Gerald is a PhD candidate in economics at Lancaster University. He has previously worked for Young Lives as a Research Consultant and was a Visiting Student Researcher during Trinity Term 2023. Additionally, he will be a Visiting Researcher with the Young Lives Peru team at GRADE in Lima, Peru during Winter 2023.

His research interests are in early childhood development and skill formation, the socio-economic impacts of climate and environmental shocks, and the interaction between these two processes in low- and middle-income contexts.

He holds an MSc in Economics from The University of Edinburgh and an MA in Economics from Heriot Watt University.  Prior to working with Young Lives, Gerald worked for the UK Office for National Statistics as a Statistical Officer and as a Research Intern with the Health Economics Research Unit at The University of Aberdeen.