====== Our World in Data ====== {{ ::our_world_in_data_logo.png?200|}} **Our World in Data** is a British data visualization project based in the [[United Kingdom]]. Our World in Data notes that it has four main sources of research it uses for publication: “specialized institutes” such as the [[Peace Research Institute Oslo]], research articles, international institutions like the [[World Bank]], and “official data from government sources.”((//FAQs.// Our World in Data. Retrieved March 15, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230315040852/https://ourworldindata.org/faqs#how-do-you-decide-what-data-sources-to-use)) ===== History ===== Our World in Data began as compiled research notes written by [[Global Change Data Lab]] founder [[Max Roser]] in 2011. Roser originally aimed to write a book on international issues before deciding to create a website.((Rosen, M. (2019). //History of Our World in Data.// Our World in Data. http://archive.today/2020.05.25-112014/https://ourworldindata.org/history-of-our-world-in-data)) Roser created the first version of Our World in Data in 2013 and applied for a research grant from the [[united_kingom:england:London]]-based [[Nuffield Foundation]], which initially rejected the application but accepted a renewed application in 2014 and provided OWID with a grant of £75,883 (approximately $90,318). In 2018, OWID successfully applied to startup incubator [[Y Combinator]], becoming part of the YC Winter 2019 batch of startups.((Roser, M., Ritchie, H., Ortiz-Ospina, E., Mispy, J., Hasell, J., & Gavrilov, D. (2019, January 25). //Our World in Data is at Y Combinator.// Our World in Data. http://archive.today/2019.02.07-182753/https://ourworldindata.org/owid-at-ycombinator)) ==== COVID-19 ==== The organization began the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] with six staff members, and grew to 20 by late 2021.((Wiblin, R., & Harris, K. (2021, June 21). //Max Roser on building the world’s first great source of COVID-19 data at Our World in Data.// 80,000 Hours. https://web.archive.org/web/20230128131614/https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/max-roser-our-world-in-data/)) ((//Our Team.// Our World in Data. Retrieved March 17, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230317214612/https://ourworldindata.org/team)) ===== Organization ===== OWID is a project of the [[Global Change Data Lab]] (GCDL) and is hosted at the [[University of Oxford]].((//How We’re Funded.// Our World in Data. Retrieved March 18, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230318074043/https://ourworldindata.org/funding)) ==== Personnel ==== ^ Our World in Data - Team((//Our Team.// Our World in Data. Retrieved March 17, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230317214612/https://ourworldindata.org/team)) ^^^ ^ Name ^ Position ^ Notes ^ | [[Max Roser]] | Founder and Director | [[Oxford Martin Programme on Global Development]], [[Global Change Data Lab]] | | [[Natasha Ahuja]] | Executive Assistant to Dr. Max Roser | Joined in 2022 | | [[Pablo Arriagada]] | Data Scientist | Joined in 2022 | | [[Daniel Bachler]] | Principal Software Engineer | Joined in 2021 | | [[Matthieu Bergel]] | Senior Software Engineer | Joined in 2019 | | [[Marwa Boukarim]] | Designer | [[Frog Milan]] | | [[Matthew Conlen]] | Head of Product and Design | [[New York Times]], [[CNN]], [[FiveThirtyEight]] | | [[Jason Crawford]] | Software Team Lead (Part-time Advisor) | [[Fieldbook]], [[Amazon]], [[Flexport]] | | [[Saloni Dattani]] | Researcher (Part-time) | [[University of Hong Kong]], [[King’s College London]] | | [[Marcel Gerber]] | Software Engineer (Part-time) | Joined in 2020 | | [[Charlie Giattino]] | Researcher | [[Centre for the Governance of AI]], [[Future of Humanity Institute]], [[AI Impacts]] | | [[Joe Hasell]] | Product Manager | [[University of Oxford]] | | [[Bastian Herre]] | Researcher | Joined in 2021 | | [[Bobbie Macdonald]] | Senior Data Scientist (Part-time) | Joined in 2020 | | [[Edouard Mathieu]] | Head of Data and Research | [[University of Oxford]] | | [[Sophia Mersmann]] | Data Visualization Engineer | [[Grapher]], [[rbb24]] | | [[Esteban Ortiz-Ospina]] | Head of Strategy and Operations | [[Global Change Data Lab]], [[University of Oxford]] | | [[Natalie Reynolds-Garcia]] | Operations and Administration Officer | [[Rees Centre]] | | [[Hannah Ritchie]] | Deputy Editor and Science Outreach Lead | Joined in 2017 | | [[Lucas Rodés-Guirao]] | Senior Data Scientist | [[National Institute of Informatics]] | | [[Valerie Rogers Muigai]] | Operations and Finance Manager | [[Kijani Uganda]] | | [[Pablo Rosado]] | Principal Data Scientist | [[Max Planck Society]], [[Data Science for Social Good]], [[European Union Intellectual Property Office]] (EUIPO) | | [[Ike Saunders]] | Full Stack Engineer | Joined in 2022 | | [[Mallika Snyder]] | Researcher (Part-time) | [[University of California Berkeley]] | | [[Fiona Spooner]] | Senior Data Scientist | [[University of Exeter]], [[Sustainable Development Goals]] (SDG), [[Imperial College London]] | | [[Christian Swinehart]] | Senior Data Visualization Engineer | [[Pentagram]], [[Bloomberg]], [[New York Times]], [[Columbia University]], [[Pratt Institute]] | | [[Mojmir Vinkler]] | Data Engineer | Joined in 2022 | | [[Lars Yencken]] | Head of Engineering | [[Grace Health]], [[Lifesum]] | ^ Former Team Members((//Former Team Members and Contributors.// Our World in Data. Retrieved March 18, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.03.18-183222/https://ourworldindata.org/former-team-members)) ^^^ | [[Shahid Ahmad]] | Software Engineer | [[Jasmine]] | | [[Aibek Aldabergenov]] | Web Developer | - | | [[Cameron Appel]] | Data Analyst | 2019-2022 | | [[Hannah Behrens]] | Contributor | [[University of Oxford]] | | [[Diana Beltekian]] | Research Assistant | 2017 | | [[Sonya Bhatt]] | Administrative and Finance Officer | 2018 | | [[Anstey Brock]] | Research Assistant | 2018 | | [[Daniel Gavrilov]] | Software Engineer | 2018-2022 | | [[Zdenek Hynek]] | Web Developer | 2015 | | [[Lindsay Lee]] | Research Assistant | 2015 | | [[Nicolas Lippolis]] | Contributor | [[Centre for the Study of African Economies]] | | [[Jaiden Mispy]] | Web Developer | 2016-2019 | | [[Ruby Mittal]] | Research Assistant | - | | [[Marco Molteni]] | Research Assistant | 2017 | | [[Julia Murphy]] | Research Assistant | 2015 | | [[Mohamed Nagdy]] | Research Assistant | 2015 | | [[Brian Nolan]] | Contributor | [[University of Oxford]] | | [[Sophie Ochmann]] | Research Assistant | 2017-2018 | | [[Stefan Thewissen]] | Contributor | [[University of Oxford]] | | [[Sandra Tzvetkova]] | Researcher and Editor | - | | [[Ernst-jan Van Woerden]] | Head of Product Design | 2020 | | [[Samantha Vanderslott]] | Contributor | [[Oxford Vaccine Group]], [[Oxford Martin School]] | | [[Breck Yunits]] | Software Engineer | 2020 | ==== Funding ==== The project is funded by:((//How We’re Funded.// Our World in Data. Retrieved June 30, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.06.30-112344/https://ourworldindata.org/funding)) ((//How We’re Funded.// Our World in Data. Retrieved March 18, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230318074043/https://ourworldindata.org/funding)) ((//Annual Report 2020.// (2021, September 29). Global Change Data Lab. https://web.archive.org/web/20230218224729/https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2021/10/Annual-Report-2020.pdf)) ((Kahn, J. (2022, November 15). //Is the collapse of Bankman-Fried’s FTX crypto empire the end of Effective Altruism?// Fortune. https://archive.ph/zK2G1)) * [[Belastingdienst]] * [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] * [[Buffadoo]] * [[Bytewise Software]] * [[CAF America]] * [[Camp Foundation]] * [[Centre for Effective Altruism]] / [[Effective Altruism Funds]] * [[The Change Machine]] * [[Chapman Law Group]] * [[Charity Engine]] * [[Citywire]] * [[Clear Creek Resource Partners]] * [[Cognition Studio]] * [[DarkSquad]] * [[Department of Health and Social Care]] * [[DresInvest]] * [[Effektiv Spenden]] * [[Evergreen Investing]] * [[EveryOrg]] * [[Facts and Dimensions]] * [[First Presbyterian Church of Orlando]] * [[Future Crunch]] * [[Future Fund]] * [[Go Greater Good]] * [[Hank Green]] * [[Heinz]] * [[Incremental Action - Consulting, Lda.]] * [[Intercultural Development Research Institute]] (IDRInstitute) * [[Jamie Metzl]] * [[Jeremy Kirsch]] * [[Kuwait Nursing]] * [[Longview Philanthropy]] * [[Marc Andreessen]] * [[MetaFacts]] * [[Mira Bernstein]] * [[Musk Foundation]] * [[Nuffield Foundation]]((//Our world in data.// Nuffield Foundation. Retrieved March 18, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230318164858/https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/project/our-world-in-data)) * [[Pritzker Innovation Fund]] * [[Quadrature Climate Foundation]] * [[Rational Intuitive Limited]] * [[Resilient Futures]] * [[Rodel Foundation]] * [[Ron Conway]] * [[RS Consultores]] * [[Susanne Klatten]] * [[Templeton World Charity Foundation]] * [[Vitalik Buterin]] * [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) * [[Y Combinator]] ===== External links ===== * [[https://www.influencewatch.org/organization/our-world-in-data/|InfluenceWatch]] * [[https://ourworldindata.org/|Website]] * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_World_in_Data|Wikipedia]]