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Blog 17/12/2018
How Ukraine became an open data pioneer
- Built environment and housing
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- Public service design
- Cities
- James Maddison
Open data in Ukraine has progressed significantly in recent years, and it serves as an important case study of national and local government investing in and benefitting from open data
Blog 30/11/2018
How can we scale up local data-enabled projects?
- Built environment and housing
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- Public service design
- Cities
- Ben Snaith
- James Maddison
Help us explore opportunities and barriers to replicating and scaling local data projects
Blog 02/11/2018
Data Access Archipelago: mapping the myriad ways we share data
- Data publishing and use
- Search and discovery
- Jared Robert Keller
For data holders looking to increase access to the data, there are many ‘data access models’ out there. This map is part of our effort to guide people and organisations looking to share data. We hope it will help navigate the complex world of data access
Blog 26/10/2018
Why businesses aren’t sharing more data
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- Search and discovery
- Startups
Businesses can share data in many ways – they need to consider ethics, anonymisation and standards to do it right
Reports 26/10/2018
What organisations need in order to share more data: our research
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
We speak to businesses about their challenges in data sharing and how they can be supported
Blog 19/10/2018
Defining a 'data trust'
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Jack Hardinges
- Peter Wells
We’ve been investigating ‘data trusts’ as an approach to stewarding data, to retain trust in how it’s collected, maintained and shared
Blog 12/10/2018
Behind the Curtain: art and the morality of gathering public information
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Emerging tech and AI
ODI Embedded Artist in Residence Alistair Gentry considers trust, sharing and AI in data-rich online worlds
Blog 04/10/2018
How hard is it to publish good-quality open data?
- Data publishing and use
- Public service design
- Skills and literacy
How hard is it to publish good-quality open data? Two publishers share their honest experiences
Blog 28/09/2018
ODI responds to Open Data Barometer Leaders Edition: ‘from promise to progress’
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Peer networks
- Anna Scott
- Jeni Tennison
- Peter Wells
We note the need to invest in data infrastructure, ‘faltering’ leaders and the second wave of open data champions
Blog 28/09/2018
Creators of tools for open data? Steal this
- Data publishing and use
- Marina Peneva
- Olivier Thereaux
We’ve done some research into data publishers’ needs – we invite you to steal our ideas and collaborate with us
Article 17/09/2018
Creating FAIR and open agricultural data ecosystems
- Agriculture and food
- Data publishing and use
- Pauline L’Hénaff
How we help ensure good data management in Gates Foundation agriculture grants
Blog 11/09/2018
How can we predict the impact of data policy?
- Data publishing and use
- Policy
- Public service design
- Search and discovery
- Philip Horgan
- Rebecca Ghani
Predictive modelling could reveal the butterfly effects of data policies on the data economy
Blog 14/08/2018
How Facebook, Apple and Microsoft are contributing to an openly licensed map of the world
- Data publishing and use
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Humanitarian response
- Deborah Yates
- Leigh Dodds
Multinational organisations are collaborating in the open on OpenStreetMap
Blog 09/08/2018
Data's value: how and why should we measure it?
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- Anna Scott
- Ben Snaith
- Peter Wells
A lack of consensus is holding back innovation, governance and regulation
Blog 03/08/2018
The ODI responds to House of Lords call for evidence into internet regulation
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Public service design
Our response to the House of Lords Select Committee on the regulation of the internet, focussing on data and openness
Blog 02/08/2018
Beyond ownership: we need better control and rights over data
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Jeni Tennison
Jeni Tennison’s short discussion paper on intellectual property and data ownership for the new UK Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
Blog 10/07/2018
What is a data trust?
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Search and discovery
- Jack Hardinges
How ‘data trust’ is used, and how it can be used to increase data access while protecting trust
Blog 03/07/2018
The Data City in Leeds and Lille: measuring data innovation
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Innovation
- Cities
- Startups
In this blog, we talk to project lead Tom Forth from The Data City to about find out more about The Data City in Lille and Leeds project – a project that takes innovation-measuring methodologies that have been successfully applied in the UK
Blog 10/05/2018
How can tools support the use of open data to improve public services?
- Data publishing and use
- Public service design
- Cities
Blog 03/05/2018
ODI releases new research on registers: making lists we can trust
- Data publishing and use
- Leigh Dodds
ODI Data Infrastructure Programme Lead, Leigh Dodds announces a new report exploring the definitions of a register, how to build trust through transparent stewardship and models of collaboration, written in partnership with OpenHealthcare and Democracy Club
Guides, Reports 03/05/2018
Registers and collaboration: making lists we can trust (report)
- Data publishing and use
- Leigh Dodds
This report is about registers or lists, and ways of publishing and maintaining them
Blog 01/05/2018
Startups help revolutionise access to sports and activity information
- Data publishing and use
- Health and physical activity
- Open standards and open APIs
- Cities
- Startups
- Richard Norris
People across the UK will soon have nation-wide sport and physical activity information at their fingertips as 10 new startups join the OpenActive Accelerator, a groundbreaking new programme launched today by Sport England and the Open Data Institute (ODI)
Blog 25/04/2018
The ODI announces 2018 innovation programme projects
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Innovation
- Peer networks
- Public service design
New innovation projects span from increasing data access for new tech to building stronger data trade links
Blog 25/04/2018
Updating the Data Ethics Canvas
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Skills and literacy
- Anna Scott
- Jack Hardinges
- Peter Wells
A few months after launching the first version of our Data Ethics Canvas and guide, it’s time for an update. Here’s what we’ve changed, why, and what we’re doing next
Blog 24/04/2018
Can we increase access to data while retaining trust?
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Anna Scott
- Jack Hardinges
- Peter Wells
A new ODI project aims to increase access to data while retaining trust. Here are some of the research questions to be explored
Blog 22/03/2018
What does the Cambridge Analytica scandal mean for access to data?
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Anna Scott
- Jeni Tennison
- Peter Wells
With questions about the use and misuse of personal data high in the public’s mind, Jeni Tennison shares five takeaways on the implications for access to data for researchers
Blog 02/03/2018
Open Data Day: seven weird and wonderful open datasets
- Data publishing and use
- Alex Vryzakis
- Anna Scott
- Hannah Foulds
Now that the Winter Olympics are over, #OpenDataDay is upon us! In order to celebrate publishing data that anyone can access, use or share we’re showcasing the quirkiest, funniest and most cat-filled open datasets out there in our very own Open Data Olympics
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
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 service design
- 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 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

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