Nicola Rennie

Transforming data into understanding

Nicola Rennie is a data visualisation specialist with a background in statistics and data science. She’s interested in understanding how to effectively communicate complex quantitative ideas in an accessible way, as well as how to do so using open source tools. Nicola co-authored the Royal Statistical Society’s Best Practices for Data Visualisation guidance and is a member of the Editorial Board of Significance magazine, particularly focused on data visualisation.

Nicola is a committee member and secretary of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) Teaching Statistics Section Group, and is also one of the RSS’s 2024-2025 William Guy Lecturers who has recorded and delivered talks aimed at 11-16 year olds on the topic of using data and statistics to shape decision making in medicine and healthcare. She has previously held roles in the RoSE (Researchers of Statistics Education) Network, co-leading the Statistics Software Special Interest Group. Nicola has also previously been a committee member of the R-Ladies Global Team and the R-Ladies Lancaster chapter organiser.

See a full list of Nicola’s publications.