There is a difference between doing things right and doing the right things.
I work with organizations who strive for both.
the right fit
My clients and partners are driven by social missions like ending hunger, reducing poverty, or protecting civilians in conflict. Just as importantly, many organizations outside the humanitarian sector can and want to make a positive contribution to their community. If this sounds like you and you need a hand to achieve your mission, get in touch.
the right Expertise
I am an economic psychologist by training with a PhD in evaluation. I use proven social science methods and insights from related disciplines to help my clients do good, such as customer satisfaction research and design thinking. My main measure of success is how those targeted by well-meaning interventions view the actions taken on their behalf.
the right ExPerience
In the past 15 years, I have worked with most of the big humanitarian organizations and many small ones, often in very volatile environments. I helped them design, implement and monitor interventions in countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, but also advised policymakers and donors in European capitals.
Getting it Wrong
I am not afraid to occasionally get it wrong. For example, I once co-founded a start-up, with good intentions, great partners and a mission to change the executive training sector. It didn’t work but taught me more than any training ever could.
Selected work
Strategic evaluation of WFP’s approaches to targeting and prioritization
With humanitarian needs surpassing available resources, the World Food Program is facing difficult decisions on who should receive its assistance - and whom it cannot help.
This evaluation, led by GPPi, aims to identify lessons for navigating such decisions in six countries.
Somalia faced a historic drought following five consecutive failed rainy seasons in 2022. This evaluation provides an independent assessment of the collective humanitarian response to the resulting crisis.
The Social Business One4One aims to revolutionize in-kind donations of groceries in Austria. I aim to help them optimize their approach using feedback from intended beneficiaries.
My argument that the humanitarian sector should get past its hyperbole and tell a more realistic story.
Together with GPPi, I led the evaluation of the ICRC’s approach to manage feedback from people affected by conflicts in Iraq, Somalia and Ukraine.