Personal Details: Nationality: British

ROSALIND EYBEN

Personal Details: Nationality: British Languages: English, French & Spanish

Summary Rosalind Eyben has been a Fellow at IDS since 2002 and is a member of the Participation, Power and Social Change team. Her research interests focus on power and relations in development. She convenes the global policy programme of the international Research Consortium on Pathways of Women’s Empowerment - funded by DFID and Governments of Norway and Sweden - and coordinates the IDS Participation and Development Relations (PDR) Programme - funded by Sida and the Swiss Agency for Development Co-operation. She is a Board Member of UNRISD.

Qualifications BA Hons London (Anthropology) MA Manchester (Sociology & Anthropology) Ph.D London (Social Anthropology) based on field research in Burundi

Professional skills Consultant social analyst, international negotiations, evaluation, workshop facilitation for aid practitioners, mentoring, and communicating with policy audiences both in writing and presentations.

Activities at IDS Research  Donors’ knowledge practices (on-going, funded by the PDR programme)  Conceptualising women’s empowerment in international development (2007-08)  Feminist policy activists in global policy spaces (2007-2008)  The Power of Labelling in Development - with Joy Moncrieffe (2005-06 funded by DFID)  Research on ‘Relationships Matter for Pro-Poor Change’ (2003-4 DFID)  Lead co-researcher with Rosario Leon on donor-recipient relations ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?’ (2003-2004 DFID SSR project)

Commissioned work  Oxfam NOVIB: theories of social change  IFAD: supporting the strengthening of the organisation’s capacity to support the empowerment of people living in rural poverty  OECD DAC: lead author concept paper on empowerment for POVNET (2008),advice on guiding principles for GenderNet (2006)  Plan International: co-researcher in evaluation of impact of child sponsorship 2007  Commonwealth Secretariat: Critical reflection for Ministers of Women’s Affairs (2007)  Oxfam Australia– assessing relationships with Oxfam International 2006-07  OxfamGB – evaluation of its rights-based programme in Peru (2004)  DFID on gender equality and the implementation of the Paris Declaration in SE Asia (2007) application of complexity theory to understanding aid effectiveness (2005) rights based approaches in India (2002) literature review of inequality (2003-4); the role of aid in middle income countries (2003-4); steering committee for evaluation of gender strategy (2005-6).  UNRISD – paper for Beijing plus 10 (2004);  World Bank – paper and workshop on power and poverty (2004);  UK Office of the Deputy Prime Minister - learning from the South. (2003-04)

Teaching and professional development activities  Convenor of workshops on complexity (2008) social protection funded by DFID (July 2002, March 2003 in India and November 2003 in Ghana); of IDS Workshop for international development agencies on Rights and Power (Nov 2003) and co-trainer in workshops on participatory governance and rights (Sida, Sept 2000, SDC Sept. 2003), accountability (SDC 2004) and social change (Oxfam 2005), power and participation (Sida 2006); empowerment (SDC 2008)  Three DPhil students researching power and relationships in international aid.  Contributing to IDS graduate programmes, including convening Ideas in Development course and teaching in MA Gender, MA Governance and MA Participation programmes.  Mentoring and regular guided reading programmes for aid agency staff, including compiling a thematic reading pack for DFID on gender, power, civil society, inequality and citizenship

Previous career 1986 - 2002 UK Department for International Development.(formerly ODA) 2000 –2002 Head of DFID Office, Bolivia 1992 -2000 Chief Social Development Adviser, responsible for social and gender equality issues 1986 -1991 Social Development Adviser

1982 - 1986 Independent consultant social analyst for UN and bilateral aid agencies in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia 1977 - 1981 International Labour Organisation, Research officer, Sudan 1974 - 1976 University of Benin, Cotonou, Lecturer

Recent selected publications  2009 with R. Napier-Moore. ‘Choosing words with care. Shifting meanings of women’s empowerment in international development Third World Quarterly 30, 2  2008 ‘Conceptualising Policy Practices in Researching Pathways of Women’s Empowerment’ RPC Working Paper no.1  2008 ‘Power, mutual accountability and responsibility in the practice of international aid: a relational approach; IDS Working Paper 305 Brighton: Institute of Development Studies  2008 ‘Thinking about change for development practice: a case study from Oxfam GB’ Development in Practice 18; 2  2007 ‘ Harmonisation’ Special Issue on Development Buzzwords Development in Practice 17; 4-5  2007 ‘The making of a feminist in Aidland’ in (eds) A. Coles and A.M. Fechter Gender and Family among Transnational Professionals London: Routledge  2007 Moncrieffe, J. and - (eds) The Power of Labelling. How People are categorised and why it matters London: Earthscan  2007 with León, R. and Hossain, N. ‘Participatory action research into donor recipient relations: a case study’ Development in Practice 17; 2: 167-178  2007 ‘Gender myths in the British aid programme’ in (eds) A. Cornwall, E. Harrison and A. Whitehead Feminisms and Development: Contradictions, Contestations and Challenges, London: Zed Press.  2006 ‘The power of the gift and the new aid modalities’ in (eds) R. Eyben, C. Harris and J. Pettit Exploring Power for Change IDS Bulletin 37, 6  2006 ‘The road not taken: international aid’s choice of Copenhagen over Beijing’ Third World Quarterly 27, 6  2006 (ed) Relationships for Aid London: Earthscan  2005 with León, R. 'Whose aid? The case of the Bolivian elections project' in (eds) D. Mosse and D. Lewis 'The Aid Effect' London: Pluto Press  2005 ‘Donors’ learning difficulties: results, relationships and responsibilities’ IDS Bulletin vol. 36, 3: 98-107  2005 ‘Donors, rights-based approaches and implications for global citizenship: a case study from Peru’ in Kabeer, N. (ed) Inclusive Citizenship, London: Zed Books