A Researcher, Writer, and Consultant.
Consulting
Professional Profile
Dariusz has over fifteen years of experience working in international development and humanitarian settings, specialising in research and monitoring, evaluation, and learning. He has led a wide range of country-level and programmatic evaluations using mixed and qualitative methods, including representative national surveys, value chain and market analyses, ethnographic research, and participatory approaches, with substantive focus on food systems, agricultural livelihoods, school feeding, nutrition, resilience, education, and institutional capacity strengthening.
An Evaluation Team Leader with extensive experience in World Food Programme evaluations, he has led nine evaluations for WFP over the past seven years, including three Country Strategic Plan Evaluations in Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. He also led the evaluation of WFP’s Local and Regional Food Procurement Policy pilots in East Africa, assessing how procurement approaches support programme delivery, smallholder inclusion, and home-grown school feeding objectives. In Sierra Leone, his work includes multiple programmatic evaluations of WFP livelihoods and asset creation interventions, as well as value chain and market analyses that informed the design of WFP’s home-grown school feeding pilots.
Recent Work Experience
Evaluation of the WFP’s Country Strategic Plan for Zimbabwe 2022-2026
World Food Programme, Office of Evaluation - Team Leader
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Evaluation of the WFP’s Country Strategic Plan for Liberia 2019-2026.
World Food Programme, Office of Evaluation - Team Leader
Evaluation of the WFP’s Country Strategic Plan for Sierra Leone 2020-2024
​World Food Programme, Office of Evaluation - Team Leader
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World Food Programme, Sierra Leone and Guinea - Lead Evaluator
Food and Agriculture Organization, Sierra Leone - Lead Evaluator
United Nations Development Programme, Sierra Leone - Lead Evaluator
Gender and Protection Assessment in Bonthe District, Sierra Leone
Action against Hunger, Sierra Leone - Lead Evaluator
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Evaluation of Local and Regional Food Procurement Pilot Programmes in Eastern Africa
World Food Programme, Regional Bureau Nairobi - Team Leader
For a detailed summary of my previous work experience, please see my complete CV.
Education
University of Cape Town
(2022-2024) Honorary Research Affiliate and Guest Lecturer, Centre of Criminology
SOAS University of London
(2011-2018) PhD: Development Studies
Carleton University
(2004-2006) MA: International Affairs
University of Victoria
(1997-2002) BCom: International Business
Research Skills
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Extensive experience with representative large-scale surveys.
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Experienced in wide range of qualitative methods, including: key informant interviews, focus group discussions, observation, case studies of change, and participatory action research.
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Experienced with systematic reviews of secondary research.
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Knowledgeable in data analysis techniques and software – including: SPSS and advanced Excel techniques – as well as data entry software.