Dr Kathrin Wolf

Dr Kathrin Wolf started working as an evaluator at DEval in October 2020 and currently leads the research and advisory project on monitoring, evaluation and steering in official bilateral development cooperation. Beforehand, she has been the team leader of a research and advisory project on rigorous impact evaluation. As a PhD candidate in the field of economic psychology at Leuphana University of Lüneburg, her research sought to shed light on women entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa and its effective promotion through training. In the context of her doctoral work, she has collaborated with the World Bank’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab and run experimental and quasi-experimental impact studies in Ethiopia. Prior to joining DEval, she has worked for the German Commission for UNESCO and - as an independent consultant - for major donor agencies, such as the World Bank and the GIZ. As part of her consulting services, she has developed evaluation designs and monitoring tools. From August 2017 to April 2020, she has lived and worked in Madagascar.