Alex Miskin Simple has worked with RVI since 2017 in different capacities both as a researcher and a project administrator. Between 2018 and 2023, he worked on the National Archives Project and coordinated and participated in a number of studies commissioned by the institute. He is a trainer in Oral History and Archival Research Methods with a passionate interest in Education and Research. Alex now heads the Rift Valley Institute in South Sudan. Prior to that, Alex worked as an Administration and Communication Assistant at the National Transformational Leadership Institute, University of Juba.

Alex holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Juba and an MSc in Applied Social Research from Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin