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·Jul 26

JOIN US: Open Peer Review of New Report: #Data4COVID19 Review

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a catastrophic impact on the world, inflicting enormous health, economic, political and cultural costs. Countries around the world have undertaken approaches to mitigate these consequences through the use of data, including data from non-traditional sources such as social media and telecommunications companies. However, there has…

Data

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·Jul 21

Selected Readings on the LGTBQ+ Community and Data

By Uma Kalkar, Salwa Mansuri, Marine Ragnet and Andrew J. Zahuranec As part of an ongoing effort to contribute to current topics in data, technology, and governance, The GovLab’s Selected Readings series provides an annotated and curated collection of recommended works on themes such as open data, data collaboration, and…

LGBTQ

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Selected Readings on the LGTBQ+ Community and Data

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·Jul 12

Summer Reading List from The GovLab’s Data Research Program

Looking for a data-driven and data research program recommended beach read? In this special edition, The GovLab releases its summer reading list of engaging and pertinent literature around data. …

Data

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Jun 15

Future-proofing the public sector through digital and innovation skills training

Upskilling the government workforce: a case study from Germany’s Digital Academy This article by Beth Simone Noveck and Jason Williams-Bellamy was originally published via Apolitical The problem: Technological developments and ways of working — such as artificial intelligence, big data, remote collaboration and agile methodologies — are changing the world…

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Future-proofing the public sector through digital and innovation skills training

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·Jun 10

Open Data Policy Lab Releases Open Data Policy Summit Key Highlights Video

This blog was originally posted by the Open Data Policy Lab. View the posting here. On Tuesday, May 17, 2022, The Open Data Policy Lab hosted its inaugural “State of Open Data Policy Summit.” Over the course of three hours, leaders from around the world came together to discuss the…

Open Data

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·May 16

Launch: State of Open Data Policy Repository

To accompany its State of Open Data Policy Summit, the Open Data Policy Lab is happy to announce today the release of a new resource to assess recent policy developments surrounding open data, data reuse, and data collaboration around the world: State of Open Data Repository of Recent Developments. This…

Data

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·May 9

Tutorials on Responsible Data for Children (RD4C)

By Marine Ragnet In April, the RD4C — a collaboration by UNICEF and The GovLab — hosted a series of tutorials to support UNICEF staff in operationalizing RD4C principles and implementing RD4C tools in ways that built on lessons learned from UNICEF and partners. Led by UNICEF’s Eugenia Olliaro and…

Data

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·Apr 26

Announcing New Global, Nonpartisan Summit on State of Open Data Policy

From improving disease response to enabling more equitable public transportation to promoting child well-being, responsible access to data has become essential. But what policies are needed to facilitate and incentivize the opening of data for public interest purposes? What recent legal and policy developments are starting to shape the space…

Events

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Announcing New Global, Nonpartisan Summit on State of Open Data Policy

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·Apr 12

Ten most pressing, high-impact questions to drive change in inclusive and sustainable mobility

The GovLab at NYU Tandon, CAF — Development Bank of Latin America, the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI), and the New Urban Mobility Alliance (NUMO) launch the 100 Questions “Urban Mobility and Transportation” Domain. — BROOKLYN, New York, April 12, 2022 — The Governance Lab (The GovLab) at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, along with CAF — Development Bank of Latin America, the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI), and the New Urban Mobility Alliance (NUMO) announce the launch of the Urban Mobility and Transportation…

Data

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Ten most pressing, high-impact questions to drive change in inclusive and sustainable mobility

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·Mar 17

The GovLab, UNICEF Host Webinar on Using Tools to Realize Responsible Data for Children

This piece was originally published on the Responsible Data for Children’s blog. To learn more about the ways this initiative is fostering the responsible use of data for and about children, visit its site. On 8 March 2022, the Responsible Data for Children (RD4C) team — a collaboration between The…

Data

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