Measuring the World: Should We Trust Statistics?

Professor Denise Lievesley is a British social statistician. Her research interests relate broadly to the quality and trust in official data, and the use of data for research purposes. She has been Chief Executive of the English Health and Social Care Information Centre, Director of Statistics at UNESCO, where she founded the Institute for Statistics, and Director (1991-1997) of the UK Data Archive. Dr. Lievesley served as President of the Royal Statistical Society (1999-2001), as President of the International Statistical Institute (2007 - 2009) and the International Association for Official Statistics (1995-1997). She has honorary doctorates from City University and the University of Essex and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.