Jared Owuor is a Research Operations Manager at Samuel Hall. He leads Samuel Hall’s research operations in Africa and supports the development of research methodologies and tools with a focus on emerging technologies and their impact on refugee support services and systems. He holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy & Administration (MPPA) from Kenyatta University, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the same University, and a specialist training in Survey Methods and Statistical Data Analysis from the National Democratic Institute (NDI). Prior to Joining Samuel Hall, Jared undertook various assignments on behalf of International Development Organisations such as USAID, HIVOs, NDI, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, among others. Jared has also worked with local Public Benefit Organisations in Kenya such as the Constitution & Reform Education Consortium (CRECO) and Citizen’s Coalition for Constitutional Culture (4Cs) in the area of Human Rights, Governance and Democracy.
RESEARCH & ONGOING WORK
AFRICA
University of Witwatersrand: Development-Based Approaches to Protracted Displacement in Urban Settings
Halo Trust: Final Evaluation of the HALO Trust’s Mine Action Programme from 2016-2020 as Funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
World Bank: Targeting Evaluation of Somalia’s Shock-Responsive Safety Net for Human Capital Project (SNHCP)
RDPP: Combined Quantitative and Qualitative Progressive Effects Evaluation for the Regional Development and Protection Programme for the Horn of Africa
Mellon Foundation/University of Witwatersrand: Survey - Mobility, Temporality and Africa’s Future Politics
IOM: Labour market analysis to support the sustainable socio-economic reintegration of vulnerable persons and returnees in North-East Nigeria"
EU/ AMIF: Evaluation of AMIF actions in Ethiopia and Sudan
EU: - HABITABLE - Linking Climate Change, Habitability and Social Tipping Points: Scenarios for Climate Migration
RESEARCH CONSORTIA
IIED: Development-Based Approaches to Protracted Displacement in Urban Settings.
HABITABLE: Linking Climate Change, Habitability and Social Tipping Points: Scenarios for Climate Migration – an EU-funded project aiming at significantly advance our understanding of the current interlinkages between climate impacts and migration and displacement patterns, and to better anticipate their future evolution.