Mekila joined Publish What You Fund as Research Assistant in January 2022 to work on the DFI Transparency Initiative. Prior to this, he worked with Global Citizen as the UK Global Policy and Advocacy Fellow. Mekila is the author of the book Against the Odds and has two academic articles to his name in the […]

Chelsie joined Publish What you Fund in October 2021 as a Research Assistant working on the Women’s Economic Empowerment project. She has a background in gender equality and human rights. Previously Chelsie worked at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on the topic of anti-corruption. Most recently she has worked with an African […]

Dorcas joined Publish What You Fund in November 2020 as Research Assistant on our Women’s Economic Empowerment project. She has over 6 years of experience in research. Specifically, Dorcas was a research analyst at Busara Center for Behavioral Economics where she ran a number of research projects. She has conducted research in the fields of […]

Alex joined Publish What You Fund in April 2020 as Project Manager for our gender financing project. She now leads our work on Women’s Economic Empowerment. Alex has a background in gender and humanitarian research and project management, working in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda. Alex has authored papers on gender and migration and SRH in […]

Paul joined Publish What You Fund in January 2020 to work on our DFI Transparency Initiative. Prior to this Paul completed a PhD in Development Policy and Management at the University of Manchester, focussing on land reform and agriculture in South Africa. While completing the PhD Paul undertook various teaching and further research responsibilities. He […]

Ryan joined Publish What You Fund as Administrative Assistant in January 2020 to work on the DFI Transparency Initiative. Ryan holds an MSc in Environmental Change and International Development from the University of Sheffield, which he obtained in 2019. He conducted research in Kenya for his dissertation on the impacts of human-wildlife conflict on indigenous […]