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Posted byby Julieta Millan, Sara Petti & Esther Plomp
July 16, 2025

Open Science & Open Knowledge – similar but yet different worlds

Why is it that these two worlds have similar values but barely seem to connect? While both aim to promote free access to information, they seem to do so by different types of peoples associated with the separate movements.

Posted byby OKFN
June 3, 2025

Presentation & Expert Roundtable: ‘From Software to Society — Openness in a Changing World’

Join the Open Knowledge Network in a roundtable to discuss the meaning of openness today, starting with a presentation of the recent study “From Software to Society — Openness in a changing world” by Dr. Henriette Litta and Peter Bihr.

Posted byby OKFN
April 16, 2025

Open Knowledge joins the OFA Symposium 2025 as content partner to amplify its vision and drive impact

The OpenForum Academy (OFA) is pleased to announce its roster of Content Partners for the upcoming OFA Symposium 2025. This year’s Symposium will benefit from the perspectives and expertise of three leading organisations in this space as Content Partners: the Open Knowledge Foundation, the Open Source Initiative, and the Digital Public Goods Alliance.

Posted byby Madelon Hulsebos
January 6, 2025

Open Data Editor: How and why we are integrating AI into the app

How can AI help non-technical users validate and improve the quality of their data in the Open Data Editor, taking into account transparency, privacy, and functionality?

Posted byby OKFN
December 10, 2024

Open Data Editor: learnings from the user testing sessions

Here is a short text explaining how we tested the Open Data Editor before its official stable release and what we learned from the process.

Posted byby ACIJ
December 4, 2024

Open Data Editor user testing: feedback from the ACIJ team

As part of releasing the first stable version of the Open Data Editor, we publish the feedback from the team at ACIJ, an Argentine non-profit working to promote a more just and inclusive society, free from poverty and discrimination.

Posted byby StoryData
November 29, 2024

Open Data Editor user testing: feedback from the StoryData team

As part of releasing the first stable version of the Open Data Editor, we publish the feedback from the team at StoryData, a Barcelona-based agency with experts in data research, analysis, visualisation and communication.

Posted byby Ramya Chandrasekhar
October 23, 2024

Open Data Commons in the age of AI and Big Data

AI is bringing forth new types of capture, appropriation and enclosure of data that limits the realisation of its collective societal value.

Posted byby OKFN
September 11, 2024

Unlocking the Power of Data for Peace: Highlights from the Policy Driver Document for Data Accessibility and User-Friendliness in Peacebuilding

In July 2024, peacebuilders, activists, academics, third sector and staff from intergovernmental organisations such as the United Nations and the OSCE, came together for a policy hackathon at the Austrian Forum for Peace Conference in Burgenland near the Hungarian border.

Posted byby OKFN
July 15, 2024

Policy Brief: Governing Digital Public Infrastructure as a Commons

Policy Brief submitted by Open Knowledge Foundation, Center for Internet and Society and Research ICT Africa to T20, Engagement Group of G20 under Task Force T05 - Inclusive digital transformation

Open Technology Research Officially Launches to Strengthen Global Research Community

The Road to a Press Freedom AI Commons

Open Knowledge Foundation Priorities for the 2025 OGP

Travis Gerke: ‘Academia is still very supportive of the singular hero scientist. But most things take teams’

Andrés Vázquez: ‘90% of technological problems can be solved with tools that have been around for decades’

Jaya Klara Brekke: ‘Know who runs your infrastructure’

Our Network Contribution to Shape the European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy

School of Data Returns: Scaling Digital Literacy Through Trainer Multipliers

Presentation & Expert Roundtable: ‘From Software to Society — Openness in a Changing World’