Silas is a Research Officer at Young Lives. He joined Young Lives in October 2026 and supports the study’s panel data collection while contributing to its research agenda on poverty, human capital accumulation over the life course, health and well-being, transitions to the labour market, family formation, and the role of policy and shocks. Silas is an applied microeconomist whose research interests span health, labour, and development economics.

Before joining Young Lives, Silas was a Research Fellow in Health Economics at the University of Manchester. He has also held policy and evaluation roles at the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, and UNHCR in Geneva. 

Silas holds a PhD and an MSc in Economics from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and a BA in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Ghana.