Andrea Saltelli

Andrea

Saltelli

Guest Researcher

Senter for vitenskapsteori

Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities

Visit Address

Parkveien 9

Ida Bloms hus

5007 Bergen

Postal Address

Postboks 7805

5020 Bergen

E-mail:

andrea.saltelli@uib.no

Documents

Recent talk on Ethics of Quantification

Recent talk on Science Integrity

Number-crunching maths models may give policy makers major headache

Mathematical models that predict policy-driving scenarios may be too complex and deliver "wrong" answers, a new study reveals.

Illustration: Researchers study the nuts and bolts of a box producing policy

Can we ensure that mathematical models serve society?

Inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic, UiB researchers present five principles for model quality.

Picture of long nose transforming into gears and cog wheels as a metaphor for dishonest research.

"A formidable share of the research we pay for is simply wrong"

Torture of data, perverse reward systems, declining morals and false findings: Science is in crisis, argues statistician Andrea Saltelli.

Mainstreaming Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Auditing

This project was financed by the Peder Sather Grant and was a cooperation between the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, NTNU and UC Berkeley.