I work at the interface of research and practice. Before re-joining academia, I served as a staff member of the United Nations, first with the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) in Bangkok, Thailand and afterwards with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in New York. I have also worked on development policy and programming in Afghanistan, Jordan, Sierra Leone and Switzerland.
My consulting and training portfolio covers a range of international development-related subjects including urbanization, health policy, democratic governance, and program evaluation.
I have advised CARE International on its urban governance strategy for post-2001 Kabul and coordinated similar research for a World Bank-commissioned report on major Afghan cities. I was also part of an international team of academics helping the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee and specifically its Fragile States Group assess the impact of donor policies and practice in fragile situations, a project for which I led the Sierra Leone country study.
Most recently, I have been working on an assignment with the Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) advising the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) on urban programming in fragile settings. I am also currently developing an evaluation framework for International Healthcare Leadership (IHL).
