Nikos Tzavidis is Professor of Statistical Methodology at the University of Southampton. His research focuses on topics in small area estimation, outlier robust estimation, quantile regression, applications of machine learning to official statistics and the integration of survey and geospatial data. Nikos’s work is supported by funding from the UK Economic and Social Research Council, the European Commission, the UK Office for National Statistics, FCDO, the United Nations and the World Bank. Nikos has served as Head of Department of Social Statistics and Demography and Head of the School of Economic, Social and Political Sciences at Southampton. Between 2021 and 2023, he served as Vice-President of the International Association of Survey Statisticians and is currently member of the Advisory Board on Ethics of the International Statistical Institute. Nikos currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, the Journal of Official Statistics, and International Statistical Review.  From January 1 st , 2025, he will be joint Editor of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A.