Data, locked in siloes, is often out of reach to many innovators outside medical researchers. Policies must consider technological capabilities to ensure data's true potential can be unlo...

Scott Kahn, Ph.D. 01 Jul 2020

COVID-19

COVID-19’s impact on global supply chains will cause a recession like we’ve never seen before

The affect COVID-19 has had on global supply chains could cause a recession like nothing we have seen before, writes economist Dalia Marin.

Dalia Marin · Project Syndicate 19 Jun 2020

International Trade and Investment

Can governments agree on global data flows? Here are 6 recommendations

Ensuring the relationship between openness and trust in data flows is mutually reinforcing will help strengthen international cooperation

Richard Samans and Hosuk Lee-Makiyama 10 Jun 2020

The New Data Economy

How data residency laws can harm privacy, commerce and innovation - and do little for national security

Data residency laws can have wide impacts on a range of issues, including personal privacy, national security and even commerce.

Lothar Determann 09 Jun 2020

Internet of Things

The Internet of Bodies is here. This is how it could change our lives

Smart thermometers, digital pills: the Internet of Bodies connects and analyses our health data. Here's what we must do to make the technology work for us.

Xiao Liu 04 Jun 2020

COVID-19

Lessons from China: This is how COVID-19 could affect globalization

The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to trigger the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression - could it spell the permanent end of globalization?

Jun Du, Agelos Delis, Mustapha Douch, and Oleksandr Shepotylo · The Conversation 25 May 2020

COVID-19

Answering key data governance questions raised by COVID-19

The coronavirus crisis is raising key governance questions regarding the handling of health data. Frameworks can help societies develop the data approach that works for their populations.

Takanori Fujita and Seiichiro Yamamoto 19 May 2020

COVID-19

Lessons from COVID-19 modeling: the interplay of data, models and behaviour

Models can explain, project or change behaviour. But when behaviour changes, so, too, can the data. Here's what we've learned from coronavirus models.

Kay Firth-Butterfield and Anand Rao 12 May 2020

COVID-19

How policymakers should use the wealth of COVID-19 data

Decision-makers need to maintain trust by listening to the science, adapting policies as new data emerges, and explaining those changes to the public.

Rees Kassen 20 Apr 2020

COVID-19

Sharing tools and data will help us beat COVID-19

We need to share data on transmission, symptoms, testing and hospital admissions to understand the impact of coronavirus around the world.

Ali Okhowat 17 Apr 2020

COVID-19

How to restore data privacy after the coronavirus pandemic

As governments explore data-driven solutions to curb the spread of COVID-19, we must consider how our data will be handled in the aftermath of the crisis.

Samantha Stein 31 Mar 2020

COVID-19

How data can help fight a health crisis like the coronavirus

Insight into preventive actions, population mobility, the spread of the disease, and people's resilience can help leaders respond more effectively to COVID-19.

Rositsa Zaimova 31 Mar 2020

COVID-19

Coronavirus: What does the data say?

Data science allows for a unique insight into how governments, corporations and citizens alike should respond to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

Rachel Schall Thomas and Jeremy Howard · fast.ai 12 Mar 2020

The New Data Economy

We should treat data as a natural resource. Here's why

Like oil and other natural resources, the extraction of data requires energy - and we are not using it sustainably, either. It's time for a new approach.

Antonio Neri 02 Mar 2020

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