Global Panel of Advisors
The Global Panel of Advisors (GPA) is a high-level international group of eminent members of our society whose volunteering responsibility is to provide strategic guidance, reach out and encourage member states, donor organizations and interested parties to support, champion UNISWEM, and identify topics of key interest for future independent system-wide evaluation in developing countries. Membership to the GPA is based on evidence of distinguished humanitarian voluntarism.
Prof Dr Michael Jackson
Prof Jackson is a Systems Scientist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Hull. Mike graduated from Oxford University, gained an MA from Lancaster University and a PhD from Hull in systems Sciences, and has worked in the civil service, in academia, and as a consultant. Between 1999 and 2011, Mike was Dean of Hull University Business School, leading it to triple-crown accreditation. Mike has been President of the International Federation for Systems Research and the International Society for the Systems Sciences.» show more
He is a Companion of the Association of Business Schools, a Chartered IT Professional, and a Fellow of the British Computer Society, the Cybernetics Society, the Chartered Management Institute, the Operational Research Society, the International Federation for Systems Research, and the International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences. Mike has received many awards, two honorary degrees, and has been a visiting professor at numerous international universities.
In 2011 he was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire Medal) for services to higher education and business. In 2017 he received the Beale Medal of the UK Operational Research Society for 'a sustained contribution over many years to the theory, practice or philosophy of Operational Research.’ In 2022 he received the Pioneer Award of INCOSE. He has been central in developing critical systems thinking (CST).Wiley published his latest book ' Critical Systems Thinking: A Practitioner’s Guide’ in June 2024. » show less
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He is a Companion of the Association of Business Schools, a Chartered IT Professional, and a Fellow of the British Computer Society, the Cybernetics Society, the Chartered Management Institute, the Operational Research Society, the International Federation for Systems Research, and the International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences. Mike has received many awards, two honorary degrees, and has been a visiting professor at numerous international universities.
In 2011 he was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire Medal) for services to higher education and business. In 2017 he received the Beale Medal of the UK Operational Research Society for 'a sustained contribution over many years to the theory, practice or philosophy of Operational Research.’ In 2022 he received the Pioneer Award of INCOSE. He has been central in developing critical systems thinking (CST).Wiley published his latest book ' Critical Systems Thinking: A Practitioner’s Guide’ in June 2024.
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H.E Ambassador Oliver Wonekha
Ambassador Wonekha is a seasoned Ugandan diplomat with many years of public service. She is Uganda’s current High Commissioner to the People's Republic of China in Beijing and previously served as Uganda’s Ambassador to Rwanda and the United States of America.
Prof. Tina Uys
Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa and was the head of the department for 15 years. She graduated with a D Litt et Phil in Sociology on the topic of relative deprivation at Rand Afrikaans University in 1991. Tina spent 2013 as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar in the USA and is rated an Internationally » show more
Acclaimed Researcher by the South African National Research Foundation. She is a Certified Clinical Sociologist (CCS). She has produced more than 50 articles and chapters in books and six books. Her latest publication is Whistleblowing and the Sociological Imagination (2022) with Palgrave Macmillan. She specialises in clinical sociology and research methodology and has published widely on whistleblowing in South Africa. » show less
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Acclaimed Researcher by the South African National Research Foundation. She is a Certified Clinical Sociologist (CCS). She has produced more than 50 articles and chapters in books and six books. Her latest publication is Whistleblowing and the Sociological Imagination (2022) with Palgrave Macmillan. She specialises in clinical sociology and research methodology and has published widely on whistleblowing in South Africa.
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Advocate Richard Sizani
Advocate Richard Sizani who has LLM in Public Law and LLM in International Law served as the Chairperson of the South African Public Service Commission, Acting-Secretary General of the Office of the Chief Justice, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Provincial and Local Government and a Director-General of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Administration.
Prof. Daniela Schroeter
Prof. Daniela Schroeter, Presidential Innovation Professor, is an expert in interdisciplinary evaluation specializing in evaluation theory, methodology, and capability building. She is a faculty member in the School of Public Affairs and Administration and Associate Faculty in the Interdisciplinary PhD in Evaluation program at Western Michigan University
Dr Gwendoline Malegwale Ramokgopa
Medical Doctor with Masters in Public Health with special focus on Public Health Policy and Systems. Currently an Associate of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Social Determinants of Health and Health in All Policies , based at the University of Pretoria . Also Treasurer General of the African National Congress.
Prof Patrick FitzGerald
Prof FitzGerald whose central role is to provide strategic management and good governance guidance to UNISWEM Secretariat previously held various positions such as a South African Public Service Commissioner, Director-General of the Department of Environmental Affairs, Interim Vice-Chancellor: University of Limpopo, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: University of the Witwatersrand, Chair of Council: Walter Sisulu University, Director of the Wits School of Governance, and Chair of the Performance Audit Committee of ore City of Johannesburg, all in South Africa. He is the author and/or editor of 7 books and several Journal Articles dealing with sustainable development, public service reform, strategy and leadership.
Dr. Marlène Läubli Loud
Marlène Läubli Loud has over 25 years of experience in various aspects of private and public sector evaluation She has consulted with the Swiss Federal and Cantonal health authorities, the European Commission, the UN Joint Inspection Unit, the UK Department of Employment and the UK Health Promotion Agency (now NICE), and, has also collaborated with the World Health Organization, the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) on some of their evaluation projects. She was head of the Research and Evaluation Unit at the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (SFOPH) for nearly twenty years where she gained much experience in evaluation management, and especially in the ways and means for improving the use and utility of evaluation in organizations. Dr Laubli Loud who has DPhil also encouraged Dr Wandwasi in 2013 into the specialized area of metaevaluation and provided significant input into Peter’s published paperback book on enhancing the quality of primary evaluations through metaevaluation.
