Make data visible and use for social good
At the ViT Foundation, we focus on making complex information clear and accessible through data visualization. We strive to increase transparency and help communities make better, informed decisions by offering guidance on visualization methods and promoting data-driven visual communication.
Our collaborations
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Air Quality Life Index: Visualizing Life Expectancy Gains through Cleaner Air
The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) translates through the interactive platform, air pollution concentrations into their impact on life expectancy. Policymakers —and the public— can now gauge the benefits of air pollution policies by the most important metric there is: longer, healthier lives.
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National Geographic Society launches a new tool to understand how people use water
The National Geographic Society launched the World Water Map as part of its five-year World Freshwater Initiative to better understand developing freshwater shortages around the world and inspire sustainable action. The Map was created in cooperation with Utrecht University and Esri to identify water availability hotspots, visualize global freshwater supply and demand
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Un nou format interactiu per entendre la bretxa digital a L'Hospitalet
L’Ajuntament de L’Hospitalet presenta una nova eina interactiva per explicar als hospitalencs com és la bretxa digital a la ciutat.
Avui ens podem connectar a internet des de qualsevol lloc, a través dels telèfons mòbils, ordinadors o altres dispositius digitals. Però no tothom pot beneficiar-se de la mateixa manera, ja que hi ha diferents nivells d’accés i d’habilitats.
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UNEP's visual notes bring their Climate Emergency data into action
The visual notes, by the United Nations Environment Programme, are interactive displays that contextualize climate crisis and pollution metrics. They show and explain how the concentration of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the atmosphere is wreaking havoc worldwide and threatening lives, economies, health and food, the different sources of air pollution, the health impact of outdoor air pollution, and what actions countries are taking to address the emergency.
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¿A qué ritmo vacunó España contra la COVID - 19?
Durante la primera fase de la vacunación contra la Covid-19, en enero de 2021, no todas las comunidades autónomas vacunaron al mismo ritmo.
Para estimar el tiempo que tardarían en vacunar a la población, la ViT diseñó un informe automatizado y un repositorio en abierto para rastrear diariamente las diferencias de vacunación por territorio.
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CIHI updates their toolkit to visualize the health of Canadians
We advised the Canadian Institute of Health Information on updating their visualization standards and tools. The institute provides information on Canada’s health systems and the health of Canadians.
Our collaboration helped them improve their internal capabilities to produce data-driven visual essays and update their tools, skill sets, and processes to create interactive charts.
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Mapping the impact of National Geographic Society's COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists
On March 27, 2020, the National Geographic Society launched an emergency fund to support journalists around the world who wish to cover COVID-19 within their communities.
The first Dataviz for Society Conference gathered experts in the data and information visualization field, to discuss how we can design tools that help us make better, more informed decisions, and visualizations that transform our understanding of the world. It was co-organized by the Digital Future Society and the ViT Foundation.
Our projects with UNEP: bringing climate crisis data into action
Master’s in Visual Tools to Empower Citizens
In collaboration with Universitat de Girona, we have set up a Master’s degree in Visual Tools for transparency addressed to engineers and data analysts.
There is a growing demand —and an urgent need— for a hybrid profile that merges design and computing. The public sector needs qualified professionals to design visualizations: from transparency tools for citizens to systems for data-driven understanding, exploration and decision-making.
Although the focus of this Master’s program is the public sector, the skills required to conceive and develop the projects will be transferable to other areas, ranging from interactive journalism to companies.
Unprotected
A webdoc about violence against women in Catalonia
It was the project that sparked our foundation. A web documentary that revealed how despite having one of the most progressive legislations to eradicate sexist violence, authorities leave women in Catalonia unprotected in many cases. The report combines text, video interviews, and data-driven visualizations in a seamless narrative.
The project was awarded a silver medal at the Malofiej Awards in the Digital Features category —they’re arguably the most prestigious information visualization awards in the world.
