FIFE in Numbers
Countries we have worked in
Projects accross the globe
Consultants, resarchers, interns and staff
Our Team

The FIFE team brings value to our clients through our interdisciplinary expertise, professionalism, empathy and passion. The team ensures that our individual contributions and strengths are harnessed for the benefit of all our clients.
Career

Find out more about careers at FIFE
FIFE is a fast-growing research and consulting institute with a highly motivated team of international interdisciplinary professionals. We offer strategic and hands-on expertise in research, evaluation and training to our clients in the public, private and international development and humanitarian sectors.
Guiding principles
We strive for interdisciplinary and scientific-based methods in all our work. FIFE’s evaluations and research benefit from the methodological, regional, and local context and thematic expertise of our network of professionals and academics. We support our clients and partners with objective and impartial tailor-made configurations through a participatory approach.
Our work at FIFE is guided by principles which we live by and continuously improve in our daily activities.
Responsibility
We strive to improve our services and activities. So we learn from our mistakes and share what we learn. We learn from others and take responsibility for our actions as we follow due diligence, objectivity and transparency.
NEEDS ORIENTED
in developing our activities and carrying out evaluations. We create, choose, and base our evaluation designs on your questions and strategic needs to ensure they are relevant, useful, and enable learning.
PARTNERSHIP
The hallmark of our work is long lasting partnerships. We promote, develop, and build a trust-based collaboration in the spirit of friendship and respect, which is mutually beneficial.
QUALITY-FOCUSSED
Our activities mean robust compliance with our internal, national, and internationally recognized evaluation and research standards. We hold on to our ethics and will never compromise on them.
Our History
The Friedensau Institute for Evaluation was established in 2010 by Prof. Horst Rolly. Since then, numerous evaluation studies in development cooperation, social work and humanitarian aid have been conducted in various countries.
The institute originated due to the necessity for a science-based effectiveness analysis and efficiency control of the practice of development cooperation, humanitarian aid, and philanthropically-based projects arising from diverse theoretical models, paradigms, and working approaches.
Past evaluations and contracted research include earthquake reconstruction and rehabilitation projects (Haiti, India); child-care centres (Moldovia); centres for the rehabilitation of endangered youth (Thailand); foster homes for vulnerable children (Haiti); school qualification projects for the rehabilitation of child labourers (India); food security (Mongolia); humanitarian aid to refugees (Greece); integration projects for refugees (Germany).
In 2020, Dr. Kwaku Arhin-Sam was appointed as the institute’s first director. Subsequently, the institute’s name was changed to Friedensau Institute for Evaluation (FIFE) as part of a restructuring process. The restructuring was necessitated by the goal of strengthening the institute’s scientific research and professional engagements.
Prof. Dr. phil. Horst F. Rolly
Executive Director
Dr. Kwaku Arhin-Sam is a researcher and lecturer with over ten years of experience in monitoring and evaluating development and humanitarian aid interventions. He has twelve years of experience in qualitative and quantitative research and teaching including upstream methods like Outcome Mapping and Outcome Harvesting.
He acquired his PhD in sociology from the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences at Jacobs University Bremen, and the University of Bremen, Germany. Kwaku obtained his MA in international social Sciences and bachelor’s in Education (Social Sciences) from the Friedensau Adventist University in Germany and the University of Cape Coast in Ghana respectively. His research areas include Migration and Development, International Migration Policies and Partnerships, Identity and Belonging Politics, Return Migration, Integration and Reintegration Politics, Human Rights and Conflict Resolution. Read more>>
Board of Advisors
Organogram


Moyosoreoluwa Agbojo
Resaerch Fellow

La Lung Muan Par @Yatana oo
Affiliate Consultant

Dr. Simone Emmert
Research Affiliate

Heinz Horsch
Affiliate Consultant

Dr Annette Witherspoon
Research Affiliate

Dr Peter Anti Partey
Affiliate Consultant

Sharda Naidoo
Affiliate Consultant

Dr Fränze Seidel
Research Affiliate

Prof. Daniel Bendix
Research Affiliate

Dr. Moses Kayongo
Affiliate Consultant

Carina Rolly
Affiliate Consultant

Dr Charles Hategekimana
Research Affiliate

Dr. Alexander Nuer
Affiliate Consultant

Dr. Garba Hima Mamane Bello
Affiliate Consultant
The team
Become an Affiliate Researcher or Consultant!
Our affiliates are trusted evaluators, researchers, and advisors to MEAL executives, project teams, managers, donors, and diverse stakeholders. We help to build strategic plans, execute theory of change, and improve impacts through scientific-based evaluations, MEAL system support and capacity building.
Interested in Joining the Team?
- Do you have perennial experience in evaluations and have at least a master’s degree in a relevant discipline?
- Do you already work as an evaluation specialist in your organization and have extra-time to engage in evaluations?
If yes, then you might be the right candidate we are looking for. As an affiliate consultant/researcher, you are responsible for the acquisition of projects, taking part in evaluations/research that fit your area of expertise, assure quality of your projects, and undergo the FIFE toolbox kit training.
FIFE affiliate consultants/researchers are specialised in respective fields with qualifications spanning across climate change, food security, poverty, WASH, human rights & gender, migration, project management, capacity training, auditing etcetera.
What we are looking for
- Successfully graduated in the fields of: sociology, politics, economics, psychology, education, health, Agriculture etc.
- Comprehensive knowledge of quantitative and qualitative social research methods for data collection and analysis
- Comprehensive knowledge of evaluation research and practice
- Perennial experience in project management
- Ability to work independently
- High communication skills, flexibility and ability to work in teams
- Very good English in speaking and writing (additional languages are of advantage)
- Knowledgeable of the regional and country context where you are currently located
- Willingness to travel (proof of fitness for travel in the tropics is of advantage for the domain of development cooperation)
- Good physical and psychological capacities
We do not offer paid contractual positions but we provide contracts as and when projects demand specific expertise for a duration of time. Successful applicants will be shortlisted and invited for discussion before they are accepted into the professional network.
What we offer
We offer our evaluators and researchers
- An international working network with professionals and projects in numerous countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America
- A diversified range of tasks in the following domains;
- Evaluations (conducting evaluations, advancing theoretical and methodological approaches to evaluations among others)
- Consulting (developing, implementing results-based MEAL systems, and scientific support for internal evaluations)
- Research (conducting ex-ante project research and purely academic research)
- Training (offering individual and group-trainings)
- A broad working field (education, health and nutrition, food and agriculture, WASH, mobility and migration, climate change, emergency management and protection)
- Further training possibilities
We would like to hear from you. Please click the applicable link below.
About us
The Friedensau Institute for Evaluation (FIFE) is an interdisciplinary, self-governing evaluation and research consulting institute located at Friedensau Adventist University (FAU), in Germany. We conduct programme /project evaluations, feasibility studies, strategic planning facilitation, and project planning strategies for development and humanitarian aid organizations. Since 2010, we have worked with religious and non-religious-based non-profit organizations, industry associations, international organizations, private institutions. We research and develop evaluation methods and models, carry out evaluations and contribute to networking and knowledge transfer for NGOs, philanthropic groups and foundations, social support businesses, corporate bodies, governments and UN agencies.
At FIFE, we understand that good strategic planning and decision making comes from good information and learning. Our clients look to us to provide analysis and recommendations that will inspire and inform action. In all of our projects, we endeavour to provide our clients with the strong scientific-based evidence they need to drive the future of their organization.
Friedensau Institute for Evaluation
(FIFE)
An der Ihle 5A
D-39291 Möckern-Friedensau
Telefon +49 (0) 3921 916-144
E-Mail info@fife.institute