Presentation for the

Blavatnik School of Government

28 June 2017

Research

The Team and Our World in Data

Impact

Research

Global Emission Intensity
(Paper published in Energy June 2017)

Link between prosperity and health
(accepted in Health Policy and Planning; forthcoming)

Chartbook of Economic Inequality
(with Atkinson, Hasell, and Morelli in May 2017)

Disconnect of growth and median living standards
(with Nolan and Thewissen 2017)

Disconnect of growth and median living standards
(with Nolan and Thewissen 2017)

Allocation of Development Assistance for Health
(for the EAI; with Sterck and Thewissen 2017)

Team and Our World in Data

Few have a positive view on how the world is changing

Our World in Data presents empirical research on global development to an audience of interested readers, journalists, academics, and policy makers

Only few know about global development

Our World in Data

Not individually did we achieve progress but collectively.

Team

Impact

How is our work used?

Media: New York Times article on the decline of extreme poverty.

Media: Frankfuter Allgemeine Zeitung on how our world has changed.

Impact of OurWorldInData


Visitors

(according to Similarweb more than HealthData.org, HumanProgress.org, or Gapminder.org)

English speaking media outlets

The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, Slate, Vox, Foreign Policy, Thomson Reuters, The Guardian, Quartz, Bloomberg, World Economic Forum, Business Insider, The Financial Times, the New Yorker and others.


Non-English speaking media outlets

La Presse (Canada & France), Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland), Svenska Dagbladet (Sweden), Veja (Brazil), Les Echos (France), Bild am Sonntag (Germany), Polimaty (Poland), Aftenposten (Norway), Rue 89 (France), Blic (Serbia), Chabad (Israel), Scientias (Dutch), Jutarnji (Croatia), Rusplt (Russian), Kushima (Japan), Berlingske (Denmark), Vice (Italy), Contrepoints (France), RPP (Peru), Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), Der Spiegel (Germany) and others.


TV and video
Social media
Teaching material

Research: Steven Pinker's new book is built on OWID

Content creators: 'Kurz Gesagt'

Our own work: History of living conditions

General public: World map of access to OWID (social media & search)

Collaborations and consultancy: Gapminder, CGD, Oxfam, ICTD, BSG, …

Consultancy: Equitable Access Initiative
Allocation of Development Assistance for Health

Consultancy: United Nations General Assembly (Sept 2017)
Sustainable Development Goals

Consultancy: Bill Gates private office (bgC3) – 'Exemplar' project

Teaching material: BSG in Oxford and elsewhere

Policy makers: President Obama. Athens, November 16, 2016.
Speech on the importance of democracy.

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