STRINGS webinar: How do evidence-based models contribute to the SDGs?

STRINGS co-investigator Prof Joanna Chataway talks to Prof Geoff Mulgan CBE, UCL and Dr Erica Thompson, LSE about the complexities of modelling and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Different types of models are often used to guide complex policy action. But they are also often criticised as misleading and inaccurate, and lacking needed nuance and judgement. How should models be used by policymakers, particularly those concerned with using science, technology and innovation to help achieve the SDGs? What are some of the pitfalls associated using modelling expertise? How can they be avoided?