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?.

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).