Naohiko Omata

DPhil

Senior Research Officer, Refugee Economies

Prior to joining the RSC, Naohiko was Senior Teaching Fellow in Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at University of London. Previously, he has worked as a practitioner and consultant for UNDP, UNHCR, and international and local NGOs in various Sub-Saharan African countries.

Based on extensive research in West Africa, Naohiko has published widely on refugee livelihoods, rights and repatriation including articles in the Journal of Refugee Studies and Forced Migration Review. Before started his career in forced migration and international development, he worked in the private sector in Japan and the United States.

Naohiko received his PhD in Development Studies at SOAS, University of London; he also holds an MA in Forced Migration and Humanitarian Aid from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and a BA in Law from the University of Tokyo.

Recent publications

Research in Brief: Uganda's Self-Reliance Model: Does it Work?
Research in Brief

Alexander Betts et al, (2019), RSC Research in Brief 11
Refugee Economies in Uganda: What Difference Does the Self-Reliance Model Make?
Report

Alexander Betts et al, (2019)
Research in Brief: Resettled Syrian Refugees in Oxford
Research in Brief

Naohiko Omata, with Dunya Habash & Nuha Abdo, (2018), RSC Research in Brief 9
Promoting the economic reintegration of returnees through vocational training: lessons from Liberia
Journal article

Naohiko Omata and Noriko Takahashi, (2018), Development in Practice
Self-Reliance in Kalobeyei? Socio-Economic Outcomes for Refugees in North-West Kenya
Report

Alexander Betts et al, (2018)

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