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Basic information

Item Value
Other names OWID
Country United Kingdom
Facebook username OurWorldinData
Twitter username @OurWorldInData
Website https://ourworldindata.org/
Team page https://ourworldindata.org/team
Launch date 2013-05-01
Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_World_in_Data
Timelines Wiki page https://timelines.issarice.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Our_World_in_Data
Hosting organization Global Change Data Lab
Last recorded date when we made major data updates for this org 2024-08-19

Positions count by year

Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).

Year Positions count Researchers General staff Associates Board members Advisors
2011 1 Max Roser
2012 1 Max Roser
2013 1 Max Roser
2014 1 Max Roser
2015 5 Julia Murphy, Lindsay Lee, Mohamed Nagdy Max Roser, Zdenek Hynek
2016 8 Julia Murphy, Lindsay Lee, Mohamed Nagdy, Sandra Tzvetkova Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Jaiden Mispy, Max Roser, Zdenek Hynek
2017 14 Diana Beltekian, Lindsay Lee, Marco Molteni, Mohamed Nagdy, Ruby Mittal, Sophie Ochmann Aibek Aldabergenov, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Hannah Behrens, Hannah Ritchie, Jaiden Mispy, Jaiden Mispy, Joe Hasell, Max Roser
2018 12 Anstey Brock, Diana Beltekian, Sophie Ochmann Daniel Gavrilov, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Hannah Behrens, Hannah Ritchie, Jaiden Mispy, Joe Hasell, Julia Broden, Max Roser, Sonya Bhatt
2019 14 Anstey Brock, Diana Beltekian, Sophie Ochmann Cameron Appel, Daniel Gavrilov, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Hannah Behrens, Hannah Ritchie, Jaiden Mispy, Joe Hasell, Julia Broden, Matthieu Bergel, Max Roser, Sonya Bhatt
2020 26 Anstey Brock, Charlie Giattino, Diana Beltekian Bobbie Macdonald, Breck Yunits, Brian Nolan, Cameron Appel, Daniel Gavrilov, Daniel Gavrilov, Edouard Mathieu, Edouard Mathieu, Ernst-Jan van Woerden, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Hannah Behrens, Hannah Ritchie, Jason Crawford, Joe Hasell, Julia Broden, Marcel Gerber, Matthieu Bergel, Max Roser, Nicolas Lippolis, Samantha Vanderslott, Shahid Ahmad, Sonya Bhatt, Stefan Thewissen
2021 28 Bastian Herre, Charlie Giattino, Diana Beltekian, Saloni Dattani Bobbie Macdonald, Brian Nolan, Cameron Appel, Daniel Bachler, Daniel Gavrilov, Edouard Mathieu, Ernst-Jan van Woerden, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Fiona Spooner, Hannah Behrens, Hannah Ritchie, Jason Crawford, Joe Hasell, Julia Broden, Lars Yencken, Lucas Rodés-Guirao, Marcel Gerber, Matthieu Bergel, Max Roser, Nicolas Lippolis, Samantha Vanderslott, Shahid Ahmad, Sonya Bhatt, Stefan Thewissen
2022 33 Bastian Herre, Charlie Giattino, Mallika Snyder, Saloni Dattani Bobbie Macdonald, Brian Nolan, Cameron Appel, Daniel Bachler, Daniel Gavrilov, Edouard Mathieu, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Fiona Spooner, Hannah Behrens, Hannah Ritchie, Ike Saunders, Jason Crawford, Joe Hasell, Julia Broden, Lars Yencken, Lucas Rodés-Guirao, Marcel Gerber, Marwa Boukarim, Matthew Conlen, Matthieu Bergel, Max Roser, Mojmir Vinkler, Natalie Reynolds-Garcia, Natasha Ahuja, Nicolas Lippolis, Pablo Arriagada, Pablo Rosado, Samantha Vanderslott, Stefan Thewissen
2023 33 Bastian Herre, Edouard Mathieu, Mallika Snyder, Saloni Dattani Antoinette Finnegan, Bobbie Macdonald, Brian Nolan, Christian Swinehart, Daniel Bachler, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Fiona Spooner, Hannah Behrens, Hannah Ritchie, Hetan Shah, Ike Saunders, Jason Crawford, Joe Hasell, Lars Yencken, Lucas Rodés-Guirao, Marcel Gerber, Marwa Boukarim, Matthew Conlen, Matthieu Bergel, Max Roser, Mojmir Vinkler, Natalie Reynolds-Garcia, Natasha Ahuja, Nicolas Lippolis, Pablo Arriagada, Pablo Rosado, Samantha Vanderslott, Stefan Thewissen, Veronika Samborska
2024 39 Bastian Herre, Charlie Giattino, Edouard Mathieu, Saloni Dattani Angela Wenham, Antoinette Finnegan, Bobbie Macdonald, Brian Nolan, Christian Swinehart, Daniel Bachler, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Fiona Spooner, Hannah Behrens, Hannah Ritchie, Hetan Shah, Ike Saunders, Jason Crawford, Joe Hasell, Lars Yencken, Lucas Rodés-Guirao, Marcel Gerber, Martin Račák, Marwa Boukarim, Matt Munday, Matthieu Bergel, Max Roser, Mojmir Vinkler, Natalie Reynolds-Garcia, Natasha Ahuja, Nicolas Lippolis, Pablo Arriagada, Pablo Rosado, Samantha Vanderslott, Sophia Mersmann, Stefan Thewissen, Tuna Acisu, Valerie Rogers Muigai, Veronika Samborska Hassan Masum

Number of full-time staff at the beginning each year

The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.

Date Staff count Staff
2011-01-01 1 Max Roser
2012-01-01 1 Max Roser
2013-01-01 1 Max Roser
2014-01-01 1 Max Roser
2015-01-01 2 Julia Murphy, Max Roser
2016-01-01 8 Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Jaiden Mispy, Julia Murphy, Lindsay Lee, Max Roser, Mohamed Nagdy, Sandra Tzvetkova, Zdenek Hynek
2017-01-01 8 Diana Beltekian, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Jaiden Mispy, Joe Hasell, Lindsay Lee, Marco Molteni, Max Roser, Mohamed Nagdy
2018-01-01 10 Anstey Brock, Diana Beltekian, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Hannah Behrens, Hannah Ritchie, Jaiden Mispy, Joe Hasell, Max Roser, Sonya Bhatt, Sophie Ochmann
2019-01-01 13 Anstey Brock, Daniel Gavrilov, Diana Beltekian, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Hannah Behrens, Hannah Ritchie, Jaiden Mispy, Joe Hasell, Julia Broden, Matthieu Bergel, Max Roser, Sonya Bhatt, Sophie Ochmann
2020-01-01 12 Anstey Brock, Cameron Appel, Daniel Gavrilov, Diana Beltekian, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Hannah Behrens, Hannah Ritchie, Joe Hasell, Julia Broden, Matthieu Bergel, Max Roser, Sonya Bhatt
2021-01-01 21 Bobbie Macdonald, Brian Nolan, Cameron Appel, Charlie Giattino, Daniel Gavrilov, Diana Beltekian, Edouard Mathieu, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Hannah Behrens, Hannah Ritchie, Jason Crawford, Joe Hasell, Julia Broden, Marcel Gerber, Matthieu Bergel, Max Roser, Nicolas Lippolis, Samantha Vanderslott, Shahid Ahmad, Sonya Bhatt, Stefan Thewissen
2022-01-01 26 Bastian Herre, Bobbie Macdonald, Brian Nolan, Cameron Appel, Charlie Giattino, Daniel Bachler, Daniel Gavrilov, Edouard Mathieu, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Fiona Spooner, Hannah Behrens, Hannah Ritchie, Jason Crawford, Joe Hasell, Julia Broden, Lars Yencken, Lucas Rodés-Guirao, Marcel Gerber, Matthieu Bergel, Max Roser, Mojmir Vinkler, Nicolas Lippolis, Pablo Rosado, Saloni Dattani, Samantha Vanderslott, Stefan Thewissen
2023-01-01 29 Bastian Herre, Bobbie Macdonald, Brian Nolan, Daniel Bachler, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Fiona Spooner, Hannah Behrens, Hannah Ritchie, Hetan Shah, Ike Saunders, Jason Crawford, Joe Hasell, Lars Yencken, Lucas Rodés-Guirao, Mallika Snyder, Marcel Gerber, Marwa Boukarim, Matthew Conlen, Matthieu Bergel, Max Roser, Mojmir Vinkler, Natalie Reynolds-Garcia, Natasha Ahuja, Nicolas Lippolis, Pablo Arriagada, Saloni Dattani, Samantha Vanderslott, Stefan Thewissen, Veronika Samborska
2024-01-01 32 Antoinette Finnegan, Bastian Herre, Bobbie Macdonald, Brian Nolan, Christian Swinehart, Daniel Bachler, Edouard Mathieu, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Fiona Spooner, Hannah Behrens, Hannah Ritchie, Hetan Shah, Ike Saunders, Jason Crawford, Joe Hasell, Lars Yencken, Lucas Rodés-Guirao, Marcel Gerber, Marwa Boukarim, Matthieu Bergel, Max Roser, Mojmir Vinkler, Natalie Reynolds-Garcia, Natasha Ahuja, Nicolas Lippolis, Pablo Arriagada, Pablo Rosado, Saloni Dattani, Samantha Vanderslott, Sophia Mersmann, Stefan Thewissen, Veronika Samborska

Full history of additions and subtractions

This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.

Date Number of positions Number of positions added Number of positions removed Positions added Positions removed
2011-01-01 1 1 0 Max Roser
2015-01-01 2 1 0 Julia Murphy
2015-05-01 3 1 0 Zdenek Hynek
2015-07-01 5 2 0 Lindsay Lee, Mohamed Nagdy
2016-01-01 8 3 0 Esteban Ortiz-Ospina, Jaiden Mispy, Sandra Tzvetkova
2017-01-01 8 3 -3 Diana Beltekian, Joe Hasell, Marco Molteni Julia Murphy, Sandra Tzvetkova, Zdenek Hynek
2017-04-01 9 1 0 Aibek Aldabergenov
2017-05-01 10 1 0 Hannah Ritchie
2017-07-01 10 1 -1 Ruby Mittal Jaiden Mispy
2017-08-01 11 1 0 Jaiden Mispy
2017-09-01 11 1 -1 Sophie Ochmann Marco Molteni
2017-10-01 7 0 -4 Aibek Aldabergenov, Lindsay Lee, Mohamed Nagdy, Ruby Mittal
2017-12-01 8 1 0 Hannah Behrens
2018-01-01 10 2 0 Anstey Brock, Sonya Bhatt
2018-11-01 11 1 0 Daniel Gavrilov
2018-12-01 12 1 0 Julia Broden
2019-01-01 13 1 0 Matthieu Bergel
2019-02-01 12 0 -1 Jaiden Mispy
2019-04-01 11 0 -1 Sophie Ochmann
2019-06-01 12 1 0 Cameron Appel
2020-03-01 12 1 -1 Ernst-Jan van Woerden Daniel Gavrilov
2020-04-01 18 6 0 Bobbie Macdonald, Breck Yunits, Daniel Gavrilov, Edouard Mathieu, Jason Crawford, Shahid Ahmad
2020-05-01 18 1 -1 Charlie Giattino Anstey Brock
2020-06-01 22 4 0 Brian Nolan, Nicolas Lippolis, Samantha Vanderslott, Stefan Thewissen
2020-08-01 23 1 0 Marcel Gerber
2020-11-01 22 0 -1 Edouard Mathieu
2020-11-02 23 1 0 Edouard Mathieu
2021-01-01 21 0 -2 Breck Yunits, Ernst-Jan van Woerden
2021-01-02 22 1 0 Ernst-Jan van Woerden
2021-02-01 23 1 0 Saloni Dattani
2021-04-01 25 2 0 Bastian Herre, Lucas Rodés-Guirao
2021-05-01 26 3 -2 Daniel Bachler, Fiona Spooner, Lars Yencken Shahid Ahmad, Sonya Bhatt
2021-12-01 25 0 -1 Ernst-Jan van Woerden
2022-01-01 26 2 -1 Mojmir Vinkler, Pablo Rosado Diana Beltekian
2022-03-01 28 2 0 Ike Saunders, Matthew Conlen
2022-05-01 29 1 0 Pablo Arriagada
2022-06-01 30 1 0 Marwa Boukarim
2022-07-01 29 0 -1 Cameron Appel
2022-08-01 31 2 0 Mallika Snyder, Natalie Reynolds-Garcia
2022-09-01 32 1 0 Natasha Ahuja
2022-10-01 31 0 -1 Daniel Gavrilov
2022-12-01 30 0 -1 Julia Broden
2023-01-01 29 2 -3 Hetan Shah, Veronika Samborska Charlie Giattino, Edouard Mathieu, Pablo Rosado
2023-01-02 31 2 0 Edouard Mathieu, Pablo Rosado
2023-03-01 32 1 0 Christian Swinehart
2023-05-01 32 1 -1 Antoinette Finnegan Mallika Snyder
2023-08-01 31 0 -1 Matthew Conlen
2024-01-01 33 2 0 Hassan Masum, Sophia Mersmann
2024-01-02 34 1 0 Charlie Giattino
2024-02-01 34 1 -1 Matt Munday Natasha Ahuja
2024-03-01 33 0 -1 Christian Swinehart
2024-04-01 36 4 -1 Angela Wenham, Martin Račák, Tuna Acisu, Valerie Rogers Muigai Jason Crawford

List of people (67 positions)

Person Title Start date End date Employment type Source Notes
Tuna Acisu Junior Data Scientist 2024-04-01 full-time [1], [2], [3]
Pablo Arriagada Data Scientist 2022-05-01 full-time [4], [5], [3]
Daniel Bachler Principal Software Engineer 2021-05-01 [6], [7], [3]
Matthieu Bergel Senior Software Engineer 2019-01-01 [8], [3]
Marwa Boukarim Lead Visual Designer 2022-06-01 contractor [9], [10], [3]
Saloni Dattani Researcher 2021-02-01 [11], [12], [3]
Antoinette Finnegan HR Manager 2023-05-01 full-time [13], [14], [3]
Marcel Gerber Full Stack Engineer 2020-08-01 part-time [15], [16], [3]
Charlie Giattino Research & operations specialist 2024-01-02 [17], [18], [3]
Joe Hasell Head of Product and Design 2017-01-01 [19], [3]
Bastian Herre Researcher 2021-04-01 [20], [21], [3]
Bobbie Macdonald Senior Data Scientist 2020-04-01 [15], [22], [3]
Edouard Mathieu Head of Data and Research 2023-01-02 [23], [24], [3]
Sophia Mersmann Senior Data Visualization Engineer 2024-01-01 contractor [17], [25], [3]
Matt Munday Communications and Outreach Strategy Lead 2024-02-01 full-time [26], [27], [3]
Esteban Ortiz-Ospina Executive Co-Director 2016-01-01 [19], [3]
Martin Račák Senior Full Stack Engineer 2024-04-01 full-time [28], [29], [3]
Natalie Reynolds-Garcia Operations and Administration Officer 2022-08-01 [30], [31], [3]
Hannah Ritchie Deputy Editor and Science Outreach Lead 2017-05-01 full-time [19], [32], [3]
Lucas Rodés-Guirao Senior Data Scientist 2021-04-01 [33], [34], [3]
Valerie Rogers Muigai Senior Finance and Operations Manager 2024-04-01 full-time [35], [36], [3]
Pablo Rosado Principal Data Scientist 2023-01-02 [37], [38], [3]
Max Roser Founder and Executive Co-Director 2011-01-01 [39], [3]
Veronika Samborska Data Scientist 2023-01-01 [40], [3]
Ike Saunders Full Stack Engineer 2022-03-01 full-time [41], [42], [3]
Fiona Spooner Senior Data Scientist 2021-05-01 full-time [6], [43], [3]
Mojmir Vinkler Data Engineer 2022-01-01 [44], [3]
Angela Wenham Executive Assistant to Prof. Max Roser 2024-04-01 [28], [45], [3]
Lars Yencken Head of Engineering 2021-05-01 [6], [46], [3]
Hassan Masum Strategy and Development Advisor 2024-01-01 advisor [35], [3]
Hetan Shah Chair 2023-01-01 [47]
Jason Crawford Software Team Lead 2020-04-01 2024-04-01 advisor [48], [35]
Christian Swinehart Data Visualization Lead 2023-03-01 2024-03-01 [49], [50]
Natasha Ahuja Executive Assistant to Dr. Max Roser 2022-09-01 2024-02-01 full-time [30], [51], [52]
Matthew Conlen Head of Product and Design 2022-03-01 2023-08-01 [53], [54]
Mallika Snyder Researcher 2022-08-01 2023-05-01 part-time [55], [56]
Daniel Gavrilov Software Engineer 2020-04-01 2022-10-01 part-time [48], [57]
Daniel Gavrilov Developer 2018-11-01 2020-03-01 [58], [59]
Jaiden Mispy Web Developer 2016-01-01 2017-07-01 [39], [60]
Jaiden Mispy Lead Developer 2017-08-01 2019-02-01 [19], [61]
Cameron Appel Data Analyst 2019-06-01 2022-07-01 part-time [62], [63], [64]
Aibek Aldabergenov Web Developer 2017-04-01 2017-10-01 [65], [19], [66]
Shahid Ahmad Software Engineer 2020-04-01 2021-05-01 [48], [67], [68]
Anstey Brock Research Assistant 2018-01-01 2020-05-01 [69], [70], [71]
Lindsay Lee Research Assistant 2015-07-01 2017-10-01 [72], [66]
Mohamed Nagdy Research Assistant 2015-07-01 2017-10-01 [72], [66]
Sandra Tzvetkova Researcher and editor 2016-01-01 2017-01-01 [19], [66]
Ruby Mittal Research Assistant 2017-07-01 2017-10-01 [19], [73], [66]
Sophie Ochmann Research Assistant 2017-09-01 2019-04-01 part-time [74], [75], [76]
Marco Molteni Research Assistant 2017-01-01 2017-09-01 [19]
Zdenek Hynek Web Developer 2015-05-01 2017-01-01 [19], [77]
Julia Murphy Research Assistant 2015-01-01 2017-01-01 [19]
Diana Beltekian Research Assistant 2017-01-01 2022-01-01 part-time [74], [78]
Ernst-Jan van Woerden Senior Product Design Consultant 2020-03-01 2021-01-01 [48], [79], [68]
Ernst-Jan van Woerden Head of Product Design 2021-01-02 2021-12-01 [6], [79], [78]
Sonya Bhatt Administrative and Finance Officer 2018-01-01 2021-05-01 part-time [80], [81]
Breck Yunits Software Engineer 2020-04-01 2021-01-01 [48], [82]
Brian Nolan Contributor 2020-06-01 [83]
Stefan Thewissen Contributor 2020-06-01 [83]
Samantha Vanderslott Contributor 2020-06-01 [83]
Nicolas Lippolis Contributor 2020-06-01 [83]
Hannah Behrens Contributor 2017-12-01 [83], [84]
Edouard Mathieu Head of Data 2020-11-02 2023-01-01 [85], [24], [86]
Edouard Mathieu Data Scientist 2020-04-01 2020-11-01 [48], [24], [87]
Pablo Rosado Senior Data Scientist 2022-01-01 2023-01-01 [44], [38], [88]
Charlie Giattino Researcher 2020-05-01 2023-01-01 [89], [18], [90]
Julia Broden Data Analyst 2018-12-01 2022-12-01 [91], [92]

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