Explainers
JUNIPER is very pleased to collaborate with the fantastic team at Plus Magazine. Articles and podcasts produced by Rachel Thomas and Marianne Freiberger at Plus provide an explainer on the key mathematical modelling work done by JUNIPER members to a general audience. On this page you will find explainers to key epidemic modelling concepts as well as areas of current research. Full details of all content produced with Plus is available here.
Disease modelling for beginners
This collection of articles looks at some basic concepts in epidemiology and how mathematics plays a central role in understanding how infectious diseases spread.
Liz Fearon: Co-producing mathematics with the public
Find out about a pioneering new project which builds mathematical models together with the people who are affected.
Co-production of mathematical models
Find out about a pioneering new project which builds mathematical models together with the people who are affected by them.
Keeping schools open in the next pandemic
To avoid full school closures in the next pandemic, or even epidemic, epidemiologists need crucial information from schools, students, and parents.
OK computer
There's a romantic vision of mathematicians only needing pen and paper for their work. Here's why this is far from the truth when it comes to mathematical modelling, used to solve problems in the real world.
Stochastic spread
When a new infectious disease enters a population everything depends on who catches it — superspreaders or people with few contacts who don't pass it on. We investigate the stochastic nature of the early stages of an outbreak.
Maths in a minute: Branching processes
Worried about your population of bugs? A branching process can help you understand it.
Preparing for Disease X
Experts in public health, industry and disease modelling came together this summer to discuss how maths can prepare for the next pandemic.
On the mathematical frontline: Modelling behaviour
Our behaviour impacts not just our daily lives. But how do you mathematically describe the messiness of human behaviour?
Beating bird flu with maths
With bird flu spreading through cattle herds in the US and infecting humans, the diseases poses a severe threat to wild life, poultry and also people. What can mathematical modelling do to help?