Anna Rosling Rönnlund
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Anna Rosling Rönnlund(born April 4, 1975) is aSwedishdesigner who, with her husbandOla Rosling,developedTrendalyzer,[1]interactive software for visualizing statistical information.[2]After Trendalyzer was sold toGooglein 2007, the couple continued work on its development until August 2010.
In 2005, together with statistician and father-in-lawHans Rosling,she co-founded theGapminder Foundation,[3]where she serves as vice president for design and usability. In 2016, she announcedDollar 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, she spoke at theTED conferencewhere she explained the power ofData visualization.[5]
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In 2017, she collaborated withHans Roslingfor his book titledFactfulnessalongsideOla Rosling.[6]
She sees many benefits of working on different projects with family.[7]In an interview withW Insightportal, 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.ISBN9781250123817.
References
[edit]- ^Berglof, Annie Maccoby (2013-04-26)."At home: statistician Hans Rosling".Financial Times.ISSN0307-1766.Retrieved2015-09-27.
- ^Begley, Sarah."This Designer Wants to Prove the World Isn't as Divided as We Think".Time.Retrieved19 March2018.
- ^Rönnlund, Anna Rosling."Anna Rosling Rönnlund: Speaker | TED".TED.Retrieved19 March2018.
- ^"Dollar Street".Gapminder Foundation.Retrieved19 March2018.
- ^Rönnlund, Anna Rosling,See how the rest of the world lives, organized by income,retrieved2019-01-10
- ^Rosling, Hans; Rosling Rönnlund, Anna; Rosling, Ola (2018-04-03).Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think.Flatiron Books.ISBN9781250123817.
- ^abcSocha, Joanna (14 August 2019)."How to run a business as a couple? Anna Rosling shares all her secrets".W Insight.Retrieved22 July2020.
- ^"Ola Rosling och Anna Rosling blir hedersdoktorer vid höskolan i Skövde".2018-11-05. Archived fromthe originalon 2019-06-21.Retrieved2019-06-19.