Fiona Shalley is a Research Associate in the Northern Institute. She works with the Demography and Growth Planning team and has a particular interest in population data for minority population groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, new migrant groups and the non-heterosexual community.

Fiona has a keen interest in empowering people with the knowledge and skills to use quantitative data to tell their stories and improve the power of their advocacy. Her research interests include:

• Enhancing quantitative data sources with qualitative research to enrich data story telling

• Supporting ethical data linkage and integration to make the most of existing data sources

• Visualising data to aid understanding and to make statistics more accessible