Stats in a Wrap

In this episode we talk about statistics and maps - the things we navigate when we drive and carry in our pockets on our phones. Maps are powerful tools for data visualization, particularly in statistics, and they can translate immensely complex numerical data into strikingly clear visualizations to give us an instantly understandable snapshot. The four speakers in this episode all deal with maps from a different angle. They are: Joseph Davies, data visualisation specialist; Hannes Reuter, statistical officer, both in the Geographic Information System of the Commission (GISCO) team at Eurostat; Konstantina Michalopoulou, specialised in Eurostat social media; and Riccardo Sgaramella, coordinator of the EU Annual Report on the State of Regions and Cities at the Committee of the Regions. They will tell stories about maps and data and explain why maps and geographic information systems are a gateway to the public understanding of the data that affects them.

In this episode we talk about statistics and maps - the things we navigate when we drive and carry in our pockets on our phones. Maps are powerful tools for data visualization, particularly in statistics, and they can translate immensely complex numerical data into strikingly clear visualizations to give us an instantly understandable snapshot.The four speakers in this episode all deal with maps from a different angle. They are: Joseph Davies, data visualisation specialist; Hannes Reuter, statistical officer, both in the Geographic Information System of the Commission (GISCO) team at Eurostat; Konstantina Michalopoulou, specialised in Eurostat social media; and Riccardo Sgaramella, coordinator of the EU Annual Report on the State of Regions and Cities at the Committee of the Regions. They will tell stories about maps and data and explain why maps and geographic information systems are a gateway to the public understanding of the data that affects them.

In this episode we talk about the ‘Key figures on Europe 2023’ publica-tion. An emblem of the shifting trends in how we view stats at different times. What's key this year, and what was key last year? What does that tell us about our evolving attitudes to the statistics that surround us?

In this episode we talk about statistical literacy and how the EU's young people are learning to love and understand stats as never before. We will also find out how experts help us decode and understand the numbers and how to teach statistics to help children develop a critical thinking.

In this episode we talk about quality. Easy to spot in everyday things like food and clothing. But how about statistics? Eurostat has a team dedicated to this topic, and we'll hear how Eurostat with its European Statistics Code of Practice has set the standards for the entire European Statistical System, and how they monitor and implement it.

The podcast series 'Stats in a Wrap' intends to attract a wide European audience of podcast fans who wish to be informed and entertained by the world of statistics. In this episode we talk about European neighbourhood and EU enlargement countries. A country who wants to join the EU must show it can meet a lot of criteria. It must also prove its excellence in one of the key areas – statistics. We explain how cooperating and developing strong ties with neighbourhood statisticians plays into the process of EU integration.

The podcast series “Stats in a Wrap” intends to attract a wide European audience of podcast fans who are interested to be informed and entertained by the world of statistics. In this episode we talk about what Eurostat has discovered about our constantly changing relationship with communication technology, the internet, web, phones, tablets, and computers. The EU is determined to raise the level of our skills and access to digital technology, and one of its most powerful tools to measure its progress are two surveys that the Member States carry out each year.

The podcast series “Stats in a Wrap” intends to attract a wide European audience of podcast fans who are interested to be informed and entertained by the world of statistics. In this episode, we talk about experimental statistics - statistics that use innovative approaches or technologies for data collection. They bring more timeliness to our data collections, but what are the challenges we face when creating new ways of collecting statistical data? And can we trust experimental statistics?

The podcast series “Stats in a Wrap” intends to attract a wide European audience of podcast fans who are interested to be informed and entertained by the world of statistics. In this episode, we talk about the EU's 2020 Agricultural Census, a survey so big it can only happen every 10 years. It involves quizzing 9 million farmers and this time it had to be done in the middle of a pandemic. Helena Ramos from Eurostat and Johanna Slaets from Statistics Austria discuss the topic with Jonathan Elliott and discuss why this data is so important for the EU, why organic farming is booming and why the age of the EU farmers could become a demographic time bomb.

The podcast series “Stats in a Wrap” intends to attract a wide European audience of podcast fans who are interested to be informed and entertained by the world of statistics. In this episode we talk about the zoomed-in world of regional data which give a fascinating insight to the lives of 447 million people in the EU. These range from life expectancy to employment, from broadband speeds to transport links. Bianka Fohgrub from Eurostat and Paolo Veneri from the OECD discuss the topic with Jonathan Elliott and reveal how and why they break down country data to regional stats and map these to make startling comparisons with beautiful infographics.

The podcast series “Stats in a Wrap” intends to attract a wide European audience of podcast fans who are interested to be informed and entertained by the world of statistics. In this episode we talk about the work of the statisticians and data scientists at Eurostat and their jobs and how they master and harmonize all the data from 27 EU Member States before they got presented to policymakers, academics and journalists. John Verrinder and Lourdes Prado from Eurostat discuss the topic with Jonathan Elliott and throw light on how to deliver cleaner, meaner, quality stats that cut through consistently and reliably.

In the sixth episode, Madeleine Mahovsky from Eurostat and Julian Prime from the International Energy Agency talk with Jonathan Elliott about how the renewable energy is doing in Europe and the EU’s ambition to become the world’s first carbon-neutral economy.

In the fifth episode, Tim Allen from Eurostat, Glen Campbell from the Publications Office and Joanna Karlowska-Pik, a professor from Poland, talk with Jonathan Elliott about how secondary-school students can participate in the European Statistics Competition, the criteria for creating a successful video and what challenges the creators face. Jonathan also speaks to the winning teams from Slovenia, Bulgaria and Italy to get first-hand experience and advice.

In the fourth episode, Paul Konijn from Eurostat and Prof Ludwig von Auer from the University of Trier talk with Jonathan Elliott about what exactly is inflation, how do we calculate it and how do countries respond to it.

In the third episode, Anna Martino from Eurostat and Niall O’Higgins, an expert from the International Labour Organisation, talk with Jonathan Elliott about how the COVID pandemic affected the employment of young people in Europe.

In the second episode, Oscar Gomez from Eurostat and Ioannis Bakas, an expert from the European Environment Agency talk with Jonathan Elliott about waste to figure out what's really going on when it comes to recycling our waste in Europe.

The pilot episode raises the question how COVID has changed our travelling habits which the host of the series, Jonathan Elliot, explores together with the Eurostat expert Christophe Demunter as well as Ulf Sonntag from the NIT.