Evidence you can act on
Policy, market and social questions rarely have simple answers. I turn them into rigorous, decision-ready research, grounded in field work across Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Canada.
Research is only useful if someone acts on it
Most organizations don’t lack information. They lack evidence they can trust, framed around the decision in front of them. Studies are commissioned without a sharp question, methods are chosen for convenience, and reports end up in a drawer. That leaves organizations exposed:
• Advocacy built on assumptions rather than on evidence decision-makers will respect
• Investments in a market or a project made without a feasibility analysis
• Policies and programmes that don’t reflect what people on the ground actually experience
• Communication budgets spent without knowing what reached whom, or what changed
My Approach
“A study succeeds when the person who reads it knows what to do next.”
I start from the decision your study must support, not from the topic. Then I design the method to fit: desk research, interviews, field consultations, qualitative and quantitative data collection, at the level of rigour the question requires. Findings are written for the people who have to act on them.
What this looks like in practice
For UNICEF in Yemen, I trained a local NGO in thematic research on children’s rights, data collection and analysis, and the child-rights Situation Analysis tool. In Burkina Faso, working with a network of 160 education associations for Cuso International, I interviewed decision-makers to identify windows of influence for the national education programme. I managed a research project on transitional justice in Tunisia and evaluated an advocacy project for a civil society network in Burkina Faso. On the business side, I have carried out feasibility studies for agricultural projects, analysed local markets (olive oil, packaging) and identified export opportunities.
From evidence to influence
Evidence that stays in a report doesn’t move decisions. I connect analysis to action: mapping who actually decides, interviewing them, identifying where influence is possible, and turning findings into briefs, campaign material and donor-facing communication. That work has included budget monitoring of local authorities and an advocacy campaign on child labour in gold-mining sites. The research and the advocacy it supports are designed together, so one feeds the other.
Measuring what your communication actually achieves
Outreach is often counted and rarely measured. Posts published, events held and reports distributed say little about whether the right people were reached or anything changed. I audit what you produce, for whom and through which channels, then build metrics that link outreach back to your objectives. Results are reported in a form that leadership, partners and donors can use.
Services: What I Deliver
Research and analysis tailored to sector-specific evidence, stakeholder dynamics, and institutional contexts, producing actionable findings that inform policy and decision-making.
Sectors of Expertise
- Governance and institutions
- Elections and democratic participation
- Extractives and natural resources
- Conflict, peacekeeping and security contexts
- Human rights
- Children’s rights and child protection
- Social protection
- Youth and civic engagement
- gender-based violence, Women’s participation in public decision-making
- ICT for development
- Basic ducation, Higher education and academic mobility