Alison Mathie
Manager, Research and Publications
Alison has over 35 years of experience in the international development field in asset-based approaches to citizen-led development, monitoring and evaluation, rural livelihoods, and gender analysis. Alison has lived and worked overseas for 10 years, primarily in Papua New Guinea and Nigeria. Short-term overseas work has taken her to South Asia, South East Asia, the South Pacific and East Africa. Prior to joining the staff of the Coady Institute in 1997, she was based in Washington D.C. as an evaluation consultant to non-governmental and multilateral agencies.
At the Coady Institute, she is primarily involved in action research and educational programs in asset-based and citizen-led development (ABCD). She co-facilitates an elective in Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation, and co-facilitates a specialization in Mobilizing Assets for Community-Driven Development. She also teaches in the Development Studies program at StFX.
Alison holds a PhD in Program Evaluation and Planning from Cornell University, USA; a MA in Sociology from the University of Guelph, Canada,; and a MA in Geography (Hons) from the University of Edinburgh, UK.