North Korea has made steady progress in expanding its missile programme, developing weapons that can strike across the globe - or hit critical targets closer to home. New records were set for its...

The unmistakable rising and falling pitch of air raid sirens, warning of danger and destruction, have sounded every day somewhere in Ukraine since February 24th, 2022. That is the best sentence to...

An interactive beeswarm which shows the number of days before a presidential election all major candidates since 2008 have announced their campaigns. As the user scrolls, the beeswarm dots re-color...

This is a blog post about a recent academic paper of me and a co-author. The blog text is written by both of us while the visualization is solely my work. The article is about whether populists in...

Open Trade Statistics (OTS) was created with the intention to lower the barrier to working with international economic trade data. It includes a public API, a dashboard, and an R package for data...

The Japanese government is planning to release treated wastewater currently stored at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean later this summer. The plant was damaged by an...

“The Cost” is an infographic depicting the physical, mental, political, and financial costs of one of the most catastrophic disasters in U.S. history. The water of Flint, Michigan was contaminated...

To show the harsh reality of child labor around the world, reports and surveys have been collected from the UNESCO official site government. The visual portrays the grim reality and somber truth...

When election promises are not kept, this is met with incomprehension in our society. Behind political decisions often stand compromises, which are necessary to generate majorities. They form the...

On 1 February 2021, Myanmar's decade-long transition to democracy was upended when the military overthrew the government. This coup triggered nationwide protests by the pro-democracy public, who...

This project illustrates the global evolution of political regimes between 1800 and 2021, classifying them into four groups: liberal democracies, electoral democracies, electoral autocracies and...

One politically sharp phrase has become a method to unite an entire country. 'They have ruined this country' has become an expression referring to the bad government in the last decade. In...

The term 'Glass Ceiling' is commonly used in the business world to describe the difficulties faced by women and minorities when trying to move into higher roles in male-dominated corporate...

'Techquake' is my creative exploration that delves into the dynamic intersection of emotions and data, encapsulating Israel's evolving narrative. With the transformative capabilities of Midjourney,...

How can we connect research on global democratic performance, political rhetoric, and referendums with a wide audience? The Democracy Tools dashboard uses interactive data visualisation to describe...

In May 2020, the death of George Floyd set in motion an unprecedented shift in public consciousness around systemic racism in the United States. Spearheaded by #BlackLivesMatter, mass...

The Russia-Ukraine war and the ensuing oil embargos have been in the news for long now. The impact of this on India's oil trade and the corresponding trade figures are depicted here. With a...

It's a project that masterfully weaves together poignant statistics and emotionally charged photographs, commemorating the resilience of the Ukrainian people one year after the war. Each picture of...

Unveiling the Saudi Conflict is a data-driven tale about the war between the USA and the Islamic terrorist group Al Qaeda on Saudi soil. This thematic cartography visualizes data relating to the...

On January 4th, 2023 Israel was sent into political and social turmoil. The newly appointed Minister of Justice announced an elaborate plan to change the way the judicial system works. Since...

Why some mathematicians argue the economy is designed to create a few super rich people – unless we stop it.

The latest World Bank Gender Statistics data released in March 2023, shows among other things, the extent to which women are active in the labour force across 183 countries, over 6 regions. While...

Russia paid a heavy toll for its invasion of Ukraine. This article recounts the first year of Russian losses. It shows how Russia replaced its whole army with new soldiers in one year. This is what...

Assault, resistance, counter-offensive, trench warfare: Russia has been attacking Ukraine for a year. We show the most important phases in maps and satellite images.

This project used two decades of data from property portal Domain to reveal how the pandemic triggered Australia’s worst rental crisis in recent memory. The figures, supplied exclusively to the...

On February 24, 2023, the first anniversary of the outbreak of the war in Ukraine was commemorated, and we decided to create a piece that would synthesize all the political, economic, and human...

It is estimated that there are 240 million marijuana smokers in the world. In fact, in less than 5 countries around the world it is legal to consume it. Despite being an ancient plant with...

In 2023, Fight for $15 celebrated a decade of major victories raising the minimum wage across the United States. This work was commissioned and printed for a New York exhibition featuring the art...

Communal riots have a long history in India. This data visualization explores the fatality rate of riots. The figures are compared before and after India's independence in 1947 to determine if they...

Announced in November 2022, The Independent Commission for the Study of Sexual Abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church was set up to investigate various claims made throughout the years. On...