Esther Zuiderveld
Research, monitoring, evaluation and learning professional with nine years of experience across East Africa and Europe, working on resilience, peacebuilding, migration and security.
Experience
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Consultant, Research & M&E
Independent consulting on research and monitoring & evaluation assignments.
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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.
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Consultant & Researcher
Research and evaluation of public-sector interventions, mainly on crime prevention and preventing radicalisation.
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Core Team Member
Co-organised EU-wide practitioner knowledge-exchange events on preventing and countering violent extremism, and managed a 200+ practice collection.
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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)