As a social scientist, the focus of Alison’s work over the past 25 years has been in the field of ‘social performance’, predominantly in the extractive industry (mining), and over recent years, in the renewable energy sector. During this time Alison has focussed on supporting clients to become transformative actors in the sectors of society and local communities where they have influence and reach.

 A significant focus of her current work is in the design and facilitation of learning journeys and dialogue spaces, where ideas and people need to be connected, and current ways of being, doing and thinking, reconsidered. Alison also does a lot of work building the capacity of people who hold the responsibility for the CSR, social performance and/or relationship aspect of an organisation’s portfolio. This is done through the development and implementation of training programmes and communities of practice, in the design and facilitation of social change and engagement processes, and in hosting conversations and workshops around key ‘social performance’ topics in the corporate and non-profit sectors.

Other key work experience includes: development and assessment of corporate social investment/benefit delivery strategies and programmes; resettlement planning; due diligence and IFC compliance assurance; social risk assessment processes; development of stakeholder engagement strategies; design and facilitation of theory of change processes; development of management and monitoring plans, and so on.