RSS President Deborah Ashby will chair a panel discussion about the history of statistics and the connections between some of the founding figures of the field with eugenics and racism. This is the first in a series of events that the RSS will be holding to advance the debate in this area and discuss aspects of the history of statistics – good and bad – and what they mean for diversity and inclusion today.

There will be a panel of speakers, who will set out their perspectives and take questions from attendees.