About us
We are a research and evaluation firm working in fragile and conflict-affected states across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Our teams have conducted endline evaluations of programmes reaching hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries, mapped conflict dynamics in active war zones, and assessed gender-based violence interventions in displacement settings from South Sudan to Tunisia.
We hold framework agreements with UNICEF, OCHA, the German Foreign Office, and the UK's FCDO. Our clients include Save the Children, Danish Refugee Council, Mercy Corps, CARE, and Oxfam.
Based in London, Nairobi, and Dar es Salaam, with a regional hub in Singapore, we deploy mixed-methods teams that combine quantitative rigour with deep contextual knowledge. We do not subcontract analysis to generalists. Every project is led by researchers who specialise in the region and thematic area in question.
Our Story
Bodhi started in 2017 when two researchers grew frustrated with development consultancies that treated conflict analysis and gender assessment as box-ticking exercises. We wanted to build a firm where PhD-level expertise was standard, where researchers spent weeks in the field rather than days, and where findings were not softened to please commissioners.
That approach won us work. By 2018, we had opened an office in Nairobi to support our expanding East Africa portfolio. In 2023, we established Bodhi Asia in Singapore to serve the ASEAN region. In 2025, we opened our Tanzania subsidiary in Dar es Salaam.
Today we employ around 20 staff across our London and Nairobi offices, supported by a network of approximately 300 national consultants across approximately 85 countries. Our project portfolio now includes over 180 completed assignments. We have conducted baseline studies for programmes with budgets exceeding £50 million, evaluated humanitarian responses in active conflict zones, and produced political economy analyses that have shaped donor strategy in the Sahel, Horn of Africa, and Southeast Asia.
We organise our work across three teams. The Research team leads our conflict analyses, political economy assessments, gender and inclusion studies, and formative research. The Monitoring and Evaluation team delivers baseline, midline, and endline evaluations, as well as ongoing programme monitoring. The Operations team manages logistics, HR, compliance, and finance across all three offices. Both technical teams draw on quantitative researchers who design and implement surveys, from sampling through to econometric analysis.
We are ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001 certified. We are signatories to the Women's Empowerment Principles. Fifty percent of our ownership and senior leadership positions are held by women.
Meet the team
Our staff are based in London and Nairobi. We work with approximately 300 national consultants in approximately 85 countries.