Datasphere Observatory
About the Datasphere Observatory
The Datasphere Observatory provides a comprehensive, but not exhaustive, interactive, and free and open access online platform where actors and initiatives are identified and profiled to support the understanding and development of the data-governance field. Its long-term goals are facilitating connection, convening, and collaboration, promoting responsible data-sharing narratives and initiatives, and encouraging innovative practices across typically siloed communities and sectors.
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Datasphere Observatory Coverage
Building on the Datasphere Governance Atlas released in 2022, the Observatory provides a virtual mapping of organizations and funders working on data governance.
The platform includes a total of 778 organizations, of which 420 have been categorized and profiled in depth.
The mapping aims to help support opportunities for analysis of the data governance ecosystem, and highlight the need to address intersectional issues—such as gender, environmental concerns, and the implications of AI. The tool sheds some light on the different types of data governance issues and organizations working on this complex field across sectors and geographies.
About the Datasphere Governance Atlas
The Datasphere Governance Atlas 2025 explores data governance in a new world order. Reflecting on current geopolitics, the state of digital development, and how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming our relationship with data and with each other, the report highlights how the data governance ecosystem has vastly evolved since the inception of the Datasphere Initiative in 2022. All data collected for the Atlas is housed within the Datasphere Observatory. While the Atlas includes only those entities that were analyzed and profiled in depth (420 entities).
Read more about the methodology of the Atlas and the Observatory here.
