Professional Summary

Emmanuel Nene Odjidja is an accomplished Monitoring, Evaluation and Assessments (MEA) Specialist with extensive international experience across fragile and conflict-affected settings. MEAL Specialist at the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) , covering the Sahel Region and Sri Lanka , he brings a practice-informed perspective to evaluation methodology and programme learning.

Emmanuel's career spans multiple countries and organisations, including work in Ghana, South Sudan, and Burundi, where he has developed and applied innovative evaluation approaches tailored to complex, community-level interventions. His research interests centre on participatory evaluation methods that move beyond extractive assessment to genuinely empower communities and promote inclusive learning.

As a Section Editor (Case Studies) for the Journal of Multidisciplinary Evaluation, Emmanuel bridges rigorous academic inquiry and applied field practice — a combination that makes him an exceptionally valuable advisor to ARNECH's M&E and research quality agenda.

Current Position

Previous Experience

Editorial & Academic Roles

Research Interests & Advisory Focus

• Participatory evaluation methods that enhance inclusivity and community ownership
• Monitoring, evaluation, and learning system design for resilience and community engagement programmes
• Evaluation frameworks for fragile and conflict-affected settings
• Promoting evaluation as a tool for community empowerment and organisational learning
• Mixed-methods and case study research in development and humanitarian contexts
• Counterfactual and theory-based evaluation in complex adaptive settings

Selected Publications & Contributions