Anna Rosling Rönnlund
Anna Rosling Rönnlund (born April 4, 1975) is a Swedish designer who is a co-founder of the Gapminder Foundation. She also, with her husband Ola Rosling, developed Trendalyzer, interactive software for visualizing statistical information. After Trendalyzer was sold to Google in 2007, the couple continued work on its development until August 2010. Rönnlund was awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Skövde.
Life
[edit]In 2005, together with statistician and father-in-law Hans Rosling, she co-founded the Gapminder Foundation,[1] where she serves as vice president for design and usability. With her husband Ola Rosling, Rönnlund developed Trendalyzer,[2] interactive software for visualizing statistical information.[3] After Trendalyzer was sold to Google in 2007, the couple continued work on its development until August 2010. In 2016, she announced Dollar Street, a website that imagines a street of homes to help visualize how people of varying cultures and incomes live around the world.[4]
In 2017, Rönnlund spoke at the TED conference where she explained the power of Data visualization.[5]
In 2017, she collaborated with Hans Rosling for his book titled Factfulness alongside Ola Rosling.[6]
Rönnlund sees many benefits of working on different projects with family.[7] In an interview with W Insight portal, she talks about flexibility, convenience and being more open working with her husband.[7] She also admits her children "came up on stage a few times."[7]
On the fifth of November 2018, Anna and Ola Rosling were promoted to honorary doctorates at the University of Skövde in connection with the school's academic celebrations.[8]
Publication
[edit]- Hans Rosling; Ola Rosling; Anna Rosling Rönnlund (2018). Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think. Flatiron Books. p. 288. ISBN 9781250123817.
References
[edit]- ^ Rönnlund, Anna Rosling. "Anna Rosling Rönnlund: Speaker | TED". TED. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ Berglof, Annie Maccoby (26 April 2013). "At home: statistician Hans Rosling". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ Begley, Sarah. "This Designer Wants to Prove the World Isn't as Divided as We Think". Time. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ "Dollar Street". Gapminder Foundation. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ Rönnlund, Anna Rosling, See how the rest of the world lives, organized by income, retrieved 10 January 2019
- ^ Rosling, Hans; Rosling Rönnlund, Anna; Rosling, Ola (3 April 2018). Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think. Flatiron Books. ISBN 9781250123817.
- ^ a b c Socha, Joanna (14 August 2019). "How to run a business as a couple? Anna Rosling shares all her secrets". W Insight. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Ola Rosling och Anna Rosling blir hedersdoktorer vid höskolan i Skövde". 5 November 2018. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
External links
[edit]- "Anna Rosling Rönnlund: See how the rest of the world lives, organized by income". TED talks. April 2017.
- W Insight portal
- Dollar Street website
