Reika Nagano is a Visiting Fellow at the Global Infrastructure Fund Research Foundation Japan (GIF Japan) studying Arctic security. She is currently a master’s student at Osaka University in Japan, where she studies International Development and Cooperation. She previously studied political science at the master’s level at Toulouse Capitole University in France. Her research focuses on climate displacement in Africa, with a particular interest in climate refugees and their access to education. She has gained field experience through NGO internships in Kenya and Sierra Leone.