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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN

Research and Policy in Development Staff

John Young
John Young

John Young

Staff - Director of impact Assessment, Partnerships and RAPID - Research and Policy in Development
As Director of Impact Assessment, Partnerships and RAPID, John heads up the RAPID Programme and alos works across the Institute on monitoring and evaluation and strategic partnerships.
Chloe Byrne
Chloe Byrne

Chloe Byrne

Staff - Programme Officer - Research and Policy in Development

Chloe joined ODI as RAPID Project Administrator in March 2008. She provides administrative, budgeting, secretarial and editorial support to the RAPID team. She is also the coordinator for the COPLA project on Trade and Poverty in Latin America which explores the linkages between trade, poverty and social exclusion in Latin America.

Ajoy Datta
Ajoy Datta

Ajoy Datta

Staff - Research Fellow - Research and Policy in Development

Ajoy's expertise lie in understanding policy processes and knowledge use; knowledge interaction processes (including research communications, knowledge brokering, policy influence work and public engagement processes), key intermediaries (such as think tanks, networks and legislators), and sustainably developing capacities of human systems to produce, consider and use knowledge for policymaking.

Maren Duvendack
Maren Duvendack

Maren Duvendack

Staff - Research Fellow - Research and Policy in Development

Maren is currently a Research Fellow in the RAPID group. She has an interest in rigorous impact evaluations, microfinance, replication and applied micro-econometrics.

Simon Hearn
Simon Hearn

Simon Hearn

Staff - Research Fellow - Research and Policy in Development
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Simon has been a member of the Research and Policy in Development programme since 2007. He specialises in Outcome Mapping, monitoring and evaluation and strategic policy influence. He has a keen interest in knoweldge management, communities of practice, network analysis and the use of social media and online communications.
Sarah Hunt
Sarah Hunt

Sarah Hunt

Staff - Programme Manager - Research and Policy in Development

As the GTF Programme Officer, Sarah facilitates the flow of information across the various ODI teams and the key southern partners, including CIVICUS, IPS, and the National Coordination Organisations in seven African countries.

Harry Jones
Harry Jones

Harry Jones

Staff - Research Fellow - Research and Policy in Development

Harry joined the ODI in 2006. He is a research fellow in RAPID, looking at the role of knowledge in policy processes in developing countries

Cecilia Oppenheim
Cecilia Oppenheim

Cecilia Oppenheim

Staff - Project Manager (DEGP Directorate) - Research and Policy in Development

Cecilia is the Programme Manager for the DFID - ESRC Growth Research Programme (DEGP).

Tiina Pasanen
Tiina Pasanen

Tiina Pasanen

Staff - Research Officer 1 - Research and Policy in Development

Tiina joined RAPID in October 2012 as a Research Officer and is currently working with the Methods Lab, a project focusing on testing and developing impact evaluation approaches and methods.

Louise Shaxson
Louise Shaxson

Louise Shaxson

Staff - Research Fellow - Research and Policy in Development
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Formerly with DFID, subsequently moved to Whitehall and worked as a consultant to various Departments on how to implement an evidence-based approach to policymaking.
Jessica Sinclair Taylor
Jessica Sinclair Taylor

Jessica Sinclair Taylor

Staff - Communications Officer - Mwananchi and RAPID - Research and Policy in Development

Jessica implements communcations for the Mwananchi Programme and the RAPID team.

Research Associates

Fletcher Tembo
Fletcher Tembo

Fletcher Tembo

Staff - Research Associate - Research and Policy in Development

Fletcher Tembo is a Research Fellow within RAPID. He manages the Mwanainchi Governance and Transparency Programme, working with partners in eight African countries to strengthen citizen engagement in policy processes. He also coordinates relations with DAI; ODI inputs into Kenya Drivers of Accountability; and Evidence Based Policy in Development Network- Africa region