Natalie Shlomo wins ESRA Outstanding Service Award
Natalie Shlomo won the 2025 ESRA Outstanding Service Award for her significant contributions to European survey research. She emphasised the importance of survey methodology in improving data accuracy and reducing biases in her acceptance speech.
, Professor of Social Statistics in the , , was awarded the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) 2025 Outstanding Service Award at the recent ESRA Conference held in Utrecht, Netherlands, July 14-18, 2025.
The ESRA Outstanding Service Award acknowledges sustained and high-level contributions to European survey research, either of a methodological, substantive or infrastructural nature. Nominations are made and voted on by members of the ESRA Committee.
Natalie publishes widely in areas of survey statistics and survey methodology, including survey design and estimation, adaptive survey designs, small area estimation, non-probability sampling, data linkage and integration, confidentiality and privacy.
She is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and President 2023-2025 of the International Association of Survey Statisticians. She also serves on editorial boards and international Methodology Advisory Boards at National Statistical Institutes.
In her acceptance speech for the award, Natalie noted that survey methodology and survey statistics are becoming increasingly important. She emphasised the need for high-quality randomised probability-based survey data to evaluate accuracy and mitigate biases in non-survey data sources, such as administrative data, big data and non-probability samples. She mentioned that only through the knowledge and understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of statistical methods and inference can we truly move forward into the digital and AI era.