School of Mathematics

Communicating statistics, risk and uncertainty in the age of Covid - Prof. David Spiegelhalter

This event is a rescheduling of our 4th David Finney Lecture, and will now take place online - if you registered for the previous event, please re-register at the link below.

Communicating statistics, risk and uncertainty in the age of Covid - Prof. David Spiegelhalter

July 9th, 3-5pm

For the 4th David Finney Lecture, Prof. David Spiegelhalter will talk about the challenges of communicating during the epidemic. Can we communicate deeper uncertainty about facts, numbers, or scientific hypotheses without losing trust and credibility?

It is claimed we live in a 'post-truth' society in which emotional responses dominate balanced consideration of evidence. This presents a strong challenge to those who value quantitative and scientific evidence: How can we communicate statistics, risks and unavoidable scientific uncertainty in a transparent and trustworthy way?

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/communicating-statistics-risk-and-uncertainty-in-the-age-of-covid-tickets-110607716658

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The event will be sponsored by the International Biometric Society, and hosted online by the ICMS.

(Image of Prof. Spiegelhalter taken from MN2S)