Alun Owen

Alun Owen serves as the Head of Statistics Advisory Service and is affiliated with the LIB Mathematics Support Centre at the University of Greenwich. He leads the national virtual statistics support initiative statstutor and chairs the sigma Network Steering Group, promoting excellence in mathematics and statistics education. He also edits the MSOR Connections journal and coordinates the sigma Network’s Statistics Support Special Interest Group.

• Research interests include statistics education, sports analytics, Bayesian modeling in sports, and the impact of playing surfaces on injuries.
• Active in organizing the MathSport International conference and the Royal Statistical Society’s Statistics in Sport Section.

Recent research explores topics such as alcohol’s impact on football fan safety, water-based exercise effects on appetite, pandemic impacts on A-level mathematics students, and injury prevention in elite football.

No formal scientific awards are listed, though his work has garnered citations and media attention. He advises on statistical support initiatives but no specific students are named.