project
Open Data Labs
Research and advisory at the intersection of open data, civic technology, and human rights.
Open Data Labs is where the thinking happens. It's the research and advisory practice I founded to work on the hardest questions at the edge of data, power, and human rights — the ones that don't fit neatly inside a single organisation.
The work spans governance frameworks, civic technology design, policy research, and strategic advisory for governments, NGOs, and foundations. If data is infrastructure, Open Data Labs is about who gets to build it, who gets to use it, and who gets protected when it goes wrong.
What this looks like in practice.
- Policy research on data rights, algorithmic accountability, and AI governance
- Advisory work with governments and international organisations on open data strategy
- Civic technology design that centres marginalised communities
- The intellectual home for work that crosses disciplinary lines
Open Data Labs is deliberately small and independent. Independence is the point — it's what lets the work be honest.