Fiona M Underwood

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Mardia interdisciplinary workshops

With: International Development Section of the Royal Statistical Society. Award: Mardia Prize, Royal Statistical Society Project A series of workshops to develop a framework for statistical contributions to interdisciplinary work on the sustainable management of natural resources for poverty alleviation Motivation In low income countries, many poor people are dependent on the use of and […]

Helping reach the SDGs with statistical research

Friday 30th October 2015

There has, and continues to be, a lot of discussion about the (statistical) challenges in defining the indicators that measure the sustainable development goals (SDGs). But what about the statistical challenges that are faced in helping countries reach the SDGs? This was the topic of the talk I was invited to give at the Royal Statistical […]

Filed Under: International development

Statistics for international development and humanitarian action

Friday 31st July 2015

What are the data-related challenges that those working in international development and humanitarian action face? How can statisticians contribute to solving these issues? This is the focus of some work that I am exploring on behalf of the International Development Working Group (IDWG) of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS). I am particular interested in understanding […]

Filed Under: Causality, Complexity, Humanitarian sector, International development

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