30.09.2025 – Paper presented at IASE Satellite Conference, Münster 2025
Paper presented at IASE Satellite Conference, Münster 2025, on Statistical Tools to Assess Environmental Risks, by L. Martignon and J.Martinez: DOWNLOADABLE – LINK
The paper “Statistical Tools to Assess Environmental Risks” by Laura Martignon (Ludwigsburg University of Education) and Jaime Martínez (Instituto Virgen de Las Nieves, Granada) presents some of the educational outcomes of the Erasmus+ project EduS4EL – Educational Strategies for Environmental Literacy. The project aims to strengthen young people’s ability to critically assess environmental risks through data-driven reasoning and experience-based learning.
The study involved students aged 15–17 in eight schools across Germany, Italy, and Spain. Participants engaged in interactive interventions combining statistical data analysis with digital simulations and games addressing key environmental issues such as rising temperatures, melting glaciers, and sea-level changes. A central resource in these activities was the CODAP (Common Online Data Analysis Platform), which allowed students to visualize real climate datasets and apply basic statistical operations (means, medians, boxplots, and trend analysis) in a guided environment.
Complementing the analytical work, the researchers developed gamified tools—notably Lotti and Mazu—to introduce the concepts of risk and the Tragedy of the Commons. These interactive experiences help students connect probabilistic reasoning and decision-making with real-world sustainability challenges, fostering intuitive understanding of uncertainty, cooperation, and long-term environmental consequences.
The interventions were assessed using pre- and post-treatment questionnaires measuring environmental knowledge, critical-thinking dispositions, and behavioral attitudes toward climate action. The results, from the Instituto Virgen de las Nieves in Spain, indicated measurable improvements in students’ willingness to act on environmental issues and in their skepticism toward technological determinism—the belief that science alone will solve ecological crises.
Overall, the paper demonstrates how digital tools, data literacy, and experiential learning can converge to build environmental risk competence in youth. It contributes to research on the intersection of statistics education, environmental literacy, and behavioral decision theory, aligning with the broader goal of equipping the next generation with critical reasoning skills for sustainability.
VISION (New pubblication of ISI)
Vision (DOWNLADBLE LINK) is a new publication of ISI (International Statistical Institute). The creation of “vISIon” relects a long-overdue initiative brought to fruition under the supervision of Fabrizio Ruggeri, incoming ISI President. It is planned as a vibrant space where voices from across our society can converge to discuss important issues from statistical perspectives, share insights, and celebrate achievements.
Here the first issue, which contains an article by J. Engel and L. Martignon from page 15 to 18, with the title “Have humans caused the current climate crisis? – Investigating CO2 data throughout the Earth’s history”
GAMMA SLIDES: LINK
MATERIALS FOR THE WORKSHOP – 10.9.2025 Edus4el in Ludwigsburg
English
Instructional Materials:
01 Worksheet on “Temperatures in August in Granada” DOWNLOADABLE PDF – LINK
02 Worksheet on “CO2 in 400,000 years of Earth’s history” DOWNLOADABLE PDF – LINK
03 Worksheet on “Melting of the glaciers” DOWNLOADABLE PDF – LINK
04 Worksheet on “Temperatures in August in Germany” DOWNLOADABLE PDF – LINK
05 Worksheet on “Temperatures – Sea level height – Melting of polar ice” DOWNLOADABLE PDF – LINK
Español
La tragedia de los bienes comunes – DESCARGA PDF – LINK
Temperaturas – Altura del nivel del mar – DESCARGA PDF – LINK
Deshielo de los glaciares – DESCARGA PDF – LINK
CO2 en 400.000 años de historia de la Tierra – DESCARGA PDF – LINK
Temperaturas en Granada en agosto – DESCARGA PDF – LINK
Italiano
Strategie per l’alfabetizzazione ambientale – SCARICA PDF – LINK
NOAH MAURER INTERVIEW
EDUS4EL PODCAST
🎯 Democracy, Data, and Climate Action: A Conversation with Noah Maurer
Teaching Probability Through Play: How Kids Learn Risk and Decision Making
2023-12-29 – Connecting basic proportional thinking with reasoning about risks
Ulrich Hoffrage, Laura Martignon, Tim Erickson and Joachim Engel
In Proceedings of the conference on Human and artificial rationalities
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Verlag
Edited by
Jean Baratgin (Université Paris 8, France)
Emmanuel Brochier (Institut de Philosophie Comparée, France)
2023-03-01 – Your personal chatbot coach to change your CO2 footprint
Jacquet, B., Bourlier, M., Caravona, L., Izquierdo, L. M., Jiménez Ríos, F. J., Jamet, F., Engel, J., Martignon, L., Macchi, L. & Baratgin, J. (2023) Your personal chatbot coach to change your CO2 footprint. Proceedings of 18th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2023), March 13–16, 2023, Stockolm, SE. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 7 pages.
External link (ResearchGate)