Gerald is the Quantitative Research Officer for The Young Lives Research Hub on Climate Change and Environmental Shocks in Oxford. He has previously worked for Young Lives as a Research Consultant and as a Visiting Student Researcher at the Oxford Department of International Development. Additionally, he was a Visiting Researcher with the Young Lives Peru team at GRADE in Lima, Peru in 2023.

His research interests are in early childhood development and skill formation; the socio-economic and health impacts of extreme climate and environmental shocks; and in impact evaluation for social programmes and educational reforms.

He holds a PhD in Economics from Lancaster University, an MSc in Economics from The University of Edinburgh, and an MA in Economics from Heriot Watt University. Prior to working with Young Lives, Gerald worked for the UK Office for National Statistics as a Statistical Officer and as a Research Assistant with the Health Economics Research Unit at The University of Aberdeen.