Please feel free to invite me to join your event. I’m delighted by every invitation though unfortunately cannot do everything. I aim to prioritise requests to speak to non-academic audiences and early-career researchers.
Since 2008 I have reduced my work-related carbon emissions by not flying. Virtual contributions are marked below with a *star.
Podcasts and interviews
If you’re looking for a good starting point to understand more about my work and don’t have time to read the book yet, the Volts podcast linked below is an accessible and fun introduction to the key themes (with a climate change slant).
- A visit to Model Land. Mind the Gap: Dialogs on Artificial Intelligence ep 18 (68 min) with Roland Trope and Charles Palmer, March 2025
- The Power and Pitfalls of Models in Climate Risk Management. GARP podcast (34 min) with Jo Paisley, Dec 2023
- Escape from Model Land. Zukunft Denken podcast ep 79 (64 min) with Alexander Schatten, Sept 2023
- Escape from Model Land. Human Risk podcast (58 min) with Christian Hunt, Sept 2023
- Interview in The Actuary, with Nico Aspinall, July 2023
- Interview in American Scientist with Jaime Herndon, July 2023
- Interview in The Reasoner, with Hykel Hosni, March 2023
- Interview in Parliament Magazine, with Philippa Nuttall, Feb 2023
- On the abuse (and proper use) of climate models. Volts podcast (88 min) with David Roberts, Jan 2023
- Science Cafe with Adam Walton (28 min), BBC Radio Wales, 29th Jan 2023
- Escape from Model Land. Real World Data Science podcast (41 min) with Brian Tarran, Royal Statistical Society, Jan 2023
- Escaping Model Land. “Challenging Climate” podcast ep 28 (48 min) with Pete Irvine and Jesse Reynolds, Jan 2023
- Models, the Hawkmoth Effect, and the Future. The Great Simplification podcast ep 55 (72 min) with Nate Hagens, Jan 2023
- Wharton Moneyball Post Game podcast with Cade Massey, 11th Jan 2023
- AI’s world view. “Pondering AI” podcast ep 18 (41 min) with Kimberley Nevala, SAS, April 2022
Escape from Model Land is also available as an audiobook! (English only for now)
Keynotes and public events
- Modelling Nature and Climate: Tackling the Limits and Uncertainties. GARP Nature and Climate Symposium, London, June 2025
- Keynote (The Significance Lecture): Escape From Model Land. Royal Statistical Society annual international conference, Brighton, Sept 2024
- Keynote: Escaping From Model Land. The Pensions Network, February 2024
- *Keynote: Escape From Model Land: Why forecasters should plan their escape routes in advance. Advertising Research Foundation FORECASTING 2023 conference, July 2023
- *Keynote: Escaping From Model Land: Dealing with model biases and blind spots. Society of Actuaries, online Health conference, July 2023
- Public Lecture: Navigating the World with Maths, Royal Institution public lecture, June 2023 Recording now available!
- LSE Public Event: Follow the Science? Data, models and decisions in the 21st century, LSE Data Science Institute, Jan 2023
- *Keynote: Next steps for “EE”: from camera to engine? Ergodicity Economics. London Mathematical Laboratory, Jan 2021
Industry, public sector and academic talks
- *Invited talk: Escape from Model Land. JUNIPER consortium seminar, March 2025
- *Lunch and Learn session: JBA Risk Management. March 2025
- *Invited talk: 2024 North Atlantic hurricanes: reflections on pre-season forecasts. WTW Natural Catastrophe Review 2025 launch event, Jan 2025.
- Invited talk: Escaping from Model Land. Government Operational Research Service annual Fast Stream conference, London, Jan 2025.
- *Invited talk: Decision Support for the Energy Transition. Group for Research in Decision Analysis (GERAD) / Energy Modelling Hub (EMH), Montreal, Jan 2025.
- *Invited panellist: Policy bias in economic research and the epistemological problems of econometrics: Lessons for designing economic policy processes. SUERF BAFFI Bocconi webinar, Jan 2025
- *Invited talk: Escaping from Model Land. Macroprudential regulation seminar series, Austrian Central Bank, Nov 2024
- *Invited talk: Evaluating climate and catastrophe models for decisions in disaster risk, insurance, and finance . Met Office Academic Partnership colloquium, Nov 2024
- *Invited talk: Out of the frying pan into the fire? Escaping from Model Land into messy Policy World! (with Ine Steenmans). DSTL and National Laboratories Alliance, Oct 2024
- Invited talk: Physical Risk Modelling (with Marina Baldissera Pacchetti). CGFI / Climate Financial Risk Forum discussion meeting, Oct 2024
- *Invited panellist: Navigating climate scenarios for investment. IIGCC member webinar, Sept 2024
- Invited talk: Disaster Risk Financing in Model Land and in the Real World. Grantham Institute Workshop, LSE Grantham Institute, June 2024
- Invited panellist: The morals of modelling. Modelling World (transport modelling conference), June 2024
- Invited talk: Escape from Model Land. PRA (Bank of England) internal seminar, June 2024
- Invited talk: Escape from Model Land. Flood Re internal seminar, June 2024
- *Invited discussant: The nexus of data, models and normative theorising. Climate Mobilities: Justice Data and Governance conference, Princeton, May 2024
- Invited talk: The art and science of model evaluation. OASIS Insight Conference, April 2024
- Lunch and Learn session: UK Climate Change Committee. April 2024
- *Invited talk: Escape from Model Land. ERBE CDT annual student-led conference, April 2024
- *Invited talk: Escape from Model Land. “Digital Urban Cultures” lecture series at the City Science Lab, HafenCity University, Hamburg/online, April 2024.
- Invited talk: Escape from Model Land. CMMID seminar, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, March 2024
- *Invited talk: Escape from Model Land. MINDS UiB & System Dynamics Society, Bergen/online, March 2024
- STEaPP Staff Seminar: Dr Erica Thompson, Feb 2024
- *Contributed talk: Non-ergodic perspectives on evaluation of models and forecasts, EE2024, February 2024
- Invited talk: Escape from Model Land. UCL Earth Sciences departmental seminar, Jan 2024
- *Invited talk: Human priorities, machine decisions? Australian Academy of the Humanities 54th annual symposium, Nov 2023
- Invited talk: Escape from Model Land. Managing Risk, Embracing Uncertainty, in Pensions. CISI, London, Oct 2023
- *Invited panellist: Beyond economics: the DCF method applied to ISDS. Columbia Centre for Sustainable Investment: International Investment Law and Policy Speaker Series, Oct 2023
- *Invited talk: Escape From Model Land. Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, Oct 2023.
- *Invited speaker + panellist: Escape from Model Land. Economic and Strategic Research: Industry Insights, Fannie Mae, Oct 2023
- Invited talk: Escape from Model Land. Romney Street Group at the Athenaeum, London, Oct 2023
- *Invited speaker + panellist: From Model Land to Real Life: Navigating the Complexities of Net-Zero Modelling. Transition accelerator and Energy Modelling Hub, Canada, Sept 2023
- *Invited talk: Escape from Model Land. Scottish Government, Sept 2023
- *Invited speaker + panellist: Is Model Land a barrier to innovation? New Zealand Government Economics Network annual conference, NZ, August 2023
- *Invited talk: Escape from Model Land, Open Energy Modelling Initiative, July 2023
- *Interview/discussion: Escape from Model Land, Edison Electric Institute member webinar, June 2023
- *Invited talk: Escape from Model Land, UK Environment Agency (Evidence and Risk), May 2023
- *Invited discussion: Escape from Model Land, World Federation of Exchanges research webinar series, April 2023
- *Invited talk: Escape from Model Land, Junges ZiF workshop: Navigating Model Land: Connecting Basic Research and Decision-Making, Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung, Bielefeld University, March 2023
- *Invited talk: Escape from Model Land, UK Department of Work and Pensions, Analytical Community Seminar, London, March 2023
- *Invited talk: Escaping from Model Land, Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, March 2023
- *Invited talk: Models, mathematics, and data science: how to make sure we’re answering the right questions, CIVICA Social Data Science Seminar, March 2023
- Invited talk: Becoming a good mathematician: practical ethics for the mathematical sciences, LSE Women In Maths seminar, London, March 2023
- *Invited talk: Escape from Model Land, UK Government Economic Service (internal webinar), London, March 2023
- *Invited talk: Escaping from Model Land, Swiss National Bank (internal webinar), Zurich, Feb 2023
- *Session chair: Ergodicity Economics conference, online/Portugal, Jan 2023
- Invited talk: All models are normative, Royal Statistical Society event on Responsible Modelling, London, Jan 2023
- Contributed talk: Evaluating models and escaping from Model Land, DSI Research Showcase, LSE, Dec 2022
- Panellist: Data Science, AI and sustainability, DSI x Ekimetrics, Dec 2022
- Book launch event: Escape From Model Land, LSE, Dec 2022
- Invited reflection: The Potential for Anticipatory Action and Disaster Risk Financing, Start Network Assembly, London, Oct 2022
- Invited talk: What should scientists do differently after we realise that “all models are wrong”? Bristol University Engineering Department, Oct 2022.
- Invited talk: Understanding the limitations of mathematical modelling for sustainable transitions and risk management.NNIP Summer Course in Sustainable Investing, London/online, Oct 2022
- *Session chair: Data Science and Climate Change, CIVICA Data Science Days, Florence, Oct 2022
- Invited talk: Practical tips for escaping from Model Land. Confronting Radical Uncertainty. Royal Society discussion meeting, London, Oct 2022 (postponed from April 2020)
- *Invited talk: Escape from Model Land: the limits of modelling. Modelling and Simulation Discussion Group, Wageningen University, May 2022
- *Invited talk: Aren’t the laws of physics the same for everyone? Exploring the ethics of modelling and simulation. Minisymposium on Ethics in Mathematics, BAMC, April 2022
- *Session chair: Ergodicity Economics 2022, Jan 2022
- *Invited talk: Confidence and uncertainty in extreme climatic events. OECD Environment Policy Committee, Dec 2021
- *Invited talk: Escape From Model Land: The Dangers Of Over-Confidence In Mathematical Models And How To Avoid It. Z/Yen FS Club, Oct 2021
- *Invited talk: Escape from Model Land. Scottish actuarial webinar series, Oct 2021
- *Invited panel member, Systemic Resilience, OECD-NAEC / Fields / Rebuilding Macroeconomics webinar, May 2021
- *Invited talk: Escape from Model Land. Warwick Mathematics for Real-World Systems (MathSys) CDT annual conference, April 2021
- *Invited talk: Escape from Model Land. Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, Member Interest Group (Economics), Feb 2021
- *Invited talk: On the co-development of models and expert judgement. Workshop on values, choices and uncertainties in climate modelling. Stockholm, Feb 2021
- *Invited discussant: Assessing the socio-economic losses and damages from climate change. OECD, Jan 2021
- *Invited panel member: How do evidence-based models contribute to the SDGs? STRINGS seminar, University of Sussex, Oct 2020
- *Invited talk: The co-development of models and expert judgement. Workshop on Climate Information for Adaptation, Leeds, Oct 2020
- *Invited talk: Decolonising Model Land: a provocation. Workshop on Energy, Data and Modelling. University of Oxford, Sept 2020
Teaching contributions
- STEaPP DTP Reflexive Practitioner Seminar Series: Modelling, 2025
- Guest lecturer for UCL MSc module (Introduction to Modelling, Methods and Scenarios), 2023/24;
- Guest lecturer for UCL MSc module (Risk Assessment and Governance), 2021;
- Guest lecturer for Imperial College MSc module (Global Environmental Change and Policy), 2012/13/14/15/16/17;
- Organiser: Understanding Uncertainty in Environmental Modelling (NERC Advanced Training, five workshops in total, three separate grants), LSE, 2014, 2015, 2017;
- Guest lecturer for 1st and 2nd year Geology UG, Imperial College, 2010/12/14