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Blog 26/10/2020
Tackling climate change challenges through data access – Microsoft and the ODI
- Agriculture and food
- Built environment and housing
- Covid-19
- Data publishing and use
- Transport
- Diana Szasz
As part of our global partnership with Microsoft, we have been conducting research into climate change to identify priority areas for increased access to data through data collaborations
ODI Inside Business series 19/10/2020
ODI Inside Business – a checklist for leaders
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- ODI Inside Business
- Simon Bullmore
- Stuart Coleman
This checklist is a starting point for anyone who wants to provide leadership in their business when it comes to data
Blog 13/10/2020
Matchmakers of the data world: how 'data intermediaries' can bring decision makers and data together to help combat Covid-19
- Data publishing and use
- Fionntán O'Donnell
- Rebecca Ghani
Access to data is essential to support effective and swift decisions around Covid-19, making the role of the data intermediaries more important than ever
Blog, News 12/10/2020
The ODI partners with RegulAItion to collaborate on breakthrough platform
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Emerging tech and AI
- Skills and literacy
Data platform company RegulAItion has partnered with the Open Data Institute (ODI) to collaborate on its breakthrough data access and collaboration platform, which aims to ‘enable automated, scalable, repeatable and responsible data access and collaboration for regulated industries’.
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
- Dr 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
Blog, News 15/09/2020
ODI Writers' Fund for Black History Month 2020
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Policy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Sir Nigel Shadbolt
Do you have a data story to tell for Black History Month? We’re looking for Black writers who can use data to tell a story or tell a story about data. We know these stories exist and want to give space to them.
Blog 11/09/2020
Using logic models to design data access initiatives
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Josh D'Addario
Logic models are a well-defined means to help people plan impactful projects and can help in the design of data access initiatives.
Blog 09/09/2020
Building resilience for your business in turbulent times
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Josh D'Addario
Leigh Dodds, Director of Delivery at the ODI explains how sharing data can significantly increase the resilience and adaptability of a business, and highlights useful tools and resources
Blog 03/09/2020
From secret exercise classes to preventing accidents at sea – 7 organisations proving the value of data sharing
- Covid-19
- Data publishing and use
- Health and physical activity
- Innovation
- Open standards and open APIs
- Transport
- Carrie Brindle
We take a look at organisations that are proving the value of data sharing and increased data access
Blog 21/08/2020
What do we mean by data access initiatives?
- Covid-19
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Policy
How can ‘data access initiatives’ help us tackle social, economic and environmental challenges?
Blog 24/07/2020
Why Covid-19 means data sharing is more important than ever
- Covid-19
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
The changes prompted by Covid-19 have had a widespread impact on businesses, demonstrating the need for organisations to be resilient in order to withstand the crisis. Stuart Coleman, ODI’s Business Development Director, explains more
Archived tender opportunities, News 21/07/2020
Invitation to tender: Economic modelling of trust in data ecosystems [RDPM-046]
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Policy
- Olivier Thereaux
The objective of this work is to assess the economic impact of trust in the flows of data
Blog 07/05/2020
Covid-19 update – building an open and trustworthy data ecosystem (7 May 2020)
- Covid-19
- Data publishing and use
- Health and physical activity
- Olivier Thereaux
Read our update on the ODI project to support building an open and trustworthy data ecosystem for Covid-19
Reports 28/04/2020
Designing sustainable data institutions [report]
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Peer networks
- Policy
- Ben Snaith
- Diana Szasz
- Dr 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
- Dr Jared Robert Keller
- Jeni Tennison
- Olivier Thereaux
- Rachel Wilson
- Sonia Duarte
To effectively meet its public, educational or charitable aims, a data institution need to be trustworthy and trusted
Blog 27/04/2020
Join us as we embark on the fourth year of our R&D programme
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Emerging tech and AI
- Innovation
- Policy
- Cities
As we enter the fourth year of our research and development programme, we are starting projects on sustainable data access, building trust through certification and creating data infrastructure for common challenges, and invite you to join our team
Case study (private sector) 16/04/2020
Case study: The value of sharing data for improving market reach
- Data publishing and use
- Health and physical activity
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
How a UK leisure operator shares data about its available products and how to purchase them to reach new customers
Case study (private sector) 16/04/2020
Case study: The value of sharing data to build trust
- Agriculture and food
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
How a global agriculture business publishes open data to help evidence its commitments to being a more trustworthy organisation
Blog 30/03/2020
International data strategy, the Australian way
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Open standards and open APIs
- Policy
How should countries develop data-sharing relationships with each other? And how can national policymakers govern data flows across borders?
Blog 17/03/2020
Data trusts in 2020
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Policy
- Jack Hardinges
Programme Lead for Data Institutions, Jack Hardinges, discusses the ODI’s ongoing work to test data trusts as an approach to stewarding data, and some of the recent developments in the field
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
Case study (private sector) 03/03/2020
Case study: The value of sharing data in supply chain optimisation
- Data publishing and use
- Transport
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
How Airbus shares engineering data on its aeroplane concepts with supply-chain partners to improve the efficiency and accuracy of its product design
Case study (private sector) 03/03/2020
Case study: The value of sharing data to drive open innovation
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
In this case study, we look at how an EU-funded open innovation programme, Data Pitch, has allowed a large organisation to share data with a startup to help address key challenges
Case study (private sector) 03/03/2020
Case study: The value of sharing data in regulated environments
- Banking and finance
- Data publishing and use
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
How a multinational investment bank and financial services company shares data both for regulatory purposes and more widely for its business
Case study (private sector) 03/03/2020
Case study: The value of sharing data for benchmarking and insights
- Built environment and housing
- Data publishing and use
- Transport
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
How a private sector organisation is sharing data to provide shipping companies with safety recommendations
Case study (private sector) 03/03/2020
Case study: The value of sharing data to address sector challenges
- Data publishing and use
- Weather, energy and environment
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
How two private sector organisations are sharing data to better forecast the generation of electricity from solar energy sources
Case study, Guides, Tools 21/02/2020
Data 2020
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Emerging tech and AI
- Innovation
- Policy
- Public service design
- Skills and literacy
- Jeni Tennison
Here is a landscape review of hot topics in the world of data in 2020 – from digital competition, AI and trade to data rights, ethics and literacy
Data 2020, Guides 21/02/2020
Data 2020: Collaboration to solve societal problems
- Data publishing and use
- Policy
- Richard Stirling
Some problems can only be tackled through collective action. But who manages that shared data? Who ensures it’s shared and used in the right way? New data institutions could be an answer.
Blog 21/02/2020
Building trust in how you handle data: a hierarchy
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Policy
- Jeni Tennison
The ODI’s CEO Jeni Tennison shares four layers to building trust in how you handle data, from basic compliance to making positive efforts to share its benefits

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