Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta is Head of Public Policy at the Open Data Institute.
Prior to joining the ODI in September 2020, Milly was Senior Policy Adviser at the Royal Society, the independent scientific academy of the UK, where she led the Society’s policy programme on Data and Digital Disruption including projects on data governance, data science skills, and privacy enhancing technologies.
Milly was previously Programme Manager at the Alan Turing Institute, Britain’s national institute for data science and AI, where she managed the Turing’s research partnership programmes in Health and in Finance/Economic Data Science. She has also worked at the Medical Research Council, and served on an Advisory Group at Chatham House. She holds degrees in philosophy from Oxford, Cambridge and York (UK).
Find Milly on Twitter: @TechMilly
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Blog, News, Reports 28/09/2021
New: Report scrutinising the policy readiness of Europe for the secondary use of health data
- Health and physical activity
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jeni Tennison
- Mahad Alassow
- Mark Boyd
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Current project
Discover which European countries are ready for the secondary use of health data
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jeni Tennison
- Mahad Alassow
- Mark Boyd
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Current project
'Data: a new direction’ – the UK government’s new data protection regime
- Data ethics and privacy
- Deborah Yates
- Diana Szasz
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Gavin Freeguard
- Jeni Tennison
- Lisa Allen
- Mahad Alassow
- Olivier Thereaux
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Blog 23/09/2021
Octavia’s data parables
- Policy
- Science and research
- Adjoa Anyimadu
- David Warrell
- Deborah Yates
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jeni Tennison
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Talk
ODI Canalside Chats: Big questions for big tech | Susannah Storey and Dr Mahlet Zimeta Mon, 04 Oct 2021, 12:00 Kings Place, Kings Cross
- Data ethics and privacy
- Emerging tech and AI
- Policy
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Blog 09/09/2021
Mapping data in the UK government: engagement
- Innovation
- Policy
- Deborah Yates
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Gavin Freeguard
- Jack Hardinges
- Jeni Tennison
- Lisa Allen
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Reports 07/09/2021
ODI Fellow Report: Data governance for online learning
- Covid-19
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- Public service design
- Science and research
- Skills and literacy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Janis Wong
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Blog 02/09/2021
Mapping data in the UK government: ethics
- Data ethics and privacy
- Policy
- Deborah Yates
- Dr Dave Tarrant
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Gavin Freeguard
- Jeni Tennison
- Lisa Allen
- Olivier Thereaux
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Blog 25/08/2021
Mapping data in the UK government: equity
- Data infrastructure
- Innovation
- Policy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Gavin Freeguard
- Jeni Tennison
- Josh D'Addario
- Lisa Allen
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Blog 20/08/2021
Mapping data in the UK government: innovation
- Data infrastructure
- Innovation
- Policy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Gavin Freeguard
- Jeni Tennison
- Orsola De Marco
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Blog 12/08/2021
Mapping data in the UK government: capability
- Policy
- Skills and literacy
- Dr Dave Tarrant
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Gavin Freeguard
- Jeni Tennison
- Lisa Allen
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Consultation response/call for evidence 05/08/2021
The ODI responds to the UK government's proposed data strategy for health and social care
- Health and physical activity
- Policy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jeni Tennison
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Blog 05/08/2021
Mapping data in the UK government: infrastructure
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
- Deborah Yates
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Gavin Freeguard
- Jeni Tennison
- Lisa Allen
- Olivier Thereaux
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Current project
National Data Strategy: Help us map who is responsible for data in government
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
- Science and research
- Skills and literacy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Gavin Freeguard
- Jeni Tennison
- Lisa Allen
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Blog 21/07/2021
Asimov’s data revolution
- Adjoa Anyimadu
- David Warrell
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jeni Tennison
- Olivier Thereaux
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Current project
Project: Experimentalism and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- Policy
- Adjoa Anyimadu
- David Warrell
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jeni Tennison
- Olivier Thereaux
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Blog, Reports 12/07/2021
White paper and briefing event: EU policy on secondary use of health data
- Health and physical activity
- Policy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Mahad Alassow
- Mark Boyd
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Blog, Consultation response/call for evidence 08/07/2021
The ODI responds to the UK government’s restoring trust in audit and corporate governance consultation
- Policy
- Alan Walker
- Deborah Yates
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jeni Tennison
- Mahad Alassow
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Blog 06/07/2021
Survey: Mapping health data standards in Europe
- Health and physical activity
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Mark Boyd
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Blog, News 18/05/2021
New work programme for ODI as government published its response to National Data Strategy consultation
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- Policy
- Skills and literacy
- Deborah Yates
- Dr Dave Tarrant
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jack Hardinges
- Jeni Tennison
- Olivier Thereaux
- Orsola De Marco
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Blog 05/05/2021
How can regulators tackle challenges through innovative uses of data?
- Data infrastructure
- Innovation
- Policy
- Alan Walker
- Deborah Yates
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jeni Tennison
- Josh D'Addario
- Olivier Thereaux
- Orsola De Marco
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Blog 15/04/2021
The weird and the wonderful: reflections on the Commission for Race and Ethnic Disparities report
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
- Public service design
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
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Blog 31/03/2021
Open Cities – international roundtable summary note
- Policy
- Public service design
- Cities
- Ben Snaith
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Flor Serale
- James Maddison
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Worknote 31/03/2021
Making cities more open – what we’ve learned
- Policy
- Public service design
- Cities
- Ben Snaith
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- James Maddison
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Blog, Consultation response/call for evidence, News 22/03/2021
The ODI responds to the UK Statistics Authority Inclusive Data Consultation
- Data publishing and use
- Policy
- Public service design
- Alan Walker
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
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Blog, Consultation response/call for evidence, News 12/03/2021
The ODI responds to Green Paper: Transforming public procurement consultation
- Policy
- Alan Walker
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
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Blog 12/03/2021
Inclusive data: perspectives from a roundtable discussion
- Data ethics and privacy
- Policy
- Alan Walker
- Annalisa Eichholzer
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jeni Tennison
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Blog 19/02/2021
Data institutions in low- and middle-income countries
- Data infrastructure
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Policy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jack Hardinges
- Mahad Alassow
- Mark Boyd
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Blog 17/02/2021
Think global, act local: highlights from our spring 2021 policy plans
- Covid-19
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
- Cities
- Alan Walker
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Gavin Freeguard
- Jeni Tennison
- Mahad Alassow
- Mark Boyd
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Blog, Consultation response/call for evidence, News 02/02/2021
The ODI responds to the European Data Governance Act consultation
- Policy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Jack Hardinges
- Mark Boyd