Liam Bolton is an Associate at the Open Data Institute, Leeds. He works to unleash the power of open data and citizens in the city through civic projects, networks and training courses.

With a background in news, Liam is interested in how open data science can be used to tackle social problems.

He is also the Founder of Student Data Labs - data-driven innovation labs for all university students, regardless of background, to learn practical data science skills whilst working on civic projects.