As a consultant and scholar, I’ve produced applied research outputs including blogs, reports, and podcasts, as well as rigorous, peer-reviewed publications in top journals.
Interested to hear development professionals describe the realities of M&E systems and some of their detrimental effects? Check out my World Development article!
Interested to learn why Gender Advisors ask for more quantitative indicators when they secretly believe they are not valid measures of gender-related outcomes? Read the Gender & Society piece!
Policy Reports
Mulunesh Tsegaye, Kristie Drucza, and Emily Springer. 2018. Gender Norms, Agency, and Innovation in Wheat Based Systems and Livelihoods: Synthesis report of four community case-studies in Ethiopia. International Center for Wheat and Maize Improvement (CIMMYT).
Emily and Kristie Drucza. 2018. What works for gender social norm change? Enhancing gender inclusive agricultural development programming. International Center for Wheat and Maize Improvement (CIMMYT).
Wiener, Karen, Springer, Emily and Suzanne Miric. September 2007. School Fee Abolition Knowledge Map. Academy for Educational Development. USAID EQUIP2.
For Policymakers & Practitioners
Guest speaker with Dr. Mónica Orozco–Gender & Data, episode 3. Society of Gender Professionals Podcast.
“Can Gender Advisors Make Change in Development Projects?” October 22, 2019. Gender & Society blogpost.
“Failing to Learn or Learning to Fail: A Meta-Analysis of Evaluations of Gender in Ethiopian Agricultural Development.” 2019. Panelist, Webinar: Changing gender norms in agricultural projects – what works in Pakistan and Ethiopia. Hosted by CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research and the Dutch Royal Tropical Institute (KIT).
Springer, Emily. 2019. How USAID Can Kickstart Learning ‘What Works’ for Gender Social Norms.Gender Policy Report, University of Minnesota.
Springer, Emily. 2018. Counting Women and Girls in International Development: Achieving Visibility, but not Change.Gender Policy Report, University of Minnesota.
Springer, Emily. 2018. Hot tips for building the evidence base around gender through evaluations. AEA365. American Evaluation Association.
Articles (peer reviewed)
Springer, Emily. 2021. Caught between Winning Repeat Business and Learning: Reactivity to Output Indicators in International Development. World Development August:1-15.
Tadesse, Shibabaw, Emily Springer, Sirak Robele Gari, Solomon Melake, and Hailu Tolasa. The importance of water quality in classifying basic water services: The case of Ethiopia, SDG6.1, and safe drinking water. PLOS One (Mar 2021).
Springer, Emily. 2020. Bureaucratic Tools in (Gendered) Organizations: Performance Metrics and Gender Advisors in International Development. Gender & Society 34(1): 56-80.
Springer, Emily. 2020. Public-Facing “Success Stories” in International Development as Text: A Postcolonial Critical Discourse Analysis. Language, Discourse & Society 7(2).
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