David Eaves

I'm thrilled to announce the launch of the @IIPP_UCL's Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Map this 11 June. This new tool provides valuable resources for researchers, policy-makers, DPI builders, and advocates. forms.gle/Ub3ZQadCvEB23i…

✍️ Digital ID, payments, & data exchange should be treated as public infrastructure, not siloed IT projects. @daeaves, @DianeCoyle1859, & @2biavas argue governments must build shared digital foundations to avoid fragmentation. 🔗 Read their new article: buff.ly/bo9FpiL

✍️ Governments need to build the capacity to become market shapers In his recent @techpolicypress article, @IIPP_UCL Co-Deputy Director @daeaves outlines how governments can shape the digital cloud market, drawing on historical examples. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/qt5rz60

There are very few countries in the world where the Head of State, Head of Government, and Leader of the Opposition drop everything, come together, hold hands, and grieve like this. This is my Canada and the Canada I am proud to be raising a family in.

Its not real politik if the Americans say they’ll only partner want with Europe’s far right. That’s a values play. Real politik is when you partner with people you don’t like, because you have shared interests. This isn’t to say real interests aren’t in play.

Interesting. During online check in, @Enterprise tried to charge me for a feature I'd pre-paid for. I called, they acknowledge I paid for it. Told me don't checkin & this was an "IT error." If it's happening at scale... lot of people are double paying for services...

@ramez @fervoenergy @Eavor @QuaiseEnergy You following zanskar.com? Super interesting as well.

The world is still largely sleeping on the new generation of geothermal technologies, from companies like @fervoenergy @Eavor and @QuaiseEnergy . Honestly, I was too slow here as well. I still have questions, but the potential is quite exciting.

The underlying curriculum is open source and has been translated into German, Portuguese, French, Spanish, and Turkish. Over 200 professors have gone through our train-the-trainer workshops.

This isn't about turning bureaucrats into coders. It's about giving them enough fluency to ask the right questions, spot problems early, & work effectively with specialists. Because when governments lack these skills citizens pay the price in failed policies & broken services.

Excited to share our new article, on our open access syllabus on digital era skills for public servants! Teaching Public Service in the Digital Age: Collectively Building a Global Curriculum to Teach Digital-era Competencies to Public Managers journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15…

Oh and there's more!

Was a delight to be interviewed by @TakiSarantakis for the @School_GC on digital government, services & sovereignty. You can see it here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=OzNAe4… It’s long. And I felt it got better as we went so if you have only a few minutes FF to the 39th minute.

Event | Building tomorrow's digital public infrastructure Rowan Wilkinson, @dc_lawrence and Jon Lloyd (@DPGAlliance) join @daeaves to discuss what the UK can learn from digitalization efforts around the world. Date📅: TOMORROW Time⌚️: 17:30 ⤵️ chathamhouse.org/events/all/sta…

A little update on some of the work me and my team got up to last year. 2025 Year in Review: Work and Impact eaves.ca/2026/01/16/202…

🆕 Launching the 2025 State of Digital Public Infrastructure (#DPI) Report Join us for the official launch of the 2025 State of #DPI Report, featuring @IIPP_UCL's @daeaves, @JordynFetter, & Krisstina Rao in conversation with @StelaMocan. 🔗Register here: buff.ly/XpoNxPK

🆕 Governments need to build the capacity to become market shapers In his new @techpolicypress article, @IIPP_UCL Co-Deputy Director @daeaves outlines how governments can shape the digital cloud market, drawing on historical examples. 🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/qt5rz60

"I doubt NATO would be there for us if we really needed them." -US President Trump today Below: Bodies of Canadian heroes who fought alongside the US after 9/11 leaving Afghanistan for Canada.

🆕 Governments need to build the capacity to become market shapers In his new @techpolicypress article, @IIPP_UCL Co-Deputy Director @daeaves outlines how governments can shape the digital cloud market, drawing on historical examples. 🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/qt5rz60

Governments aren't as weak as they think. They shaped railway markets in the 1800s, electricity in the 1900s. They have the precedent and leverage to reshape the cloud market today. Full piece on @techpolicypress : techpolicy.press/the-path-to-a-…

The Pentagon's JEDI contract nearly did this before hyperscaler lobbying killed it. It would have used $10B in procurement to force interoperability.

In 1886, workers converted 14,000 miles of railway track in 36 hours. Today, moving your government's data from AWS to Azure may feel more complicated. Something went very wrong with how we built the cloud. 🧵 techpolicy.press/the-path-to-a-…