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Curious to know more about open financial data? Our videos showcase what types of open financial data are available and how they can support in the creation or update of products and services. In this lesson, you’ll dive into available open financial data across Europe from public institutions such as Eurostat, the European Investment Bank, the European Central Bank, and the World Bank.  

COVID-19 has shaken the world since 2020 and its impact is still being felt today. Our videos showcase how COVID-19 data can be used to improve our quality of life going forward. In this lesson, we showcase open data on how COVID-19 has impacted air quality and lessons learned, its role in the media and data monitoring, European countries responses and long-term impacts, and available datasets from Eurofound and the European Centre for Disease Prevent and Control.

Already know the basics of data visualisation and want to improve? In this lesson, you’ll discover reading materials that illustrate how to assure data quality for visualisation, how to apply best practices on use cases, and how to do this without coding. Through the webinar with Maarten Lambrechts, you’ll also be shown practical guidelines for effective data visualisation, given concrete tools and learn to avoid common pitfalls.

Do you want to improve your storytelling techniques with data? In this lesson, you’ll discover reading materials that illustrate how information can be used in data visualisation. Through the webinar with Maarten Lambrechts,you’ll also learn journalistic techniques in data visualisation that allow for effective storytelling.

Do you want to learn about exceptional data visualisations and when to use them? In this lesson, you’ll discover reading materials that dive into how you can boost your data analysis and visualisation, go beyond basic bar graphs and pie charts, and learn how to use the JavaScript library D3.js. You’ll also find a webinar with Maarten Lambrechts that highlights how some non-standard charts and figures can help to communicate specific data.

Data and key findings can be lost in lengthy news pieces and reports. In this webinar, Rafael Höhr shares a global perspective on the evolution of graphics that are being used to visualise news and reports. You’ll see the type of software and hardware used to create the data visualisation and learn how users influence the design of graphics and why.  

Are you looking at how to go beyond basic bar graphs and pie charts? In this webinar, Michael Neutzediscusses all aspects of designing meaningful mapping visualisations and why we need to understand the data mapping process – including when we should and shouldn’t make a map. You’ll learn how to find a suitable map-type for your data and what details to pay attention to, how to correctly interpret the information, what colours and font-sizes to use, objective classification and an overall visual hierarchy for symbolisation of the underlying geography.

Want to know how to create informative and interactive maps? In this webinar, Arnold Platon discusses his project 'Municipality-level Mapping of the 2019 European Elections' and discusses how he and the German newspaper Zeit Online built a case for a harmonised treatment of European election data. You’ll learn how you can find the data you need, when and where to use it, how to name and group them, and interpret and present your results.

Want to go a step beyond data visualisation and connect with your audience? In this webinar, Federica Fragapane shares her process behind creating data visualisations and delves into the relationship between the design and the target audience. You’ll see how she elaborates on the design phase to connect with people and why experimentation is important in the creative process.

Data visualisation can be used to pay tribute to cultural masterpieces. In his webinar, Matteo Bonera shows how an innovative data visualisation instrument was designed to explore Leonardo da Vinci’s greatest masterpieces in a novel wayin commemoration of the 500-year anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death. Watch the video and discover how Matteo pushed creative boundaries to celebrate art.