Joanna Hofman

(she/her)

Joanna Hofman is deputy director at RAND Europe where she leads the Employment, Skills and Equality research portfolio. She specialises in process and impact evaluations drawing on various research designs and approaches. She has led several evaluations of randomised controlled trials funded by the UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and evidence reviews on employment, in-work progression, migration, welfare and pension policies. She oversees a portfolio of research on youth employment for the Youth Futures Foundation. She carried out studies on incentives to work for parents with young children, on binding pay-transparency measures, and on high-quality job creation for the European Parliament. She completed several projects on gender equality for the European Institute for Gender Equality.

Experience

  • –present
    Senior Research Leader, RAND Europe
  • 2009–2013
    Senior evaluation consultant, Coffey International Development
  • 2003–2009
    Head of Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, Ministry of Regional Development

Education

  • 2022 
    Warsaw University, Master in International Relations
  • 2005 
    University College Dublin, Master in European economics and public affairs

Grants and Contracts

  • 2021
    Wellbeing Impact Study of HS2 (WISH2)
    Role:
    Co-Applicant
    Funding Source:
    National Institute for Health Research

Contact Joanna for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision