Sir John Aston
Statistics and data have always had a role in government, and censuses, for example, have been carried out for thousands of years to allow governments to make decisions. As a chief scientific adviser in the UK government, it was always important to me to make sure that the evidence was well considered in the policy-making process. In this talk, I’ll give some examples of how statistics was combined with other science in the policy making process, in a diverse range of areas from immigration policy to COVID-19 vaccine rollout. While the examples will mainly be from the UK, I will argue that ensure strong connections between statistics, science and government is useful worldwide.
26.10.2023, Raum: G03-106, Zeit: 17:00