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Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication

Events

Monday 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
University of Cambridge

On March 4th 2019 Ed Humpherson, Director General of the UK Statistics authority, talks about how we can prevent the spread of Fake News and mistrust of experts.

Thursday 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Centre for Mathematical Sciences - University of Cambridge

Professor Talya Miron-Shatz talks about how people understand - or misunderstand - medical information

Prof. Miron-Shatz’s talks about her work, which deals with the way people understand (or misunderstand) medical information. Speci…

Thursday 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
University of Cambridge

When we choose to support a policy - whether in parliament, the board room or the ballot box - do we get clear, balanced information about our different options?

Most people would agree not - we either get highly simplified (and …

Friday 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
University of Cambridge

We were delighted to welcome Prof Baruch Fischhoff of Carnegie Mellon University to Cambridge, to discuss his life and work with Prof David Spiegelhalter, the Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk here at Cambrid…

Tuesday 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
University of Cambridge

Facts, figures, and communicating uncertainty.

This talk was chaired and hosted by Sir David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk in the Statistical Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. The guest …

Monday 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
University of Cambridge

A panel discussion with Cambridge Big Data on the problems of reporting of statistics.

Dodgy Data

How to Spot it and How to Stop it

Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter, Winton Centre for Risk & Evidence Communication:

Orit Kopel, Co-founde…