Research
My research focuses on impact measurement and management — how the field emerged, why it looks the way it does, and what questions it now faces. I have also compiled frameworks, tools, and resources that I use and teach.
A layered set of resources I have developed or contributed to — for investors, ventures, and foundations.
A layered set of resources — including frameworks, tools, and a learning cohort — for foundations and family offices to integrate systems perspectives across strategy, investment, and IMM.
Explore the work →Introduces a four-phase framework and provides worksheets for both ventures and investors to identify the key questions, inform choices, and improve alignment within and across each other.
immjourney.com →Handbook by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors that provides detailed yet practical end-to-end guidance for asset owners on impact investing strategy, implementation, IMM, and governance. I co-authored chapters 3 (on theory of change) and 5 (on IMM).
Read the handbook →A comprehensive review of the formative phase of the impact investment industry — tracking achievements, surfacing challenges, and identifying priorities for building the field.
Read the report →Publications
Additional publications are listed on the Projects and Publications page and on ResearchGate.
Recent webinars and recordings on impact measurement, systems thinking, and family office practice — each opens on YouTube.
Approaches, insights, and actionable guidance for family offices developing IMM approaches — featuring Wilstar, Builders Vision, and Good & Well.
Watch on YouTube →How systems-informed perspectives are reshaping impact strategy, investment practice, reporting, and learning.
Watch on YouTube →Translating systems thinking into practical investment and measurement strategies, with insights from pioneering investors Acumen and Access.
Watch on YouTube →Frameworks and lessons from experienced IMM practitioners, plus a new playbook for integrating systems thinking across the investment lifecycle.
Watch on YouTube →PhD Research
I pursued my doctorate part-time — an opportunity to bring together academic rigour and sustained inquiry to questions I was encountering in practice, but also to step beyond the immediate demands of the work and examine the field more carefully.
My doctoral research examined the emergence and evolution of IMM between 2011 and 2021 through interviews with investors, field-builders, standard-setters, policymakers, practitioners, and others, combined with analysis of the field’s documents and institutional infrastructure. This four-part series draws out key aspects of the findings and implications.
Alongside advisory, teaching, and formal research, I build sites and resources that make ideas more accessible — experiments in how to organise knowledge and invite people into the work.
Impact investing has scaled. But has the impact? An open exploration of accountability, integrity, and what it would take to close the gap between claims and results.
impactintegrity.org →Why impact measurement needs to move beyond what we control to what we share — exploring tensions in current models and shifts toward IM that is more relevant, relational, and responsive.
Read the field note →Inspired by earlier work on evaluating the field of impact investing, where I’m exploring how we (re)define success, what has happened in the last decade, and what is needed.
impinv.org →A resource for understanding and strengthening how impact considerations can be embedded in your investments — and the practical questions to ask as a retail investor.
knowyourimpact.org →Resources I Recommend
Foundational frameworks and entry points for building an IMM approach.
For practitioners deepening and refining their existing IMM work.
Courses, communities, and resources for upskilling and working in IMM.