About

Jack Calland is a Research Associate at J-PAL Africa. He works on projects with the MBRG's Professor Kate Orkin studying interventions aimed at tackling the problem of (youth) unemployment. Jack has an MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics & Political Science, awarded in the First Class and with the Prize for Best Performance, and a BCom in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, with First-Class Honours in Economics, from the University Cape Town. Before joining J-PAL, he worked in the finance and digital policy sectors in Johannesburg and London.