Max Roser
@MaxCRoser
Data to understand global problems and research to make progress against them.
Founder of @OurWorldInData / Professor at @UniofOxford's @BlavatnikSchool
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http://OurWorldInData.org 17-06-2012 09:15:11
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LEEP is doing amazing work on tackling lead pollution.
If you're looking for an impactful role, then I'd recommend working with them.
Lead pollution is an underrated problem. For more on this, see Lucia Coulter's interview with 80,000 Hours: 80000hours.org/podcast/episod…
If you just got a book voucher for Christmas or you want to swap your gift to a book that's just really great, then I recommend getting my colleague's Hannah Ritchie new book — it's about to be released; just two more weeks!
amazon.com/Not-End-World-…
We started Malengo Inc. in 2021 to support Ugandan students on their journey to a Bachelor's degree in Germany. We admitted 10 students in 2021; 30 in 2022; and 120 in 2023.
Our next goal: FOUR HUNDRED!
We urgently need both investors and donors — please read and spread widely! 1/n
About 1.2 million people die from tuberculosis every year.
Until now, however, we didn't cover this infectious disease on Our World in Data, it was an important gap in our publication.
Saloni and Fiona Spooner changed this. Here is our new page on TB:
ourworldindata.org/tuberculosis
TUBERCULOSIS 🫁
is still one of the most common causes of death worldwide.
For the first time, we have a whole page on Our World in Data where you can explore global data and research on the topic!
Find it here:
ourworldindata.org/tuberculosis
Pablo Rosado, Hannah Ritchie, and I have just published a large update of our Our World in Data topic page on Energy:
ourworldindata.org/energy