Hans Rossling

Famous medical doctor Hans Rossling always advertises the public availability for the massively collected data around the world by different public organizations. Moving interactive data maps showing and explaining global health issues are Rossling's typical way to present data and his knowledge, giving incredible insights in global developments and how different global factors, such as the average health or the welfare in certain countries are extremely related to each other.

He co-founded the project Gapminder.org/ targeting to increase the availability of collected data around the world to the general public.

Gapminder is a non-profit foundation based in Stockholm. Our goal is to replace devastating myths with a fact-based worldview. Our method is to make data easy to understand. We are dedicated to innovate and spread new methods to make global development understandable, free of charge, without advertising. We want to let teachers, journalists and everyone else continue to freely use our tools, videos and presentations.

- Gapminder Website 

HIV Chart created with Gapminder

From Gapminder came up the software Tendalyzer, that can create interactive visualizations from this data free to download. Check it out here.

The documentary movie 'The Joy of Stats' from 2010 is another project by Rossling, showing how exciting the massive data can be and how it is handled today.

When it comes to work with data, Hans Rossling is the absolute expert in presenting complicated data perfectly understandable, pointing out stunning connections and getting the most from all the available global data. His life and work is highly important for this research.

"Rosling believes that making information more accessible has the potential to change the quality of the information itself."

Business Week Online

References

Gapminder.org (2012) Gapminder: Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view. - Gapminder.org. [online] Available at: http://www.gapminder.org/ [Accessed: 28 Nov 2012].

Ted.com (2007) Hans Rosling | Profile on TED.com. [online] Available at: http://www.ted.com/speakers/hans_rosling.html [Accessed: 28 Nov 2012].

IMDb (2011) The Joy of Stats (TV 2010). [online] Available at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1801548/ [Accessed: 3 Dec 2012].