The Harding Professorship of Statistics in Public Life (formerly known as the Winton Professorship of the Public Understanding of Risk) is a professorship within the Statistical Laboratory of the University of Cambridge.[1] It was established in 2007 in perpetuity by a benefaction of £3.3m from the Winton Charitable Foundation,[2] later known as the David and Claudia Harding Foundation. It is the only professorship of its type in the United Kingdom.[3] There is an associated internet-based program devoted to understanding uncertainty.[4]
List of Harding Professors[edit]
- David Spiegelhalter (2007–2020)[5][6]
- John Aston (2021–)[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Statutes and Ordinances of University of Cambridge
- ^ "'Risk professor' to help public", BBC News, 2007-01-16, retrieved 2009-12-31
- ^ Henderson, Mark (2009-01-05), "Probability lessons", The Times, London
- ^ Understanding uncertainty
- ^ Hyams, Stephen (5 May 2016). "Meet the performing statistician". The Actuary. Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ Rathi, Akshat (26 March 2016). "A Cambridge professor on how to stop being so easily manipulated by misleading statistics". Quartz. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2020-21/weekly/6595/6595.pdf
External links[edit]
- [1] £20 million donation to revolutionise physics research