21, 23, 28 & 30 April 2026  |  Online via Zoom

Decolonising Monitoring, Evaluation and Research:
Practical Guidance from a Feminist Approach

A four-day online course for development and humanitarian professionals who want to move beyond theory — and start doing things differently.

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Running since 2021 — now in its 11th cohort.

Course schedule

Session times

Each day's content is delivered in two parts.

🇬🇧 London (BST): 11:00am – 12:30pm and 1:30pm – 3:00pm 🇰🇪 Nairobi (EAT): 1:00pm – 2:30pm and 3:30pm – 5:00pm 🇹🇭 Bangkok (ICT): 5:00pm – 6:30pm and 7:30pm – 9:00pm
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Who is this for?

Made for practitioners who want practical change

This course is for anyone working in the development or humanitarian sector who is involved in monitoring, evaluation, learning or research and who wants to come away with practical strategies to decolonise their work. If you want to go beyond just the idea of "we need to decolonise" and start doing things differently, this course is for you.

Learning objectives

What you will learn

  1. To identify how colonial ways of thinking continue to influence M&E and research practices in the Development and Humanitarian sectors.
  2. To explore how feminist principles offer helpful ways of thinking about how to identify and reduce the impact of intersecting power hierarchies.
  3. To critically reflect on power and identify practical strategies that can help to unravel colonial ways of thinking and behaving across the project/research cycle: from the scoping/design stage, to data collection, analysis and dissemination.
What's included

What all participants receive

From participants

What people say

"I'm not going to be able to look at anything the same again."

"It was exceptionally delivered and prepared."

"The workshop gave me better awareness on how to identify coloniality and to deal with it."

"The group processing was wonderful. It was great to work with colleagues across sectors."

"If you feel lost in trying to resist the colonial practices of the development field, this is a practical and valuable course to equip yourself with tools and perspectives to keep going forward."

"For someone interested in really pushing thinking about decolonizing in our work spaces of research and development work, this is a great learning opportunity. I appreciate Michelle sharing examples and practical resources to prompt reflections about positionality and various steps of the research process. The opportunity to be connected with other like-minded individuals beyond the course is a huge bonus!"

Pricing

Price

Standard course fee

£499 per participant
Scholarship places available. Some places are reserved for people who might need more financial support. The standard course fees fund scholarships for participants with fewer resources. If you would like to apply for a discounted place, please complete the Expression of Interest form below rather than booking directly.
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About the trainer
Michelle Lokot

Michelle Lokot

Michelle Lokot is an independent consultant, humanitarian practitioner and researcher, specialising in monitoring and evaluation, qualitative research and gender-based violence (GBV).

She was Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2019–2026), where she led studies on decolonising the field of Violence Against Women and Girls, power hierarchies within field research, sexual and reproductive health in Somalia and South Sudan, GBV localisation among community-based actors in Kenya, and the unintended consequences of GBV programmes in Jordan and Kenya. She was Co-Director of the Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre (2022–2025).

Michelle's prior work as a humanitarian practitioner included longer-term work in Jordan, Nigeria and Burundi, focused on programme management, technical advice and monitoring and evaluation. She has consulting experience for agencies such as Save the Children, UNICEF and MSF.

Michelle supports NGOs and UN agencies in using feminist decolonial approaches in their work.

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Course policies

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Cancellations & refunds

A full refund will be issued for cancellations made in writing (by email) at least 7 full days before the course start date.

Cancellations made less than 7 days before the start date are not eligible for a refund.

If you are unable to attend, you are welcome to transfer your place to a colleague or friend at no extra cost. Please let us know their name and email address in advance.

In the unlikely event that we cancel the course, you will receive a full refund.

No recording or AI assistants

Sessions will not be recorded, to ensure all participants feel comfortable sharing their experiences and questions freely. To protect participant privacy and encourage genuine interaction, AI meeting assistants and transcription bots are not permitted to join the sessions.

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