Workshop 1: Decision Quality and Uncertainty

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Mohammed A. Mohammed
Strategy Unit - NHS

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the Role of Uncertainty in Decision-Making Processes
  • Understand the Six Elements of Decision Quality
  • Analyze and Manage Uncertainty in Decision Processes

Workshop 2: Communicating and Visualising Future Uncertainty

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Nicola Rennie
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Office for National Statistics
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Learning Outcomes

  • Understand how communicating uncertainty can increase trustworthiness
  • Have an understanding of the language used to describe and communicate uncertainty
  • Know when it is and isn’t appropriate to show uncertainty in visualisations
  • Be able to follow best practices

Workshop 3: Quantifying Uncertainty

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University
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Learning Outcomes

  • Understand statistical and probabilistic methods for quantifying uncertainty
  • Learn to estimate and propagate uncertainty through models
  • Apply Bayesian and frequentist approaches to uncertainty quantification
  • Interpret confidence intervals and prediction intervals correctly

Workshop 4: Planning and Building for the Long-term When the Future Is Uncertain

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University
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  • Understand how instability and uncertainty shape long-term decisions in the built environment
  • Examine practical and theoretical approaches for planning and designing resilient homes, neighbourhoods, and infrastructure
  • Evaluate strategies for making decisions today that remain robust under future conditions that are difficult to predict
  • Apply insights from real-world case studies to develop more adaptive and forward-looking planning practices

Workshop 5: Educating for an Uncertain Future: Pedagogies That Prepare Learners to Adapt

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  • Understand where and how uncertainty arises in educational settings and how learners typically experience it
  • Interpret the evidence base on learners’ cognitive and emotional responses to uncertainty
  • Apply effective, research-informed strategies to help learners develop adaptive skills for managing uncertainty
  • Design a learning activity that intentionally incorporates uncertainty and supports learners in navigating that experience