Hannah Ritchie

Hannah Ritchie (born 1993) is a Scottish data scientist, senior researcher at the University of Oxford in the Oxford Martin School and head of research at Our World in Data.[3][1][4] Her research investigates the assessment of global food systems and visualising data from the COVID-19 pandemic. Her first book, The First Generation, is due to be published by Chatto & Windus.[5][6]

Hannah Ritchie
Born1993 (age 29–30)
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh (BSc, MSc, PhD)
Known forOur World in Data
Scientific career
FieldsClimate change
Global development
Food systems
Energy
Malnutrition[1]
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
ThesisGlobal food systems: addressing malnutrition through sustainable system pathways (2018)
Doctoral advisorDavid Reay
Pete Higgins[2]
Websitehannahritchie.com

Early life and education

Ritchie trained in environmental science at the University of Edinburgh. She earned her undergraduate degree in environmental geoscience and a master's degree in carbon management.[7] She remained in Scotland for her PhD, where her research investigated malnutrition and global food systems. She created a scalable framework to understand food system pathways and identify losses, allocations and conversions.[2] In particular, she looked to understand whether it was possible to feed a growing population without damaging the environment.[8]

Research and career

Ritchie started her career as a lecturer in sustainability at the University of Edinburgh. She developed teaching programmes focussed on sustainability.[9] She left Edinburgh to start a research position at the University of Oxford, where she developed data visualisations to communicate information.[8]

Ritchie's early work considered food systems and how it was essential to adapt to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.[10] For example, she has argued that for most foods, the carbon footprint is barely impacted by transport.[11] In 2017, Ritchie joined Our World in Data as head of research.[12] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ritchie built the Our World in Data COVID-19 information dashboard.[13]

In 2022, Chatto & Windus announced that they will publish Ritchie's first book, The First Generation.[5] The book explores Ritchie's optimism for large-scale problem solving and ending climate change.[14][15]

Selected publications
  • Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)[16]
  • A global database of COVID-19 vaccination[17]
  • CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions[18]
  • World Population Growth[19]

References
  1. Hannah Ritchie publications indexed by Google Scholar
  2. Ritchie, Hannah (2018-11-29). Global food systems : addressing malnutrition through sustainable system pathways. ed.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Edinburgh. hdl:1842/33270. OCLC 1085199475. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.764079. open access
  3. Hannah Ritchie on Twitter
  4. Hannah Ritchie publications from Europe PubMed Central
  5. Bayley, Sian (2022-03-01). "Chatto & Windus snaps up 'radically hopeful' look at future of planet Earth by scientist Ritchie". thebookseller. The Bookseller. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  6. hannahritchie.com
  7. Hannah Ritchie's ORCID 0000-0001-6362-8901
  8. "Hannah Ritchie". ed.ac.uk. The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  9. "Hannah Ritchie". edx.org. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  10. "Healing the planet with our food choices with Dr Hannah Ritchie". The Proof. 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  11. Puckett, Susan (2022-09-14). "Eating seasonally and locally has many benefits. Is fighting the climate crisis one of them?". cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  12. "Our Team". Our World in Data. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  13. Vaughan, Adam (2021-05-28). "Hannah Ritchie interview: The woman giving covid-19 data to the world". newscientist.com. New Scientist. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  14. Chivers, Tom (2022-10-09). "Everything you thought you knew about how to fix the climate is probably wrong". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  15. Ritchie, Hannah (2021-11-01). "Stop Telling Kids They'll Die From Climate Change". wired.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  16. Hannah Ritchie; Edouard Mathieu; Lucas Rodés-Guirao; et al. (2020). "Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)". Our World in Data. Wikidata Q113387718.
  17. Edouard Mathieu; Hannah Ritchie; Esteban Ortiz-Ospina; Max Roser; Joe Hasell; Cameron Appel; Charlie Giattino; Lucas Rodés-Guirao (10 May 2021). "A global database of COVID-19 vaccinations". Nature Human Behaviour. doi:10.1038/S41562-021-01122-8. ISSN 2397-3374. Wikidata Q107202624.
  18. Ritchie, Hannah; Roser, Max; Rosado, Pablo (2020-05-11). "CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions". Our World in Data.
  19. Roser, Max; Ritchie, Hannah; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban; Rodés-Guirao, Lucas (2013-05-09). "World Population Growth". Our World in Data.
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