Research Consultancies
Research Collaborator
University of Bristol, UK. 2025
Grant writing and research support for accessibility in Assistive Technologies, School of Computer Science.
​Researcher: PAC Insight Report
The Young Foundation, UK. 2024
Collate, analyse and systematically present insights, analysis and emergent recommendations harvested by citizen researchers across seven national NGO partners who form the Peer Action Collective (PAC). Funded by the Youth Endowment Fund, the #iwill Fund (a joint investment between The National Lottery Community Fund and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport) and the Co-op group, the Young Foundation has supported PAC partners across England and Wales to design, carry out and analyse peer research, exploring the perceptions and experiences of young people, and illuminate local challenges and solutions.
Researcher: Experiences of Disability
Children's Commissioner for Wales, UK. 2024
Situational Analysis and review of the existing evidence base of the experiences and critical knowledge gaps around children’s experiences of living with disabilities in Wales. Underpinned by the social model of disability, this SitAn investigates the evidence base around the experiences, opportunities, challenges, and barriers to inclusion and participation faced by children in Wales.
Research Consultant: Homelessness
Children's Commissioner for Wales, UK. 2024
Document and data review of the policy framework, the scope and scale of homelessness among children in Wales, and an assessment of the current state of knowledge around children’s experiences of housing and homelessness in Wales to illuminate critical knowledge gaps around the experiences of young people aged 11-16 who have experienced homelessness or insecure housing.
Children's Commissioner for Wales, UK. 2023
Analyse data and prepare public report on the “Ambitions for Wales/ Gobeithion i Gymru” exploring the experiences and worries of 8,830 children and young people, 1,383+ parents, carers and professionals in Wales and their priorities for the Children’s Commissioner to inform strategic and operational decision-making by government and non-government bodies supporting child welfare and development.
Research Consultant: Youth Voice Strategy
Young Lives Vs Cancer, UK. 2022-2023
​Provide tailored research to support and build institutional capacity to design and implement the Youth Voice Strategy and integrate appropriate and meaningful child and youth participation across the organisation.
Team Lead: Participatory Situational Analysis
Save the Children Denmark. 2022
Participatory Situation Analysis for the Shifting the Power programme with and for adolescents and youth funded by DANIDA. Aiming to support young people from fragile contexts to influence decision-making in global forums, address barriers to supporting and funding youth-led CSOs, support young people from fragile contexts to advocate their own agendas for change, enhance youth engagement in governance, enhance youth researchers' professional development and mentorship, and illuminate methods to address the systematic exclusion and marginalisation of youth with disabilities, young women and girls, and youngest youth in development, humanitarian and academic research.
Researcher: Market Systems Development
Cordaid. 2021
Develop Markets for the Poor (M4P) Working Paper using the Adopt/ Adapt/ Expand/ Respond (AAER) framework with Market Systems Development (MSD) theory to analyse the outcomes and sustainability of STARS agri-finance and agri-business innovations funded by the MasterCard Foundation. Includes case studies drawn from four countries and eight value chains. Working Paper plus knowledge sharing outputs and graphics.
Research Advisor
Inter-Church Organisation for Cooperation. 2021
Technical assistance to design and implement multi-country rapid response mixed-methods research to monitor effects of COVID-19 on agri-finance across 8 value chains in four countries. Develop evidence informed programme refinements and wider knowledge sharing products for MasterCard funded STARS project which aims to break the cycle of poverty & food insecurity among 210,000 farmers by facilitating access to financial markets & agricultural services using market systems development (MSD) approach to provide smallholder farmers with access to business development services (BDS), and linking them to input providers.
Research Consultant
Inter-Church Organisation for Cooperation. 2021
Support multi-country Gender TaskForce through the identification of country- and value-chain specific constraints and opportunities for women’s engagement in markets to enhance access to finance, agriculture & rural development. Design gender awareness training. Alignment with Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Framework.
Research Consultant
Scottish International Aid Fund, 2019
Research and develop Promising Practices research paper “Empowering women; empowering communities” for the DfiD-funded multi-country programme UKAM “Increasing household income, food security, women’s empowerment and resilience to climate change of 2,000 small-scale farmer households in 25 villages of DRC, Malawi and Rwanda”.
Research Consultant
Inter-Church Organisation for Cooperation. 2018
Research and develop Learning Briefs on “Supporting Women Smallholder Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa” and “Young People and Farming in sub-Saharan Africa” through gender and youth empowerment by facilitating access to financial markets & agricultural services using market systems development (MSD) approach. Research and develop conference paper “Rural Financial Services and Financial Product Innovation in the STARS program” at the Association of Ethiopian Microfinance Institutions 10th Biennial Microfinance Conference.
Research Consultant
Integrity Action. 2018
Research & develop learning paper “Monitoring Educational Outcomes” on theoretical foundations & practical approaches to youth monitoring of educational outcomes in schools in Asian, African, Middle Eastern & Latin American contexts.
Research Consultant
Inter-Church Organisation for Cooperation. 2018
Design & conduct multi-country qualitative research including theoretical framework and aligned indicators assessing farmers’ risk appetite and their willingness and ability to innovate and to adopt rural finance to enhance agriculture & rural development for the STARS programme in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Senegal & Burkina Faso.
Research Consultant
CARE Canada. 2018
Review, assess and evaluate qualitative & quantitative monitoring data, design & produce a learning outcome report for knowledge sharing of MasterCard funded POWER Africa (Promoting Economic Opportunities for Women’s Empowerment in Rural Africa) to increase financial inclusion of in-school & out-of-school girls & women in Burundi; a multi-country financial inclusion project to promote opportunities for women & adolescent girl’s economic empowerment to enhance access to finance, agriculture & rural development in rural areas.
Research Consultant
GOAL Global, 2016
Design & conduct research study on the effects of Ebola on alternative care practices to inform operational & strategic planning & promote knowledge sharing advocacy strategies of public & private sector organisations in Sierra Leone. Led 30 local survey enumerators & 20 FGD facilitators to collect qualitative & quantitative data. Review of strategic partnerships between GOAL and government agencies inc. MoSWGCA & NCC, child protection organisations, inc. UNICEF, Save the Children, & community level structures.
Research Consultant
GSM Association, 2013 - 2014
Designed and led complex review and assessment of the impact of mobile phones on conflict and security and developed strategic recommendations and knowledge sharing for Mobile Network Operators globally. Fieldwork included case studies on crisis-affected migrant & refugee populations in Kampala & Kyangwali Refugee Settlement in collaboration with UNOCHA, OPM, UNHCR & the GSMA.
Senior Researcher
UK Government Youth Crime Action Plan/Community Resolve, UK. 2009
Senior Researcher of a complex conflict resolution and community security intervention conducting action research and implementing strategic interventions to identify and address youth crime & security issues. Collaborated with and provided technical assistance to NSAs, police, local council & representatives of local businesses. Delivered Inception and final report for UK Government.
Researcher
University of Cardiff, 2008.
Conducted environmental impact assessments to investigate wildlife (specifically lemurs & chameleons) density in the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park for a collaborative multi-donor UK-Malagasy research project. Contributed to knowledge sharing and advocacy actions.
Researcher
Conservation International, 2008.
Rural development in Andasibe & surrounding areas for the reforestation of wildlife corridors & buffer-zones in Tetik'asa Mampody Savoka in collaboration with local NSAs and stakeholders. Project Evaluation & Assessment of ongoing impact of development initiatives on environment, local markets, conflict dynamics and women’s empowerment. Contributed to knowledge sharing and advocacy actions.
Researcher
London School of Economics and Policial Sciences, 2006
Conducted complex review and action research into attitudes and behaviour around recycling & waste management practices for urban environmental protection in London borough of Tower Hamlets, including large-scale survey & key informant interviews.