How to govern in an age of misunderstanding

Venue: Institute for Government

Date: 11 Dec 2018

Synopsis: From immigration and murder rates to how fat we are, people nearly always get the numbers wrong.

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But what does this mean for modern government? How does government work for people who have a shaky grasp of reality? And what can we do about it?

Joining us to discuss this will be:

• Bobby Duffy, author of The Perils of Perception and Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute at King's College London
• Catherine Hunt, Head of Insight and Evaluation at the Government Communication Service
• Will Moy, Director of Full Fact.

The event will be chaired by Gavin Freeguard, Programme Director and Head of Data and Transparency at the Institute for Government.

URL:
http://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk

Contact:
To book your place at this event, please email your full name, job title and email address to events@instituteforgovernment.org.uk