Open Knowledge International – our new name!
Notice something a little different? We have had a change of name! As of today, we officially move from being called “Open Knowledge” to “Open Knowledge International (OKI)”. “Open Knowledge…
New Initiative: Open Data for Tax Justice #OD4TJ
Every year countries lose billions of dollars to tax avoidance, tax evasion and more generally to illicit financial flows. According to a recent IMF estimate around $700 billion of tax…
Rufus Pollock: I am now Non-Executive at Open Knowledge International
Today, I am pleased to announce the completion of my move to a non-executive role at Open Knowledge International. When Pavel Richter took over as CEO last year, my plan…
Introducing Viderum
Ten years ago, Rufus started CKAN as an “apt-get for data” in order to enable governments and corporations to provide their data as truly open data. Today, CKAN is used…
Calling all Project Assistants: we need you!
The mission of Open Knowledge International is to open up all essential public interest information and see it utilized to create insight that drives change. To this end we work…
Seeking a Chief Operating Officer
The mission of Open Knowledge International is to open up all essential public interest information and see it utilized to create insight that drives change. To this end we work…
Open Knowledge Founder Rufus Pollock, Ashoka Fellow
Open Knowledge Founder Rufus Pollock was recently recognized as Ashoka UK’s fellow of the month. This brief video highlights his thoughts on open knowledge, and his vision for an information…
We’re Hiring at Open Knowledge: Project Managers, Developers and Data Wranglers
Open Knowledge are delighted to advertise several new open positions: Project Manager – Open Data Python Developer Frontend Developer Data Wrangler A brief summary on each post can be found…
Thank You to Our Outgoing CEO
This is a joint blog post by Open Knowledge CEO Laura James and Open Knowledge Founder and President Rufus Pollock. In September we announced that Laura James, our CEO, is…
Seeking new Executive Director at Open Knowledge
Today we are delighted to put out our formal announcement for a new Executive Director. In our announcement about changes in leadership in September we had already indicated we would…