Bagele Chilisa is a Professor of the Post Graduate Research and Evaluation Program at the University of Botswana. She has conducted evaluation research for DFID, FAWE, UNICEF, UNDP, WHO, UNESCO, Economic Commission for Africa, World Bank and ILO. She has also facilitated evaluation workshops for CLEAR, IPDET and AFrEA. She is the founding member of the Botswana Society of evaluators and currently its chairperson. Her work has focused on culturally and contextually responsive evaluation.