Richard Mallett
Research Associate
Richard is a Research Associate in the Politics and Governance programme. His research interests and experiences primarily concern processes of recovery and reconstruction after conflict, and his fieldwork has been focused in Uganda, Sierra Leone, Nepal and Afghanistan.
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After graduating with degrees in geography and development studies in 2010, Rich worked full-time at ODI for nearly seven years. He left in 2017 as a Research Fellow. During his time at ODI, Rich concentrated primarily on the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium – a cross-country programme exploring state-building, service delivery and livelihoods in conflict-affected situations – but also contributed to the Institute's work on migration and displacement .
Media coverage
Richard Mallett has extensive knowledge of the health systems in West Africa and he has commented on the Ebola outbreak in a piece by Global Post.
- 9 March 2016, Gulf News (gulfnews.com)18 February 2016
- 18 February 2016, The Economist17 February 2016, Huffington Post UK
- 16 February 2016, Huffington Post10 February 2016, The Independent
- 10 February 2016, Huffington Post8 February 2016, Reuters
- 5 November 2015, Al Jazeera4 September 2015, New Internationalist
Latest tweets from @rich_mallett
21 Mar@TBP_Nicola Hi Nicola. I was just wondering whether there's an email address I can contact you on re: a bit of rese… https://t.co/K8T15Ix1lF- 12 Oct@_Railcards Hi. I applied for the Railcard a few days ago and am travelling later this evening...but still haven't… https://t.co/lpVFT0gazM
- 19 Sepdecent work + migration | a new 15 page primer (feat. refugee compacts, hostile environment policy, 'brain gains'… https://t.co/DUNJ7M1X5D
- 07 Aug@GWRHelp Hi, I'd like to reserve a bike space on one of your trains but can't get through to anyone over the phone.… https://t.co/S49ZVJw2YE
- 02 Aug@WildernessHQ Hi there. Any possibility of coming by for a day (Saturday) and paying for just that 'on the door'? B… https://t.co/ke84DZgHDY
- 15 May@GoodfellowTom Also a little unconvinced by the concluding sentences... isn't part of the problem precisely that ec… https://t.co/cWJWYkLnVS
- 15 May@LeaValleyCC Ah ok I think I get it. So still possible to do an early-ish start time by signing up on-the-door, so… https://t.co/fXtHovq1Ek
- 15 May@LeaValleyCC Hi there. How will start times be determined this week / going forward? Do online entries get priority? Ta.
- 02 May@EvidenceBroker Hi Will. Very sadly not open access. Assuming you're still on your dfid email address? Happy to send over.
- 15 Mar@RunThroughUK Hi there. Have you had any dropouts for next Saturday's Hyde Park 10k? I'd be very happy to jump in there if so.
- 08 MarNot sure if I'm late to this, but... Can economic interventions reduce violence? New evidence from Afghanistan co… https://t.co/8ckwQAhhoQ
- 12 Feb@heavencrawley @martaforesti Always frustrating to see this kind of thing happen, especially when the evidence is a… https://t.co/hqrvOAPMWz
- 09 Febqu for the panel working with the politics of growth is clearly key, but what about the politics of distribution?… https://t.co/o7BeLexMIv
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