ABOUT ME
Welcome to my site! I’m an Australia-based consultant working on international development and specialising in sustaining peace in Fragile and Conflict Affected States. I work in program design, evaluation and research. My approach is based in analysis of institutional structures, stakeholder incentives, and identifying opportunities for accountable, responsive and inclusive governance. Thanks for visiting.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Technical expertise in international development specifically related to liberal democracy.
Fifteen years of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Expertise
Current and in-depth understanding of the latest academic and practitioner thought in relation to peace and conflict research.
Specific focus on state legitimacy; ethnicity and conflict; rule of law; and gender and peace.
Understanding of DFAT and DfID approaches to Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning.
Flexible and adaptive programming
Agile approaches such as fail-fast, and Doing Development Differently
Locally-owned rapid planning cycles.
Language skills in French and Tetun.
GEOGRAPHIC EXPERTISE
Timor-Leste
In-country 2010-12 with the Office of the President. Tetun language skills
Myanmar
Multiple in-country and remote 2012-2018. Business development focus
Papua New Guinea
In-country Jun-Aug 2016, Feb-May 2019. Remote 2014-current
Nepal
In-country 2017/18 with the Governance Facility, Nepal
South East Asia
Various short-term inputs in Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore
Tonga
Short term monitoring and evaluation adviser 2019-2023, Tonga Justice Sector Support Program
examples of reports and analysis
The Quality of Governance Peace
Governance Perceptions and sustaining peace
BLM and MAGA movements
regime violence can increase the success of non-violent campaigns
Evaluation of Supporting Elections in Papua New Guinea (SEP) Program
SERVICES
Proposal design and writing for DFAT, DfID and other clients
Monitoring, Evaluation Accountability and Learning
Political Economy Analysis
Conflict analysis
Program design
Organisations I have worked for and consulted to
International Donor experience
Let’s Connect
Phone:
+61 421 742 236