Group Lead, Local Innovation Group
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
Elizabeth Hoffecker is a Research Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she directs the Local Innovation Group, an interdisciplinary research group at MIT’s Sociotechnical Systems Research Center. The Local Innovation Group conducts mixed methods research (both descriptive and evaluative) on processes of local innovation and local systems change in communities facing development challenges around the world. Current evaluation projects include a systems-level evaluation of an agricultural value-chain upgrading intervention in northern India and the development of an evaluation framework and toolkit for assessing changes in local innovation capacity at the individual, group, and local system levels. Elizabeth holds a Master of City Planning degree from the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning (International Development Group), and an interdisciplinary social science BA from Wesleyan University. Prior to her graduate studies, she worked for ten years in the nonprofit and social enterprise sector in Portland, OR as a program designer, grant writer and fund developer, consultant, and strategist.
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Using narratives to build theory, and vice versa, to evaluate and learn in complex settings
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET