Gakii Gatua, Josephine

Josephine holds a PhD in economics from University of Gothenburg from 2018.  she received her Masters degree in Economics from the University of Dar-es-Salaam. Prior to joining the PhD program she worked for various organizations among them The University of Nairobi Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis and the World Bank. Her research deals with individual responses to their subjective beliefs and external Information and the impact of these beliefs and information on bed net usage in malaria prevention. In addition she is working on evaluating health related policy. She is particularly interested in health and environment, with a regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.

Expertise/Research Interest:

• Health & environment
• Policy advice