Communicating Mathematical and Data Sciences – What does Success Look Like?
This workshop will explore evidence for effectively communicating research in mathematical and data science to non-experts such as policy makers, mainstream media and the wider public.
Climate change, artificial intelligence, disease modelling and public health – these are just a few of the huge societal issues that mathematical and data sciences are key to understanding and addressing. It is vital that those outside the research community – including policy makers, mainstream media, and the wider public – are informed about advances in these areas and are part of the discussions about such research. And researchers need professional help to communicate their research and engage with concerns from these wider audiences.
The highly successful Communicating Mathematics for the Public event developed and organised by the Newton Gateway to Mathematics in January 2023 took a crucial first step in this direction, bringing together communicators from across many sectors, including researchers, media and communications professionals, and those working in policy in government and non-government organisations. The Mathsci-comm network, funded by a Network Grant from the Isaac Newton Institute, was set up as a direct result of that 2023 meeting, to continue to connect those working in, and with a stake in, communicating complex mathematics and data science to a variety of non-expert audiences.
This is the first in-person workshop of the Mathsci-comm network, following a series of virtual meetings and collaborations over 2024.
