As a Research Coordinator with BRACE at Busara Centre for Behavioral Economics, Raphael leads and supports in developing and implementing multi sectoral research initiatives that leverage behavioral science to address poverty alleviation. His responsibilities include: conducting literature reviews, guiding study design and contextualization, qualitative, quantitative and behavioral lab research methodologies to gain insights into behavioral aspects affecting people’s decision making in relation to poverty alleviation and its related aspects. In addition, he does overall project management, leads, trains and supervises research teams, implements both field and lab research and performs monitoring and evaluation to ensure quality outputs on the projects he works on.

I have been working on a number of projects guiding their design and contextualization, lead project management for the studies and reporting. Currently working on a lab study aimed at addressing youth unemployment and how they cope or adjust at the workplace. Basically, mental health and how it relates to job search among the youth. 

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Manipulation-Proof Machine learning- https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.03865

Raphael has experience in leading and implementing multi sectoral research studies and project management . As a Research coordinator at the Busara Centre for Behavioral Economics, he works closely with relevant stakeholders in developing unique research initiatives to leverage behavioral insights to address global south poverty challenges.

His expertise spans qualitative , quantitative and behavioral lab research methodologies, project management, and stakeholder engagement, with a keen interest to share research findings with relevant stakeholders to drive evidence-based decision-making and positive social impact.

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Languages Spoken: Kiswahili, English