David Spiegelhalter

David Spiegelhalter is Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication in the University of Cambridge, which aims to improve the way that statistical evidence is used by health professionals, patients, lawyers, media and policy-makers. Apart from academic publications, he has written The Norm Chronicles (with Michael Blastland), Sex by Numbers, and the recently-published The Art of Statistics. He presented the BBC4 documentaries Tails you Win: the Science of Chance and the award-winning Climate Change by Numbers. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2005, knighted in 2014 for services to medical statistics, and was President of the Royal Statistical Society for 2017-2018. His greatest achievement came in 2011, when he was 7th in an episode of Winter Wipeout.

Videos

David Spiegelhalter @ 5x15 - Sex By Numbers

Communicating statistics, risks and uncertainty in the age of COVID19 | David Spiegelhalter | 5x15

David Spiegelhalter on the surprising art of statistics at 5x15

Past Events

5x15 February 2022

Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
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Join us in February for an evening that will delve behind the headlines, shed light on myths and misconceptions and help make sense of the world today.

July 13th - Online event

Online, Via Zoom
Online, Via Zoom
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Join us online for an evening of inspiration, conversation and ideas.