Work

Projects span work delivered through Mirrormere Labs and previous roles, reflecting my personal track record across geospatial analysis, impact evaluation, and field research.

I have worked across Africa, Asia, and Latin America on programmes where the quality of evidence directly shapes conservation and development outcomes, from independent evaluations of biodiversity restoration standards to landscape-scale community conservation and rural livelihoods research.

  • Mid-term review of IIED's SEGA programme, which is scaling the use of the Site-level Assessment of Governance and Equity (SAGE) tool across five countries to improve governance and equity in protected and conserved areas. The review covers the full five-country programme, combining in-country fieldwork in Madagascar with remote data collection across Bolivia, Kenya, Nepal, and Zambia. Work involves appraising progress against the programme's Theory of Change, verifying reported outcomes against OECD-DAC criteria, and assessing the extent to which equitable governance principles are being embedded at site level in line with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework's 30x30 commitments.

  • Led the MEL workstream for a Defra Biodiverse Landscapes Fund programme focused on community-managed forest conservation. Designed the quasi-experimental sampling strategy and household survey instruments, advised on remote sensing and GIS for programme monitoring, and led data quality assurance and outcome reporting. Work ensured that community-led conservation and livelihood goals were tracked through robust, evidence-based systems.

  • Mid-term review of the Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) Global Biodiversity Standard programme, an independent assurance standard providing credible verification of biodiversity outcomes across nature-based restoration projects. The review spanned six countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, combining in-country fieldwork in Kenya with remote data collection across Uganda, Madagascar, India, Peru, and Brazil. Work involved appraising progress against the programme's Theory of Change, verifying reported outcomes against OECD-DAC criteria, and assessing the rigour and scalability of the Standard's methodology for certifying positive biodiversity outcomes in terrestrial, freshwater, and coastal restoration contexts.

  • Provided MEL expert support and quality assurance for a multi-country baseline assessment of Pathways to Scale, a five-year Mastercard Foundation programme strengthening women-owned and women-led enterprises across East and West Africa. Working under the Team Leader, I provided QA oversight across all phases of the baseline, from inception through data collection, analysis, and reporting, ensuring methodological rigour and consistency with the programme's Performance Measurement Framework. Responsibilities included reviewing data collection tools, supporting sampling frame development across four countries, and reviewing analysis outputs and draft reports for technical accuracy and alignment with donor requirements.

  • Monitoring review of a UK Defra Biodiversity Challenge Funds project appraising progress and refining strategic direction. Evaluating the project's Theory of Change and underlying assumptions, verifying reported outcomes against OECD-DAC criteria, and synthesising document analysis with primary data collection including Key Informant Interviews and Focus Group Discussions.

  • Led the socioeconomic research workstream for an FCDO and IDRC-funded initiative to improve the sustainability of the woodfuel sector in southern Mozambique. Designed the sampling frame and household survey instruments to create a panel dataset, oversaw the full data lifecycle from enumerator training to quality assurance and analysis, and synthesised findings into policy-oriented reporting supporting direct briefings for the Government of Mozambique.

  • Utilised satellite imagery and geospatial analytics to support municipal pandemic planning. Developed methodologies to classify urban satellite imagery and create high-resolution building density maps, enabling planning officials to identify high-risk densely populated areas and target non-pharmaceutical interventions.