Hans Rosling, professor of International Health in Stockholm, is a well-known public speaker on global change. Time Magazine listed him among the 100 most influential people in the world.

He studied Statistics and Medicine in Sweden and worked as medical doctor in Mozambique where he identified a new epidemic paralytic disease that was named konzo. His research across rural Africa linked konzo to hunger and organic dietary toxins. He initiated Médecins sans Frontières in Sweden, is a member of Scientific Academies and author of a textbook on Global Health.

With son and daughter in-law he co-founded Gapminder and developed animation software that Google acquired. Using it to animate statistics, Hans Rosling makes global economic, social and environmental trends understood.

His award-winning lectures are labeled “humorous, yet deadly serious”. His key message is that the old division into Developed and Developing countries has been replaced by countries on a continuum of social and economic development.