Otieno Ong'ayo

(Kenya) is a political scientist who graduated cum laude in Politics and Development, did post-doctoral work in Management of Health and Psychosocial Services in developing countries, and has a diploma in Labour Studies and Management. He was a researcher with the European Centre for Development Policy Management and with the African Migration and Development Policy Centre in Nairobi, as well as with the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. Until 2016, Ong'ayo atatched to the University of Utrecht, and now he is a researcher at the Faculty of Arts and Culture at the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences. He is especially focused on political developments, migrantion and politics within the African diaspora. Ong'ayo is also a member of the commission for development cooperation of the Advisory Council on International Affairs of the Dutch government.