Tobias Escher at the OII

Today the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the UK parliament heard evidence about the current state of UK government on the Internet. The PAC scrutinizes the spending of government and has the National Audit Office to gather data for them. In this case, the report was produced by a co-operation between the London School of [...]

Last Wednesday I had the pleasure to take part in the Social Sciences dinner of the Keble College Social Sciences Group. Over good food and wine, Professor Robin Dunbar (now at Oxford) gave an enjoyable talk about the number that made him famous: 150. The so-called Dunbar’s number was prominently featured in the book The [...]

Today I gave a presentation to the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information (APPSI), the independent body that advises government and its departments on how to make best use of the information they produce. This public sector information (PSI) includes data on legislation, geographical maps, weather data, financial spending – all kinds of information the [...]