Prof. Yoko Ishida, after having worked as an international cooperation consultant for 25 years, joined the Center for the Study of International Cooperation in Education, Hiroshima University in October 2015. When she worked as a consultant, she joined various policy-, program- and project-level evaluations of the Ministry Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), local governments, NGOs etc. She has studied mixed method approaches for evaluating capacity development projects based on her experiences in the fields.
Currently, as Vice President (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) of Hiroshima University; as President of Japan Evaluation Society (JES); and as President of Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA), she is engaged in capacity development of younger generations in Japan and in developing countries. She is also a member of the MoFA Policy Evaluation Advisory Group.
