aes26 International Evaluation Conference: Full Schedule

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2:30pm ACST

Interrogating problem representations in evaluation: Are we solving the right problems?

Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm ACST

Rooms 3+4

Authors: Andrew Boyle
Development programs often focus on whether interventions achieve intended outcomes, yet comparatively little attention is given to how the problems those interventions seek to address are defined. The way a problem is represented shapes which interventions are considered possible, influencing theories of change, program design, and the evaluation questions that follow.

Speakers

Andrew Boyle

Andrew Boyle Consulting

Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm ACST
Rooms 3+4 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia

Traditional and new ways

Format Round table
Audience Level Intermediate, Advanced
Industry Education and training, Environment and climate change, Community and social services, International development, Economic development tourism and infrastructure
ID 135

4:30pm ACST

Centring Indigenous worldviews: Warlpiri and the Itaukei Trust Affairs Board case learning

Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ACST

Rooms 1+2

Authors: Alexander Gyles (La Trobe University), Allan Mua Illingworth (Muaakia Consulting), Glenda Napaljarri Wayne (La Trobe University), Mildred Napaljarri Spencer (La Trobe University), Raelene Jigili (Central Land Council), Marilyn Vilsoni (Solve Pacific)

“How might we most appropriately track and describe change about impact and wellbeing in Indigenous Australian and Fijian communities?”

Led by Indigenous community researchers and MEL practitioners, the session draws on two grounded case examples: the YWPP (Warlpiri Education and Training Trust, Tanami NT) approach to tracking learning and wellbeing, and community-centred MEL work supported by the Itaukei Trust Affairs Board (TTFB).

The session will be highly interactive: participants will break into small, facilitated groups with community and TTFB representatives to interrogate practice, and the table will close with a plenary synthesis that surfaces cross-case lessons, tensions, and practical next steps for culturally respectful MEL.

Speakers

Alexander Gyles

Research Fellow - Monitoring and Evaluation, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University

Alex Gyles is a Research Fellow working in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) at the Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University. He works closely with Marlkirdi Rose Napaljarri on the YWPP project and finds fieldwork with the YWPP team an exciting learning... Read More →

Allan Mua Illingworth

Glenda Napaljarri Wayne

Glenda Wayne Napaljarri is a community researcher on the YWPP
project from Yuendumu. She has developed her practice working
as an adult literacy tutor in Yuendumu’s Community Learning
Centre. In addition to conducting research in her home community
of Yuendumu, Glenda has travelled... Read More →

Traditional and new ways

Format Round table
Audience Level Foundational, Intermediate
Industry Community and social services, Economic development tourism and infrastructure, Education and training, International development
ID 232

aes26 International Evaluation Conference

2:30pm ACST

Andrew Boyle

4:30pm ACST

Alexander Gyles

Allan Mua Illingworth

Glenda Napaljarri Wayne

Raelene Jigili

Mildred Napaljarri Spencer

Marilyn Vilisoni

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