Communicating mathematical and data sciences: What does success look like?

In November 2024 the Mathsci-comm network held its first in-person meeting at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical sciences in Cambridge. It was entitled Communicating Mathematical and Data Sciences – What does Success Look Like?.

You can find out more in the following reports:

• Emerging themes and future directions;
• Resources arising from talks and discussions;
• What does the Mathsci-comm network look like?

The video below shows the complete playlist of talks and panel discussions that were recorded.

You can also see this playlist on Youtube.

The playlist features:

• The panel discussion Embedding communication in the mathematical science community in a Systematic Way, chaired by Julia Gog (University of Cambridge) with panellists
  • Christie Marr (The Academy for the Mathematical Sciences)
  • Jessica Enright (University of Glasgow), (London Mathematical Society), (The Edinburgh Mathematical Society)
  • Sarah Harman (EPSRC)
  • Christopher Budd (University of Bath), (Institute of Mathematics and its Applications)
• Co-production of mathematical models, Elizabeth Fearon (University College London)
• A session of lightning talks
• Linking Vision Science to Decision Making in Safety-Critical Scenarios, Andrew Meso, King's College London
• How do we Communicate Potential Treatment Harm to the Public: Lessons from a Public Involvement Meeting, ​​​​​​​​Rachel Philips (Imperial College London)
• Communicating Science to be Helpful - Beyond Transparency, David Schley (Sense about Science)
• Getting Through: Communicating Complex Information, Matthew Naylor (Bank of England)
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• Exploring What Works in Science Communication; Experiments and Evidence, David Spiegelhalter (University of Cambridge)
• Reflections on Building the Mathsci-comm Community, Marianne Freiberger (University of Cambridge), (Plus Magazine), Rachel Thomas (University of Cambridge), (Plus Magazine)

The image above shows David Spiegelhalter talking at the event (credit Grace Merton, INI).