Rob D. van den Berg is a Visiting Professor at King’s College London since 2015 and an Honorary Associate at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

His past positions include Chair of the Evaluation Advisory Panel of IFAD, Chair of the Advisory Group on Evaluation and Learning of the Climate Investment Funds at the World Bank, Member of the Advisory Council of Wilton Park, Director of the Independent Evaluation Office of the Global Environment Facility (2004-2014), Director of the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1999-2004), Senior Advisor on Research at the European Commission and various positions in Dutch development cooperation. From 2002 to 2004, he was the chairman of the OECD/DAC Network on Development Evaluation.

Research

Rob has published more than 30 articles on development, research and evaluation and has co-edited eight books. He studied contemporary history at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. His current research is on evaluation of sustainability and transformational change in light of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals. His most recent publication is Evidence for Hope: The Emerging Sustainability Revolution.