What We Do

Current Research and Evaluation Activities

Learning Partner – Somalia Empowering Marginalized Groups through Economic Graduation in Somalia (EMERGE) Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA) Program

Research Partner – Long-Term Agreement, World Food Program

Evaluator – Implementer-Led Evaluation and Learning (IMPEL) Activities, Evaluation of the Ayiti pi Djanm Resilience Food Security Activity in Haiti

Academics

The FSRG faculty lead a number of classes within Tulane’s Department of International Health and Sustainable Development… [add teaching pic above]

Summer in Wyoming

Summer in Italy

Notable Achievements

Famine Early Warning System (FEWSNET): Dr. Nancy Mock co-designed this innovative initiative aimed at early detection and monitoring of famine conditions, enhancing proactive responses to food insecurity.

Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions (SMART): Dr. Mock played a pivotal role in developing this framework, which standardizes methodologies for assessing humanitarian interventions, ensuring consistency and reliability in data collection.

Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy: As a co-founder and inaugural co-director, Dr. Mock established this academy at Tulane University to cultivate leadership in disaster resilience, focusing on equipping professionals with the skills to manage and mitigate disaster impacts effectively.

NASA-Funded Research on Environmental Justice: Dr. Nathan Morrow is currently leading a project that leverages open science to advance environmental justice in the Gulf South, utilizing geospatial tools to address policy-relevant environmental challenges.

Award-Winning Research on Mobile Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (mVAM): Dr. Mock and Dr. Morrow contributed to the development of mVAM, a project utilizing mobile technologies to collect food security data remotely. Their work was recognized with a “Best Paper” award at the Humanitarian Technology 2016 Conference.

Recent Research and Evaluation Activities (since 2020)

(2024) Mid-Term Evaluation of the Albarka Resilience Food Security Activity in Mali
(2024) Evaluation of BHA’s COVID-19 Response
(2024 & 2023) WV Disaster Risk Reduction Programming in Asia and the Pacific
- Phase I – A Review Of Disaster Risk Reduction Programming and Best Practices Understanding the Effectiveness, Impact, Sustainability, and Scalability of WV’s DRR Activities in the Asia-Pacific Region (2023)
- Phase II – Findings from In-Depth Country Case Studies and Towards an Analytical Framework (2024)
(2023) Mid-Term Evaluation of Feed the Future Sugu Yiriwa Activity in Mali
(2023) Midterm Evaluations of Three Resilience Food Security Activities in Niger
(2022) HINDSIGHT 2020: Key Lessons and Reflections from BHA’s FY20 Response to COVID-19
(2020-2024) Implementer-Led Evaluation and Learning (IMPEL) Activities
- Baseline Evaluation of the Ayiti pi Djanm Resilience Food Security Activity in Haiti (2024)
- Performance Evaluation of Three RFSAs in DRC (2022)
- Interim Evaluation of the South Kivu Food Security Project (FSP)-Enyanya Resilience Food Security Activity in the Democratic (2022)
- Interim Evaluation of the Budikadidi Resilience Food Security Activity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2022)
- Performance Evaluation of the Tuendelee Pamoja II Resilience Food Security Activity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2022)
- Mid-Term Evaluations of Three RFSAs in DRC
- Mid-Term Evaluation of the Budikadidi Development Food Security Activity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (2020).
- Mid-Term Evaluation of the Tuendelee Pamoja II Development Food Security Activity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (2020).
- Mid-Term Evaluation of the South Kivu Food Security Project (FSP)-Enyanya Development Food Security Activity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (2020).
- Final Performance Evaluation of the Kore Lavi Development Food Assistance Project in Haiti. (2020)