Developing innovative ways to bring data to life can be a catalyst for global impact. When Professor Max Roser started bringing together a library of datasets for his new book, he never anticipated that ten years later this work would be reaching 100 million users each year. Our World in Data brings together data on some of the biggest global issues, making it accessible to policymakers, educators, researchers and journalists across the world.
In this video, Professor Roser shares his journey of transforming a personal project into a valuable open data resource accessed by the world’s most senior decision-makers.