Olivier Sterck

I am Associate Professor at the University of Antwerp and the University of Oxford, and the Lead Economist of the Refugee Economies Programme. My research is multidisciplinary in scope, building bridges between development economics, refugee studies, and quantitative methods.

With colleagues from the Refugee Economies Programme, I have been collecting and analysing data on more than 15,000 refugees and members of host populations in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia, exploring themes such as refugee economies, food security, mobility, and mental health. In partnership with the World Food Programme, I have been assessing the impact of various cash transfer models on the socio-economic outcomes of refugee households and refugee businesses in Kenya. I also worked with the World Bank on various impact evaluations of cash-based assistance programmes in Africa.