Justin Flynn is a Research Officer and Doctoral Researcher in the Rural Futures cluster interested in youth employment, with a focus on young people living in rural areas; he also has interests in food security, sustainable food systems, and agricultural policy. He has ongoing and previous experience conducting research on policy responses to youth unemployment, including in rural areas and entrepreneurship.
He has also conducted a mixed-methods study on youth savings groups in four African countries (Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia). Justin is currently undertaking a PhD looking at the pathways to sustainable and meaningful employment for rural young people in Sub-Saharan Africa.
