Significance magazine is seeking 5 expert statisticians and data scientists to join its editorial board.
Editorial board members are volunteers who help shape and steer the content of Significance: they develop article ideas, identify potential contributors, review submissions prior to publication, and write articles of their own. They support the editor of the magazine in ensuring published articles are engaging and accessible to a broad audience of readers, including non-experts, and that statistical/data analytic methods and concepts are used and discussed appropriately.
As a joint publication of the Royal Statistical Society, the American Statistical Association and the Statistical Society of Australia, Significance board members are appointed from among the memberships of the three societies.
Currently, we are seeking:
1 x RSS member
4 x ASA members
to each serve a three-year term. The ideal candidates will have:
- Expertise and experience of working in an area of statistics/data science;
- Experience of explaining statistical/data analytic methods, concepts and applications to diverse, non-expert audiences;
- Commitment to the magazine’s goal of publishing accessible and engaging articles about statistics and data science.
Board meetings take place quarterly, online. You will be expected to review around 6-8 articles per year, and write one of your own.
Please note we are looking for diversity in the board and are keen to hear from members of underrepresented groups.
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, email significance@rss.org.uk. To submit an application, send a covering letter containing a brief biographic sketch, and an example of your non-academic writing, to significance@rss.org.uk. Please use the subject heading “Editorial board”.
The closing date for applications is 27 January 2026.
