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A look at how Dewey’s data team pulls in deliveries from 40+ data providers and catches problems before they reach a researcher’s notebook.

Dewey now hosts free datasets from three public providers, ACS, CDC PLACES, and NLR, covering demographics, public health, and EV charging stations, complete with research examples and project ideas to get started.

A professor's detailed feedback about his real estate research workflow, and watching his grad students get stuck, directly shaped five recent Dewey improvements: text-based filters, live row count and file size estimates, filters visible when naming downloads, the ability to rename saved datasets without re-downloading, and ongoing documentation cleanup across the catalog. The post is a behind-the-scenes look at how user feedback turns into shipped features, and closes with an invitation for more.

This blog walks through an analysis of TenderAlpha's Green Government Contract Awards data using marimo, a reactive, open-source Python notebook that makes reproducible workflows easy. Check out the capabilities of this analytic tool while exploring the research possibilities of green score variables, complete with sample code, data visualizations, and inspiration for your use cases.

Example workflow analyzing unit-level price tracking and borough benchmarks with a ready-to-run Python script, looking at 2025 apartment rent prices in New York City.

Dewey is expanding its academic research platform with major new features, including a "Connect" section that gives university subscribers access to premium datasets from providers like Revelio Labs, Extract Alpha, and more. With AI-powered discovery, published work now surfaced alongside datasets, and new permissioning tools for librarians, Dewey is doubling down on its mission to make academic research faster and more seamless than ever.

From a three-line download to publication-ready visualizations, the ‘deweyr’ package streamlines working with Dewey data in R. Check out the example workflow below, and download the supplemental R script to get started with your data today!

Six years after SafeGraph opened their data to academics, over 720 published papers have cited their datasets across economics, public health, urban planning, finance, and more. This post explores that research footprint, what it tells other data providers about the long-term compounding value of academic access.

Learn how Dewey subscribers can connect directly to Dewey's full dataset catalog from inside their preferred AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) to find and qualify the data they need, fast.