Speaking
I’ve chaired, spoken at events and done podcasts about organisational development, influencing policy and diversity and inclusion.
Below are some examples (with and without videos).
2023: In conversation with Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken at Five Oaks Consulting about Decolonizing think tanks, policy research organisations and consulting agencies:
2024: In conversation with Kate Bird and Nompilo Ndlovu at the Development Hub about organisational change in relation to difference and diversity:
2020: In conversation with Alba Gomez from the European Council on Foreign Relations about ethics and organisational partnerships at the 2020 On Think Tanks Conference:
2020: In conversation about how think tankers experience discrimination, what impact this has and what we can do about it at the 2020 On Think Tanks Conference:
2020: Chairing a session on how change happens at the 2020 On Think Tanks Conference:
2020: Discussant as part of a panel on diversity, inequality and representation at the 2020 On Think Tanks Conference:
2014: Talking about how to develop a plan to influence policy:
2023: Facilitated a session on organisations and the unconscious for the Organisational Development Innovation Network (ODIN)
2021: Facilitated a session on consulting and ethics with the On Think Tanks Community Forum
2021: Presented a session on organisational effectiveness at the On Think Tanks Funders Forum
2021 and 2022: Presented a session on evidence based policymaking to students at the Erasmus Rotterdam’s School of Health Policy and Management.
2016: Facilitated a workshop on influencing policy at the 2016 What Works Global Summit
2016: Presented at the 2016 International Disaster and Risk Conference 2016 on ‘Increasing resilience to earthquakes: the Earthquakes without Frontiers experience’
2016: Presented at a joint GIGA-Tsinghua University workshop on think tanks in Asia: with a focus on think tank traditions in Vietnam
2013: Presented at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law on ‘Development and the rule of law: From Research to Practice, evidence from Indonesia’.
2010: Presented at the Foundation for the Future conference at the Dead Sea Resort, Jordan on whether there was a gap between research and policy
2010: Part of a panel at the UK House of Commons discussing lessons from promoting evidence based policymaking in developing countries.
2010: Presented a session on the monitoring and evaluation of policy influence at UNDP in Vietnam
2009: Part of a panel on knowledge brokering in developing countries at a conference called Bridging The Gap Between Research, Policy and Practice: The importance of intermediaries (knowledge brokers) in producing research impact hosted by the ESRC Genomics network and held at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
Without videos
2011: Presented a session on the incentives policymakers have to use research and expertise in their decision making at a conference on evidence informed policymaking, organised by INASP in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
2011: Presented a session on influencing policy and practice to NGOs and political parties in Tblisi, Georgia, organised by International IDEA
2009: Provided a tutorial to participants at the ACACIA research and learning forum on influencing policy and practice in 2009
2011: Presented a session on lessons from and approaches to policy dialogue including encouraging participants to use a stakeholder mapping tool at a conference, organised by the EU in Lesotho
2011: Presented a session on incentives policymakers have to draw on research and expertise, drawing on experience from Indonesia at a conference organised by INASP held at St Catherine’s College Oxford.
2013: Presented a session on the role and relevance of think tanks in Africa with a focus on the case of Uganda at a conference which explored whether or not supporting African think tanks generates a tangible effect on decision making and policy processes – held at the University of Oxford’s Rothermere American Institute.
2010: Facilitated a day long workshop on influencing policy and practice at the SOQUA summer school in Austria whose theme was evidence-based policy-making and social impact assessment, in 2010.
