👋🏼 Hi, I’m Hannah.
I’m a scientist by background; alongside my own research I focus on the communication of research and data to broader audiences. There is often a large gap between academic research and public understanding – I try to bridge that. I’m passionate about:
📈 🔢 Data visualisation
👩🔬 Scientific research
✍️ 🎙 Science writing and communication
Most of my work, research and writing is now published at Our World in Data – there you will find my latest work (often daily) across a wide range of aspects of global development.
I occasionally post on this personal blog: you will find these articles (and some old ones) here.
🐦 You can follow me on Twitter here: @_HannahRitchie
✉️ Or email me: hannah@ourworldindata.org
I hold a Bachelor’s (Environmental Geoscience); Master’s (Carbon Management) and PhD from the University of Edinburgh. My primary research is in the area of environmental sustainability: climate change, energy systems, and food and agriculture.
But environmental problems never arise in isolation, and in fact, trying to understand or tackle them in isolation often leads to poor solutions. So the range of topics I cover is now much broader: I work at the intersection of environmental sustainability and human wellbeing.
I am currently a researcher Oxford Martin Programme in Global Development, at the University of Oxford. I’m Head of Research at Our World in Data – an online web publication focused on research and data to understand and make progress against the world’s largest problems.
Education
- BSc Environmental GeoScience, University of Edinburgh (2010 – 14) (First Class)
- MSc Carbon Management, University of Edinburgh (2014 – 15) (Distinction)
- PhD – Global Food Systems and its environmental impacts (NERC-funded, University of Edinburgh) (2016 – 18)
Work and Projects
- Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Martin Programme in Global Development, University of Oxford (2020 – Present)
- Research Fellow, Oxford Martin Programme in Global Development, University of Oxford (2017 – 20)
- Research Fellow, NEWS UK-India Partnership, University of Edinburgh (2016 – 18)
- Sustainability manager, 3FBIO, University of Strathclyde (2016 – 18)
- Online Learning Educator, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh (2015 – 16)
- Carbon Market Consultant, LTS International, Edinburgh (2015 – 16)
- Sustainability Consultant, Small World Consulting Ltd., University of Lancaster (2014 – 16)
- Biotechnology Researcher & Market Analyst, University of Strathclyde (2013 – 14)