Valerie Menelec

Valerie has worked for the last 13 years as an independent consultant in the field of dialogue and conversation, providing collaborative structures and frameworks to support strategic and consultative assignments in the UK public and not for profit sectors. She has a solid research background having completed a Doctorate in Business Management. She is fluent in three languages and is accustomed to working across different cultures. Her current work is focused on process evaluation and data collection. She has recently undertaken a research and evaluation process for the Citizens’ Lab and presented a number of recommendations aimed at strengthening and scaling up the network model across Europe. For the European Commission, Valerie undertook the design and delivery of an evaluation of a pilot citizens dialogue project across 8 European countries aimed at assessing the effectiveness and impact of a participatory process.