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Hervé is the Co-Founder, Executive Director of Partnerships at Samuel Hall. With over 16 years of international experience managing research projects, conducting sector assessments and evaluations in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, he has worked with a  wide range of donors, UN agencies, international organisations, NGOs, and businesses. His work is focused on gender, climate change and urban issues in contexts affected by displacement and migration. 

Adopting a range of quantitative and qualitative approaches, including large-scale surveys and advanced statistical analysis, Herve’ss research expands to economic surveys and labour market assessments, multi-dimensional analyses of wellbeing, and vulnerabilities with a focus on community-based approaches. 

Hervé’s work in urban and rural settings has focused on the economic integration of migrants, gender relations, urban vulnerabilities, social protection, biopolitics and skill development/education.

 His research under the Social Equity theme enacts its ethos by focusing on people’s aspirations, decisions, and actions over purely rational and economic approaches. Through his work, he also wants to promote the use of innovative research methodologies that can be more inclusive and people-centred. 

With an academic background in philosophy Hervé is a critical thinker and seeks to challenge established concepts in his field. He has contributed to over 80 academic papers, studies, reports, and policy documents for a multiplicity of partners and often appears on the media for commentaries and interviews. Some of his recent publications include: Digital Livelihoods for Refugees - Examples, Challenges and  Recommendations (GMF), Identifying Climate Adaptive Solutions to Displacement in Somalia (IOM & UNEP), We are in this together: Labour Migration Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in Europe and North Africa (IOM & ILO) and Chaos theory and Afghan mobility: Reflections on August 2021(International Migration journal). In 2023 he is lecturing on the “philosophy of the field” at an online seminar by Collège International de Philosophie, Paris Lumières University. 

Hervé is pursuing a PhD in philosophy, and teaches philosophy and economics to university students in France, and at the Alliance Française in Nairobi. He also holds an MBA from Cornell University and three MA degrees in Economics, Literature, and Philosophy from the University of Sorbonne.

Top/Flagship projects: 

• IOM & UNEP: Identifying Climate Adaptive Solutions to Displacement in Somalia

• IOM & ILO: We are in this together: Labour Migration Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in Europe and North Africa

• KNOMAD: Youth, Migration, and Development: A New Lens for Critical Times

• WUSC: & Mastercard Foundation: Market Assessment of Digital Employment Opportunities for Refugee Youth