Quantitative Methods in the Legal Evaluation of Evidence: Challenges and Prospects
April 10, 2013
The Pufendorf Institute, Sölvegatan 2, Lund
The workshop is funded by the Swedish Research Council. Attendance is free
of charge but registration is required. Please be aware that the number of
participants is limited. Register by e-mail to dragi.anevski@maths.lu.se or
lena.wahlberg@jur.lu.se no later than April 4. The registration is valid
once you have received confirmation from us.
PROGRAM
9:00-9:15 Welcome.
Dragi Anevski and Lena Wahlberg
9:15-9:50 Judging Probabilities: Historical and Practical Perspectives.
Martin Sunnqvist, Associate Judge of Appeal. LL. Lic., Lund
University.
9:50-10:25 Evaluating forensic evidence in practice.
Marjan Sjerps, Principal Scientist/Statistician Netherlands
Forensic Institute and Professor of Forensic Statistics, KdVI,
University of Amsterdam
10:25-11:00 Why is it so Difficult for Me as an Expert Witness to get
the Message Through?
Gunilla Bring, Med. Dr.
11:00-11:30 Coffee
11:30-12:05 Authority Arguments and the Benefit of Trust.
Christian Dahlman, Professor of Jurisprudence, Lund University
12:05-12:40 DIP-STR marker system as a solution for evaluation of extremely
unbalanced mixture: interpretative framework and comparison with
other marker systems.
Giulia Cerada, PhD student, Lausanne University and Leiden
University.
12:40 -14:15 Lunch (Served at Tegnérs Matsalar)
14:15- 14:50 TBA.
Richard Gill, Professor of Mathematical Statistics, Leiden
University
14:50 -15:25 Probabilities in Law: Problems and Possibilities.
Nils-Eric Sahlin, Professor of Medical Ethics, Former Professor
of Theoretical Philosophy, Lund University
15:25 – 16:00 Coffee
16:00- 16:35 The Robustness of Evidence.
Magne Strandberg, Associate Professor of Law, University of
Bergen, Norway
16:35-17:10 Analysis of Mixed DNA Profiles with Artifacts.
Steffen Lauritzen, Professor of Statistics, Oxford University.
RAIL 
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