Reformation in the Church of Science
Andrea Saltelli, visiting researcher at the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities at the University of Bergen, Norway.
Andrea Saltelli is an Italian statistician and visiting researcher at the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities at the University of Bergen, Norway. His research focuses on sensitivity analysis, uncertainty and model validation, and the philosophy of models, and he has published numerous papers and books on these topics. He is also known for his contributions to the development of global sensitivity analysis, a method for studying the behavior of complex models. Saltelli has held various academic positions in Europe, including at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre. He is currently academic counselor at the University Pompeo Fabra - Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM) and a visiting scientist at the Italian National Research Council (CNR).
- Suggested reading: Andrea Saltelli and Daniel Sarewitz, 2022, Reformation in the Church of Science. How the truth monopoly was broken up. The New Atlantis, issue Spring 2022.
Communicating science in times of uncertainty - with examples from the Covid pandemic
Anne Spurkland, immunologist and professor at the University of Oslo – winner of several science communication awards.
Anne Spurkland is a Norwegian immunologist and professor at the University of Oslo. Her research focuses on immunological diseases, particularly the genetic and immunological factors involved in autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis. She has also been active in promoting science communication and outreach, and has served as the President of the Norwegian Association of Immunologists. In addition, Spurkland has been a member of several national and international committees and councils related to science and education.
- Spurkland recently held the 200 minute Aarebrot Lecture explaining the human immune system.
About the seminars
"Digital Frukost" is an open breakfast seminar series focusing on research activities at the interface between the biological sciences and that of mathematics, computer science, physics or engineering. Examples of such research activities could be mathematical or computational modeling of biological systems, application of engineering/control systems theory on biological systems or inspired by biological systems, application of mathematics/statistics/machine learning to analyze big data in health or marine sector; from sensor systems, imaging or omics technologies etc.