Responsible modelling in uncertain times: ethics of quantification in action
A bi-weekly joint seminar series between IIPP and CEST on 'Responsible modelling in uncertain times: ethics of quantification in action'. This series has been funded by the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET).
Responsible modelling in uncertain times: ethics of quantification in action
20 Oct 2021 - 20 Apr 2022
Quantification is more and more central in many spheres of society, driving business and policy decision-making. CEST and the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) are pleased to announce a new series of webinars funded by the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET). The series' title is “Responsible modelling in uncertain times: ethics of quantification in action” and will cover five key principles of best practice around uncertainty, complexity and transparency in applying modeling insights to policies. Leading experts, young and senior scholars and policymakers will be involved as speakers.
Spanning over six months (October ’21 – April ’22), webinars will be held on a bi-weekly basis, every Wednesday, starting October, 20 with the opening lecture by Andrea Saltelli (University of Bergen). The lecture will focus on "Responsible modelling in uncertain times: ethics of quantification in action". A panel discussion will follow, with Kate Roll (IIPP), Daniele Vidoni (European Commission) and Tommaso Vitale (Sciences Po).
Please find more information about the series and sessions below - registration on zoom is mandatory.
For more information on the ethics of quantification, view the IIPP Working Paper that argues 'Why ethics of quantification is needed now'.
Schedule
Opening Lecture
20 October 2021 | 4:30 - 6:00pm
Andrea Saltelli, Guest Researcher at the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, University of Bergen
Mind the assumptions
3 November 2021 | 5:00 - 6:00pm (Part 1)
Cynthia Rudin, Professor of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Statistical Science, and Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Duke University
17 November 2021 | 5:00 - 6:00pm (Part 2)
Paul Pfleiderer, C.O.G. Miller Distinguished Professor of Finance, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Mind the hybris
1 December 2021 | 5:00 - 6:00pm (Part 1)
Mary Morgan, Albert O. Hirschman Professor of History and Philosophy of Economics, London School of Economics
15 December 2021 | 5:00 - 6:00pm (Part 2)
Bin Yu, Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor and Class of 1936 Second Chair, Departments of Statistics, UC Berkeley
Mind the framing
2 February 2022 | 5:00 - 6:00pm (Part 1)
Sir John Kay, Emeritus Fellow, Oxford University
16 February 2022 | 6:00 - 7:00pm (Part 2)
Erica Charters, Associate Professor of Global History and the History of Medicine, University of Oxford
Mind the consequences
2 March 2022 | 5:00 - 6:00pm (Part 1)
Emmanuel Didier, Professor, Centre Maurice Halbwachs at École Normale Supérieure, Paris, and member of the Center for the Study of Invention and Social Process at Goldsmiths, University of London
16 March 2022 | 5:00 - 6:00pm (Part 2)
Stephane Hallegatte, Senior Climate Change Advisor, World Bank