Daniel worked as a software engineer for OWID from 2018-2022. He helped develop the OWID-Grapher and maintained the website as well as the automated fetchers that keep our datasets up to date.
Jaiden Mispy
Web Developer
Jaiden developed the website between 2016 and 2019, taking the data visualization prototype built by Zdenek and turning it into a production system.
Aibek worked on the database that stores our global development data. Among other projects he developed tools that automatically fetch global development data to keep our publication up to date.
Shahid Ahmad
Software Engineer
Shahid worked with us in 2020. He helped us build our data visualization and exploration tools. He previously led product development at Jasmine, a conversational AI startup.
Anstey Brock
Research Assistant
Anstey joined us as a research assistant in December 2018. She has a graduate degree in International Development and Conflict, as well as past experience as a survey researcher. She worked with us on an extensive database on the history of war.
Lindsay Lee
Research Assistant
Lindsay worked with us as a research assistant in 2015. She helped expand content across the site, especially in health and demographics. Lindsay completed her Master of Public Policy and MSc in Applied Statistics at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
Mohamed worked with us as a research assistant in 2015. He helped expand content on the growth and distribution of incomes, economic development, violence, and education. Mohamed graduated from the University of Oxford with a MPhil in Economics.
Sandra Tzvetkova
Researcher and editor
Sandra contributed research on gender aspects of development, edited the content of our publication, and managed our social media accounts.
Marco worked with us as a research assistant in 2017. He is an economic historian and worked with us on the long-term evolution of public spending, health spending, and economic development.
Zdenek Hynek
Web Developer
Zdenek was the first web developer in our team and built the initial prototype of OWID-Grapher in 2015.
Julia worked with us as a research assistant in the summer of 2015 and helped to expand the entry about the internet.
Diana Beltekian
Research Assistant
Diana joined us a research assistant in 2017 with a focus on the long-term history of a large number of aspects including trade, education and technological change.
Ernst joined the team as Head of Product Design in 2020. He is a designer at the intersection of data and storytelling and focused on product planning, strategy, maintenance and performance.
Sonya Bhatt
Administrative and Finance Officer
Sonya joined the team in 2018 and supported our work on the administrative and financial side.
Breck Yunits
Software Engineer
Breck joined owid in 2020 as a Senior Software Engineer and helped us to extend and maintain the owid grapher and database.
Contributors
Brian Nolan
Professor Brian Nolan from the University of Oxford collaborated with us on the entry of incomes across the income distribution.
Stefan Thewissen
Stefan Thewissen from the University of Oxford collaborated with us on the entry of incomes across the income distribution.
Nicolas Lippolis from the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford collaborated with us on the structural transformation of economies.
Hannah Behrens
Hannah Behrens from the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford studies infectious diseases and antibiotics. She collaborated with us in researching and writing on her field of expertise since 2017.
