Professional Experience:
Dr Stacy Hope is a trained anthropologist with over ten years’ experience conducting research and evaluations on issues around gender and gender mainstreaming, disaster risk reduction and climate change, and land rights. She has acted as a leading social researcher and international development specialist across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean with solid practical field, policy and technical experience in Guyana, Suriname, Kenya, UK, Somalia, South Sudan, Northern Brasil and Southern China. Additionally, Dr Hope has worked with a plethora of donor agencies, including UNDP, UNON, IFC, IADB, and ICRC, as well as NGOs, national governments, private sector corporations, and civil society. She has six years’ experience developing policies and performance strategies and operating as Gender and Development Advisor to governments and donor agencies. Exceptional understanding of private-public partnerships and expertise in designing, implementing and conducting multi-donor and multi-stakeholder programme evaluations and social impact and risk reduction assessments.