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IARIW-CIGI | Valuation of Data Conference
IARIW-CIGI | Valuation of Data Conference
November 2–3 2023 — Waterloo, Canada
georgiajmeyer
Aug 23
What is ‘public data’? And who should be allowed to collect and use it?
What is ‘public data’? And who should be allowed to collect and use it?
Sasha Moriniere, Claudine Tinsman and Jared Robert Keller present a pilot study of differing perceptions of ‘public data’ and its fair use
Jared Robert Keller
Jun 30
Why the UN Global Digital Compact needs to get serious about participatory data
Why the UN Global Digital Compact needs to get serious about participatory data
The Global Digital Compact, currently nearing its final version, seeks to outline “shared principles for an open, free and secure digital…
Joe Massey
Jun 25
The interplay between data-related harm and the secondary use of health data
The interplay between data-related harm and the secondary use of health data
Historically, the health industry has primarily focused on the harms associated with data privacy breaches, particularly those stemming…
Blanka Wawrzyniak
Jun 12
How data champions help form a data culture.
How data champions help form a data culture.
My name is Lewis Prentice, I’m a full time PhD student researching the use of resources in the creation of data-driven value. This piece…
Lewis Prentice
Jun 4
Data Sharing: A Look into Data Collaborations in South African Cities
Data Sharing: A Look into Data Collaborations in South African Cities
This article was written independently by ODI Research Fellow Majaha Dlamini who works for the South African Cities Network (SACN). The…
Majaha Dlamini
Mar 5
When do firms want to share data?
When do firms want to share data?
How can we encourage more companies to share data? Of course, data intermediaries will likely play a pivotal role. But public-interest…
simeon duckworth
Feb 22
Open Data Science To Be Proud Of: Geographic Healthcare Analysis with Healthsites.io and WorldPop
Open Data Science To Be Proud Of: Geographic Healthcare Analysis with Healthsites.io and WorldPop
My journey trying to build a data science project that uses open data to do some impactful analysis
Neil Majithia
Feb 22
Locked doors: researcher access to social media data — a reading list
Locked doors: researcher access to social media data — a reading list
I’m Sasha Moriniere, a Researcher at the Open Data Institute (ODI), passionate about investigating power dynamics in digital ecosystems…
Sasha Moriniere
Feb 15
How to think with data and share it ethically
How to think with data and share it ethically
Hello! My name is Larriza Thurler, and I’m excited to share my journey as a Research Fellow at the Open Data Institute (ODI). In this role…
Larriza Thurler
Feb 6
Wires in branches: The ongoing datafication of the natural world
Wires in branches: The ongoing datafication of the natural world
What does it mean to society for people, buildings, cities, trees, animals, weather, electricity to become data points?
Ben Snaith
Nov 1, 2023
What Aristotle and architecture can teach us about sharing data
What Aristotle and architecture can teach us about sharing data
Or, how to build a data institution
Jared Robert Keller
Oct 27, 2023
We must fix researcher access to data held by social media platforms
We must fix researcher access to data held by social media platforms
My name is Sasha Moriniere, I’m a Researcher for the Open Data Institute (ODI), working on issues related to global data infrastructure…
Sasha Moriniere
Oct 19, 2023
Where is data diplomacy happening? A reading list
Data diplomacy is one of those terms that is becoming more frequently used within research and policy circles. This reading list is a…
Ben Snaith
Oct 6, 2023
UK Data Diplomacy: Navigating the Nexus of Economics and Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific
UK Data Diplomacy: Navigating the Nexus of Economics and Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific
by Thomas Carey-Wilson
Thomas Carey-Wilson
Sep 29, 2023
Introducing ‘Canvas’, the Open Data Institute’s new research publication on Medium
By Ben Snaith and Jared Robert Keller
ODIHQ
Sep 27, 2023
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