Guest post written by Melanie King As the EU continues to advance its sustainability agenda through the Circular Economy Action Plan, recent legislation has placed a significant focus on promoting
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The Open Product Initiative is a collaborative project between Loughborough University, Open Data Manchester and Dsposal, with support from TechUK and Buyerdock. The aim is to explore the development of an open
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When a decision is made that affects us, we hope the people involved are thinking carefully about its impact. But it isn’t always a human who is doing the legwork. Algorithms,
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Increasingly algorithms are being used to automate decision-making in the public sector. Sometimes they are used to support humans to make final decisions, sometimes decision-making is entirely automated. These systems
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Over the last 18 months Open Data Manchester has been conducting user needs research as part of the development of the Digital Solutions Hub for the Natural Environment Research Council.
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Are you passionate about the role of standardised, sharable packaging data in unlocking the circular economy? Then Open 3P needs you… Our vision is for a more circular economy in
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Data, and the systems that underpin it, are transforming our world. Our ability to create, collect, transmit, analyse and store data has opened up incredible new possibilities. But it has
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Since October last year, we’ve been working to understand more about how women and girls in Trafford experience where they live. With Trafford Council and GreaterSport, Right to the Streets
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Back in September 2021 we launched the Declaration for Responsible and Intelligent Data Practice – a shared vision for data in Greater Manchester. It was co-designed over a period of
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Earlier this month, Open Data Manchester welcomed three practitioners who care about people and place to talk about where data fits when we’re thinking about participation and representation of local