Change what we can see. See what we can change.
Change what we can see. See what we can change.
The Greater London Authority (GLA) is the strategic city government for London, working on behalf of the Mayor of London. The GLA’s City Intelligence Unit (CIU) provides evidence, analysis and insight to support the development of policies and the prioritization of funding programmes. The CIU delivers a large range of analytical projects each year, develops models of how London is changing and also manages a number of data services, relied upon by our partners in the public and private sector.
The CIU has been developing its own data science capacity along with a team of data visualisation developers, who develop good practice, tooling and templates as well as delivering their own outputs. The CIU has also being improving access to high-resolution, low-latency data including footfall, spending premises and energy data.
The collaboration with Diverse CDT will enable the GLA to:
The GLA will provide a series of high-profile policy and data projects, some aimed at professional users and some creating outputs for widespread use by the general public. Their experienced and skilled staff will help ensure that the CDT’s work is grounded in current industry practice.