Data Science for Good

This is a collection of resources around Data Science for Good. It started as a summary of the ODSC articles about Data Science for good part 1, part 2 & part 3.

Institutions

• Gapminder. Fights devastating misconceptions about global development. Produces free teaching resources making the world understandable based on reliable statistics. Promotes a fact-based worldview everyone can understand.
• DataKind. Harnessing the power of data science in the service of humanity.
• DrivenData. Data science competitions to save the world.
• Flowminder. Providing priceless information for free for the benefit of those who need it the most.
• The Gender Data Movement. A collaborative technical and advocacy platform dedicated to improving the quality, availability, and use of gender data in order to make a practical difference in the lives of women and girls worldwide.
• UN Global Pulse. Harnessing big data for development and humanitarian action.
• Global Witness. Exposes the hidden links between demand for natural resources, corruption, armed conflict and environmental destruction.
• TheGovLab. Deepening our understanding of how to govern more effectively and legitimately through technology.
• The Open Data Institute. Working with companies and governments to build an open, trustworthy data ecosystem, where people can make better decisions using data and manage any harmful impacts.
• The Open Knowledge Foundation. A world where knowledge creates power for the many, not for the few.
• University of Chicago, Data Science for Social Good. We’re training data scientists to tackle problems that really matter.
• Data Science for Social Good Foundation. Our mission is to create programs that enhance the use of data science, AI, machine learning to create positive social impact in a fair and equitable manner.
• AI for Good Foundation. Make the world a better place through AI.
• Partnership on AI. Bringing together diverse, global voices to realize the promise of artificial intelligence.

Projects

• UN Sustainable Development Goals
• The Dollar Street Project
• The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
• The Social Progress Index
• Our World in Data
• Open Data for Development
• The Open Data Index
• Bloomberg's Data for Good Exchange
• Data for Democracy
• Health Data Collaborative

People

• Angus Deaton
• Dirk Helbing
• Thomas Piketty

Research

• The Alan Turing Institute
• FAT* Conference
• The Edinburgh Futures Institute

Resources & Data Sources

• UN Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation. Roadmap advancing a safer, more equitable digital world, one which will lead to a brighter and more prosperous future for all.
• Open Corporates. The largest open database of companies in the world.
• Data Collaboratives. Data Collaboratives are a new form of collaboration, beyond the public-private partnership model, in which participants from different sectors — in particular companies - exchange their data to create public value.
• The Humanitarian Data Exchange. Find, share and use humanitarian data all in one place.
• Human Progress. Evidence from individual scholars, academic institutions, and international organizations shows dramatic improvements in human well-being throughout much of the world.
• Data.World. We are building the most meaningful, collaborative, and abundant data resource in the world.
• Google Public Data Explorer
• Open Street Map. OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open licence.
• Unicef Data Portal. Monitoring the Situation of Children and Women.
• The World Bank Open Data Portal. Free and open access to global development data.
• Big Data. Big Impact. course.
• Aequitas. An open source bias audit toolkit for machine learning developers, analysts, and policymakers to audit machine learning models for discrimination and bias, and make informed and equitable decisions around developing and deploying predictive risk-assessment tools.
• AI for Good Global Summit. Connecting AI innovators with problem owners for sustainable development.
• ITU AI Repository. A global Artificial Intelligence (AI) repository to identify AI related projects, research initiatives, think-tanks and organizations that can accelerate progress towards the “17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”.
• DataViz for Social Good. Harness the power of data visualization for social change.
• Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Applies the principles of open source and open data sharing for humanitarian response and economic development.
• DataKind Playbook. Global, user-centered knowledge base for implementing a data-for-good project.
• Principles for Digital Development. Guidelines that are designed to help integrate best practices into technology-enabled programs.

Books

• Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, 2018.
• Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think, 2018.
• Weapons of Math Destruction, 2016.
• The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality, 2013
• Poor Economics, 2011.

Marketplaces for Good

• Solve for Good. DSSG Solve is an online platform for social good organization to post projects they need help with, for volunteers to help scope those projects into well-defined problems, and to help solve those problems.