MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Event

Mar 23, 2022
Models, Values, and Precaution: How Should Models Guide Policy?

Models have a played a prominent role in guiding Covid-19 mitigation policy, often being used to make confident and dire predictions. But models such as these often embed assumptions about values. They also can encode precautionary reasoning that emphasizes a particular balance of risks. How can we optimize the use of models to guide policy in a crisis? What has the last year taught us about expert testimony and “following the science”?

Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Zoom/Online Meeting Platform
2022-03-23T14:00:00SAVE IN I-CAL 2022-03-23 14:00:00 2022-03-23 16:00:00 Models, Values, and Precaution: How Should Models Guide Policy? Models have a played a prominent role in guiding Covid-19 mitigation policy, often being used to make confident and dire predictions. But models such as these often embed assumptions about values. They also can encode precautionary reasoning that emphasizes a particular balance of risks. How can we optimize the use of models to guide policy in a crisis? What has the last year taught us about expert testimony and “following the science”? Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany Zoom/Online Meeting Platform Europe/Berlin public