Chris Roche

Chris Roche

Chris Roche is Director of the Institute for Human Security and Social Change, and Associate Professor at La Trobe University and a Senior Research Partner of the Developmental Leadership Program. Chris has worked for International NGOs for nearly 30 years, and has a particular interest in understanding the practice of social change and how it might be best catalysed and supported.

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How can a gendered understanding of power and politics make development work more effective?

13th February 2018

How can a gendered understanding of power and politics make development work more effective?
Helen Derbyshire Sam Gibson David Hudson Chris Roche
Gender analysis, and thinking and working politically – bridging the gap

14th February 2017

Gender analysis, and thinking and working politically – bridging the gap
Chris Roche Sam Gibson
Overcoming Premature Evaluation

15th November 2016

Overcoming Premature Evaluation
Chris Roche
What is transformative leadership?

15th April 2016

What is transformative leadership?
Chris Roche
Politics, risk and development: three takeaways

19th February 2016

Politics, risk and development: three takeaways
Chris Roche David Hudson
Identifying rebels with a cause (and effect)

1st December 2015

Identifying rebels with a cause (and effect)
Chris Roche
Taking the Results agenda to the next level?

15th July 2015

Taking the Results agenda to the next level?
Chris Roche
Resources and reflections on gender and thinking and working politically

12th June 2015

Resources and reflections on gender and thinking and working politically
Chris Roche Tait Brimacombe Gillian Fletcher
Connections, contradictions and the political economy of attention

7th May 2015

Connections, contradictions and the political economy of attention
Chris Roche
Cancer and the links between medicine and development

15th April 2015

Cancer and the links between medicine and development
Chris Roche
Innovation: transactional or transformative?

23rd March 2015

Innovation: transactional or transformative?
Chris Roche

Related publications

From Silos to Synergy: Learning from Politically Informed, Gender Aware Programs

February 2018

From Silos to Synergy: Learning from Politically Informed, Gender Aware Programs
Helen Derbyshire Orlanda Siow Sam Gibson David Hudson Chris Roche
The Bigger Picture: Gender and Politics in Practice

February 2018

The Bigger Picture: Gender and Politics in Practice
Chris Roche John Cox Helen Derbyshire Sam Gibson David Hudson
Politically Informed, Gender Aware Programming: Five Lessons From Practice

February 2018

Politically Informed, Gender Aware Programming: Five Lessons From Practice
Helen Derbyshire Sam Gibson David Hudson Chris Roche
Inside the black box of political will: 10 years of findings from the Developmental Leadership Program

February 2018

Inside the black box of political will: 10 years of findings from the Developmental Leadership Program
David Hudson Claire Mcloughlin Chris Roche Heather Marquette
Brief - Power, Politics and Coalitions in the Pacific: Lessons from Collective Action on Gender and Power

December 2016

Brief - Power, Politics and Coalitions in the Pacific: Lessons from Collective Action on Gender and Power
Gillian Fletcher Tait Brimacombe Chris Roche
Power, Politics and Coalitions in the Pacific: Lessons from Collective Action on Gender and Power

December 2016

Power, Politics and Coalitions in the Pacific: Lessons from Collective Action on Gender and Power
Gillian Fletcher Tait Brimacombe Chris Roche
Using Action Research and Learning for Politically Informed Programming

September 2014

Using Action Research and Learning for Politically Informed Programming
Michael O'Keefe John T. Sidel Heather Marquette Chris Roche David Hudson Niheer Dasandi
Monitoring and Evaluation when Politics Matters: Notes from Program Experience

November 2012

Monitoring and Evaluation when Politics Matters: Notes from Program Experience
Chris Roche Linda Kelly
The Evaluation of Politics and the Politics of Evaluation

August 2012

The Evaluation of Politics and the Politics of Evaluation
Chris Roche Linda Kelly