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)20 February 2016, The Economist
- 18 February 201618 February 2016, The Economist
- 17 February 2016, Huffington Post UK16 February 2016, Huffington Post
- 10 February 2016, The Independent10 February 2016, Huffington Post
- 8 February 2016, Reuters5 November 2015, Al Jazeera
Latest tweets from @rich_mallett
02 Octcouple o' thoughts on precarity and digital labour, with thanks to the nice folks over at @GlobalLabour https://t.co/mjl5e9gLzR- 15 AprRT @j_hagenzanker: Our 1st @MIDEQHub paper is out - @rich_mallett and I on the chasm between migration policy on paper and the aspects of p…
- 15 AprRT @MIDEQHub: Why are migration policies often ineffective? The key for policy makers is understanding actual migration behaviours, people’…
- 01 Apr@GoodfellowTom @DLwasa @KasaijaPeter2 @NansoziKM @Tugende1 @mjwilkerson Saw a photo floating around a few days ago… https://t.co/SS7bd2pQah
- 25 Oct@CalSleeper Hello. I think I may have left a pair of glasses on your Euston to Inverness service that departed on W… https://t.co/gt9DvzJTB8
- 25 Oct@NetworkRailSCOT Yes, it was on the Euston to Inverness sleeper service that departed London on Wednesday evening.… https://t.co/jbvqE3gLRv
- 25 Oct@NetworkRailSCOT Hi there. Please can someone assist me with trying to track down a lost property item? I'm not hav… https://t.co/nemoVgZcSx
- 06 Aug@GWRHelp hello. please can I reserve a bike space on the 1530 service from Paddington to Didcot Parkway. thanks.
- 08 Jul@GWRHelp Hi. Can I reserve a bike space on the 1330 from Didcot Parkway to Paddington? Thanks.
- 03 Jul@GWRHelp Hi again. That train has just been cancelled. Please can you reserve a bike space on the 1530 Paddington to Didcot. Thanks.
