charlotte Mitchell
- Deborah Yates
- Dr Dave Tarrant
- Fionntán O'Donnell
- Jack Hardinges
- Jared Robert Keller
- Olivier Thereaux
- Renate Samson
This research and development project aims to explore which services provided by third parties – such as auditing, accreditation or certification – could help create a more trustworthy data ecosystem
Current project
R&D: Sustainable data access
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Open standards and open APIs
- Ben Snaith
- Charlotte Mitchell
- Diana Szasz
- Jack Hardinges
- Sonia Duarte
This research and development project aims to support data institutions – and other data access initiatives – in becoming sustainable
Current project
R&D: Data infrastructure for common challenges
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Open standards and open APIs
- Skills and literacy
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
- Leigh Dodds
- Miranda Marcus
- Pauline L’Hénaff
- Walter Brown
This research and development project aims to create guidance and tools to help sectors build data infrastructure and address common challenges
Current project
Building an open and trustworthy data ecosystem for Covid-19
- Covid-19
- Data infrastructure
- Jeni Tennison
- Olivier Thereaux
- Renate Samson
- Sonia Duarte
The ODI has launched a new project, funded by Luminate, to provide guidance and support to make the data, models and software being used to address the coronavirus pandemic as open as possible, while building and maintaining trust and working towards a future where data works for everyone
Current project
Wellcome and the ODI: data science challenge
- Health and physical activity
- Diana Szasz
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
- Miranda Marcus
- Pauline L’Hénaff
- Vicky Hallam
Find out how we are helping to enable health tech with a series of data science challenge prizes
Current project
Data institutions
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Policy
- Jack Hardinges
- Jeni Tennison
- Richard Stirling
At the ODI, we have been exploring a number of ways of increasing access to data while retaining trust, and we have been exploring data institutions as one potential solution to this
Current project
INSIGHT: exploring access to eye health data
- Data ethics and privacy
- Health and physical activity
- Policy
- Public service design
- Jack Hardinges
The ODI is working with the INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub to involve the public, patients and other stakeholders in data stewardship
Current project
R&D: The value of data sharing in the private sector
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- Startups
- Annalisa Eichholzer
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
- Miranda Marcus
- Orsola De Marco
We are exploring business cases that demonstrate the value of data sharing in the private sector
Current project
Enabling data access to support innovation in agriculture
- Agriculture and food
- Deborah Yates
- Josh D'Addario
- Leigh Dodds
- Pauline L’Hénaff
Funded by the Gates Foundation, and working in collaboration with CABI, this project aims to create tools, guidelines and learning programmes that will support and enhance the use of agricultural data ecosystems
Current project, Startup programme
OpenActive: Getting the nation active
- Health and physical activity
- Open standards and open APIs
- Ellen Goodman
- Oliver Sisman
- Ryan Goodman
The Open Data Institute and Sport England are working together to improve and open up information about physical activity and sporting opportunities across England