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Reports 13/10/2021
Mapping data in the UK government [report]
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
- Science and research
- Skills and literacy
- Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta
- Gavin Freeguard
- Jeni Tennison
- Julie King
- Lisa Allen
This report explores some of the ways in which the UK government is transforming its use of data to unlock the value of data across the wider economy – as part of our 2021 policy project to support the successful implementation of the National Data Strategy
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
The Open Data Institute (ODI) has published a first-of-its-kind report – commissioned by Roche – scrutinising the policy readiness of Europe for the secondary use of health data and identifying good practice across the region
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
ODI Fellow Janis Wong explores the data governance considerations when working with online learning data, looking at how educational institutions should rethink how they can better manage, protect and govern online learning data and personal data
Reports 07/09/2021
ODI Fellow Report: Digital planning and its implications
- Built environment and housing
- Data ethics and privacy
- Emerging tech and AI
- Cities
- Sue Chadwick
ODI Fellow Sue Chadwick explores the implications of advances in digital planning
Blog, Reports 01/09/2021
How do data institutions facilitate safe access to sensitive data?
- Data infrastructure
- Science and research
- Dr Jared Robert Keller
In this short research report, Senior Technical Researcher Jared Keller examines the different ways that data institutions are able to facilitate safe access to sensitive data The ‘data-use journey’ The four levers for facilitating safe access to sensitive data Controlling ‘who’ gets access to data and ‘what for’ Controlling ‘what’ data people get access to and ‘how’ Diagram of UK Biobank Looking ahead
Reports 28/07/2021

New research for ODI reveals a nascent but buoyant market of firms and services focused on trust in data Find out more about the size and scope of the UK data assurance market: new research from Frontier Economics
Reports 21/07/2021
Improving data and information access in regulated sectors [report]
- Banking and finance
- Data ethics and privacy
- Search and discovery
- Startups
- Josh D'Addario
- Mahad Alassow
This report explores the landscape of data access across the banking, accounting and legal sectors, looking at how innovative privacy enhancing technologies and developments in machine learning and artificial intelligence could improve trustworthy and sustainable data access
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
We have produced a short white paper that analyses the direction and effectiveness of European health data policies, as part of our work with Roche
Reports 23/06/2021
Exploring new approaches for sharing data in the built environment
- Ben Snaith
- Jack Hardinges
- Joe Massey
Organisations that design, build, operate and maintain the built environment are exploring how to create value from data. This paper examines the challenges and opportunities, and looks into the available approaches for increasing access to data, from data-sharing agreements and data pooling, through to decentralised data publishing.
Reports 10/06/2021
Improving data access in the UK smart meter data ecosystem [report]
- Data publishing and use
- Weather, energy and environment
- James Maddison
- Josh D'Addario
In this report for the Data Communications Company (DCC), we discuss the importance of smart meter system data and improving access to that data to further the goals of the wider UK energy sector.