Jennifer Opare-Kumi’s research and policy interests are geared towards generating evidence and connecting with policy makers to interpret relevant evidence and improve their decision making.
Jennifer is a DPhil student at the Blavatnik School of Government. Her research focuses on ways to improve education and mental health outcomes for young people in the Global South through government and non-governmental interventions and policies. Prior to Oxford, she worked as a Research Manager and Program Manager at Youth Impact (formerly Young 1ove), spearheading the national scale-up of Teaching at the Right Level in Botswana. She has also worked with the UN Migration Agency (IOM), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
She holds a BA in international relations from the University of Pretoria, South Africa and a Masters in Health Economics from the University of Queensland, Australia.
jennifer.opare-kumi@exeter.ox.ac.uk
