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Esther Zuiderveld

Esther Zuiderveld

Research, Monitoring & Evaluation

Research, monitoring, evaluation and learning professional with nine years of experience across East Africa and Europe, working on resilience, peacebuilding, migration and security.

Qualitative researchQuantitative researchCriminologyEast Africa & Europe

Experience

  • FreelanceMay 2025 – present

    Consultant, Research & M&E

    Independent consulting on research and monitoring & evaluation assignments.

  • Altai Consulting · Nairobi, KenyaMay 2023 – Apr 2025

    MERL Consultant

    Coordinated monitoring of EU Emergency Trust Fund (EUTF) programmes across Somalia and Uganda, spanning basic services, food security, livelihoods, climate change, migration management, security and governance. Led EUTF learning assignments across the Horn of Africa, including a social cohesion case study spanning Ethiopia, South Sudan and Sudan.

  • RadarAdvies · Amsterdam, NetherlandsApr 2021 – Apr 2023

    Consultant & Researcher

    Research and evaluation of public-sector interventions, mainly on crime prevention and preventing radicalisation.

  • Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) · Brussels, BelgiumApr 2021 – Apr 2023

    Core Team Member

    Co-organised EU-wide practitioner knowledge-exchange events on preventing and countering violent extremism, and managed a 200+ practice collection.

  • Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law EnforcementFeb 2020 – Mar 2021

    Researcher

    Qualitative research component of a multi-method study on reintegration and recidivism following imprisonment.

Education

  • MSc, International Crimes, Conflict and Criminology — VU University Amsterdam (2014–2017)
  • MSc, Criminology — VU University Amsterdam (2013–2015)
  • BSc, Criminology — Erasmus University Rotterdam (2009–2012)