Ryan Lewis

Data Scientist

Ryan joined the Campus in October 2019. He has a BSc in Physical Earth Science from Swansea University, where he developed a keen interest in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) studying temporal vegetation dynamics and species loss.

Ryan worked with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), mapping agricultural land use change across England before joining the ONS in 2018. As part of the UK Trade team, Ryan developed Python pipelines and completed a Welsh Government funded Data Analytics apprenticeship.

Outside of work Ryan has a keen interest in macroeconomics and crypto currencies.

Posts by Ryan Lewis

Business man commuter with smartphone on the way to work outdoors in city, coronavirus concept.

Case study: responding to the coronavirus pandemic using aggregated BT mobility data

To support the national fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) in March 2020, BT made aggregate, anonymised mobility data available to the UK Government. We quickly turned this into daily updates, with only one day’s delay between activity and the reporting of it.

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