Shannon Shisler

Designation

Lead Evaluation Specialist

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Shannon supports the production of systematic reviews and provides quality assurance for the data related to such projects. She has nearly two decades of experience in maternal and child health research, particularly in the context of addiction in low-income families.

10 June 2025

Updating the rigorous evidence base on food security interventions in humanitarian settings

In 2022, 3ie published an Evidence Gap Map (EGM) of impact evaluations and systematic reviews of emergency food security interventions. Since then, the need for our easily accessible evidence…

06 June 2025

El Niño’s grip on the Indo-Pacific: declining agricultural productivity and wider socio-economic consequences

As we approach mid-2025, it may be easy to forget last year’s record global weather anomalies associated with global warming and the recent El Niño event. This cyclical phenomenon occurs in the…

20 May 2025

Tackling food insecurity and malnutrition while building resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: what works?

An upcoming rapid evidence assessment of the effects of information, capacity strengthening, and behaviour change interventionsThe global situation on food security and nutrition is alarming…

10 December 2024

Learning from more than two decades of market access interventions for smallholder farmers

Subsistence or small-scale farming remains the primary source of livelihood for households in rural areas. Numerous factors inhibit farmers’ access and participation in markets—farmers being too far…

Evidence base of sexual and reproductive health and rights interventions

28 September 2023

Evidence base of sexual and reproductive health and rights interventions growing, but gaps remain

Ahead of World Contraception Day (26 September) and International Safe Abortion Day (28 September), UN experts called for states, especially those in emergency, humanitarian and crisis situations, to…

Blogs by author

Updating the rigorous evidence base on food security interventions in humanitarian settings

El Niño’s grip on the Indo-Pacific: declining agricultural productivity and wider socio-economic consequences

Tackling food insecurity and malnutrition while building resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: what works?

Learning from more than two decades of market access interventions for smallholder farmers

Evidence base of sexual and reproductive health and rights interventions growing, but gaps remain