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The Barnett Award

The Barnett Award and named lecture was established in memory of environmental statistician, Professor Vic Barnett. It is awarded annually to encourage and promote the recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of environmental statistics.

The Barnett Award winner delivers the Barnett Lecture at the RSS Annual Conference.
 

Finn Lindgren2026 recipient: Finn Lindgren
Finn’s contributions to environmental statistics through his significant methodological advances and software development.
Claire Miller2025 recipient: Claire Miller
Claire's leadership in applying statistical approaches to real-world environmental challenges has produced monitoring and research methodologies used both in the UK and internationally. Claire's contribution to environmental statistics and her work in water quality measuring, monitoring and forecasting has been pioneering.


Watch Barnett Lectures by previous recipients.