Harding Professor of Statistics in Public Life
(Redirected from Winton Professorship of the Public Understanding of Risk)
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