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Using data science to better understand place - our effect on it, and its effect on us. Based within the Planning, Architecture, and Regeneration Division.I have directly supported a range of critical programmes, including: • Developing a rigorous evidence base to underpin National Planning Framework 4 • Delivering at speed as part of the Covid-19 vaccination centre location analysis • Communicating technical analyses to ministers and the general public alike while mapping and tracking £1bn of community fundingMy work has drawn on a broad range of skills and technologies, but most commonly spatial analysis (ArcGIS/R/Python), data analysis (R/Python), visualisation (ArcGIS Online, PowerBI, R Shiny), text analytics (R) and both supervised and unsupervised machine learning (Python)

InSight Data work with public bodies as well as organisations across the third sector, supporting them to use data to make better decisions, understand their impact, and demonstrate that impact more effectively to their stakeholders.​Here, I specialise in working with data that most organisations don't have the resources to analyse on their own (like large volumes of unstructured text, complex quantitative data, and unmapped geographical information), which I explore to build clear, impactful insights.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

I acted as a data expert within project teams, identifying and implementing solutions using expert data analyses, including novel Data Science / machine learning approaches.At the organisational level I supported the organisation to use data to make better decisions, understand its impact and improve its work with communities across the country.

I supported the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies by conducting data-led analyses, identifying emerging trends that could have a significant future impact.

Stirling, Scotland

Nairobi, Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya

Vancouver, Canada

Vancouver, Canada

International Master In Development And Management Msc, Development Economics And International Development

Economics And International Development Ba, Economics, First Class Honours

Achieved a First Class Bachelor's Degree (with honours) in Economics and International Development. The three-year degree dove in-depth.