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Hans Rosling

Who knows more about the world - you or a Chimp?

Who knows more about the world – you or a Chimp?

Hans Rosling’s Test is now live on Facebook. Play to find out if you know more about the world than a Chimpanzee! Some of you may already follow us on Facebook, otherwise please also visit our Facebook page and become a fan.

Posted in News | Tagged Facebook, Hans Rosling, News

Reducing child mortality – a moral and environmental imperative

Reducing child mortality – a moral and environmental imperative

Many countries are making good progress towards MDG4 and it’s time to stop talking about Sub-Saharan Africa as one place.

Posted in Videos | Tagged child mortality, Hans Rosling, MDG 4, Millennium Development Goals, TED, TEDxChange, Videos

Population growth explained with IKEA boxes

Population growth explained with IKEA boxes

Hans Rosling explains why ending poverty is crucial to stop population growth.

Posted in Ted Talks, Videos | Tagged global trends, Hans Rosling, population, Population growth, TED, TEDTalks, video

Rosling’s World – a documentary about Hans Rosling

Rosling’s World – a documentary about Hans Rosling

A 55-minute documentary about Hans Rosling’s life & thoughts.

Posted in Videos | Tagged documentary, Gapminder, Hans Rosling, video | 1 Response

Free statistics for democracy

Free statistics for democracy

From a talk by Hans Rosling at the Prince Mahidol Award conference 2010. Produced by health metric network.

Posted in Other (in English), Videos | Tagged democracy, Hans Rosling, statistics, video | 2 Responses

Open Lecture with Hans Rosling (in Swedish)

Monday 23 November, Hans Rosling will give an open lecture at Uppsala University. The title of the lecture is “Civil War, Aid, Competition and Latte – a fact based view on four types of countries”.

Posted in News | Tagged Hans Rosling

TED and Reddit’s 10 questions

TED and Reddit’s 10 questions

The Internet community Reddit.com got to ask questions to Hans Rosling. Here is his answers.

Posted in Videos | Tagged English, featured, Hans Rosling, TED, TEDTalks, Videos | 11 Responses

Let my dataset change your mindset

Let my dataset change your mindset

TED-talk at the US State Department. Global trends over 200 years, the development of HIV/AIDS and how China is catching up.

Posted in Ted Talks, Videos | Tagged China, English, Hans Rosling, TED, TEDTalks, Videos | 7 Responses

Open lecture with Hans Rosling (in Swedish)

Note: Date already passed. On Tuesday, 8 September, Hans Rosling will give an open lecture at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. The lecture will be in Swedish and the title is “Blir världen bättre?” – (Is the world becoming a better place?).

Posted in News | Tagged Hans Rosling, lecture, More news | 8 Responses

TV-documentary on Hans Rosling now with subtitles

In the next 30 days you can see the Swedish TV-documentary: Rosling’s World: The best statistics you’ve ever seen, with English subtitles, on the webpage of the Swedish Television. The documentary will be aired again on Swedish Television (SVT24) on Tuesday 18 August, 20.00 in Sweden (19.00 CET) and in conjunction with that the video Read more …

Posted in News | Tagged documentary, Hans Rosling, More news, svt, tv | 10 Responses

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Help us cross the river of myths


Please read Hans Rosling’s personal appeal.
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TEDTalks

Hans Rosling's TEDTalks have been seen by millions. Tune in and see the talks from 2006 onwards:

  • TED 2006
    Debunking myths about the "third world"
    19.50
  • TED 2007
    The seemingly impossible is possible
    18.57
  • TED 2009
    HIV: New facts and stunning data visuals
    11.13
  • TED @ State
    Let my dataset change your mindset
    22.29
  • TED India
    Asia's rise - how and when
    15.50
  • TED @ Cannes
    Why ending poverty is crucial to stop population growth.
    10.04
  • TED @ Qatar
    Religions and babies.
    13.20


TED stands for Technology, Entertainment & Design and has arranged conferences since 1984. Their annual conferences bring together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).
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