Open Data Platforms and Licences for Cities

In today's digital era, data has become an invaluable resource for decision-making, problem-solving, and fostering innovation.

This short course provides a foundation to open urban big data, encompassing aspects like licensing, analysis, visualisation, citizen science and participatory planning, culminating with a hands-on component that guides users in utilising and adding innovative voluntary geographic information on the UNSW City Futures Research Centre’s own Colouring Australia platform.

Register today and explore how open data has become an invaluable resource for organisations.

How will I learn?

This course is 100% online and on-demand. The flexible design enables you to set your own pace and schedule. The course includes recorded lectures, readings, learning activities and discussion forums.

The volume of learning is 28.5 hours.

On completion of the course, you will receive a digital badge verfiying your achievement.

Who should take this course?

• Students seeking advanced knowledge in open data and licencing to complement their academic studies
• Professionals and researchers seeking to leverage open data for innovation, problem solving and decision-making
• Policymakers and industry practitioners or managers aiming to implement effective strategies to use open data in areas such as licensing, analysis, visualisation, citizen science, and participatory planning

Who is leading this course?

Course Convener

Dr Matthew Ng is a postdoctoral research fellow at the City Futures Research Centre. His interests lie in understanding the dynamics of urban structures based on their underlying transport, population, and economic networks; their linkages in ongoing processes of decay, renewal, and gentrification; and, the role of urban big data and analytics in substantiating development policies to facilitate or intervene in these processes. He holds a PhD from the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, an MSc in International Planning from the Bartlett School of Planning, and a BSc (Hons) in Biology from the University of Manchester.