Justin Flynn is a research officer interested in youth employment, with a particular focus on young people living in rural areas. He also has interests in food security, food systems, and agricultural policy. Justin has ongoing and previous experience conducting research on policy responses to youth unemployment, including entrepreneurship.
He has also conducted a mixed methods study on youth savings groups in four African countries (Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia), in the context of the Banking on Change project. Justin also has previous experience working with an NGO which looked to promote the use of entrepreneurship and microfinance as a strategy to foster employment among young people in western Kenya.