Kia ora / hi, my name is Celestyna Galicki. Here, I share practice guides based on my experience working in research, evaluation, insights, analytics and strategy roles in the public sector in New Zealand after my PhD in social sciences (Politics). This website is mainly a resource for people who know me already, but feel free to connect on LinkedIn if you found it randomly and find it useful :)

Practice

• An honest guide to evaluation if you were never taught how to do it. Transitioning into evaluation roles is one of the common pathways for social science academics leaving academia.
• How to write evaluation and insights reports so that people actually read them and don’t hate you. The way academia teaches us to write is not a good fit for other industries.
• An illustration of best practice in reporting writing in action in EY’s report on traffic management in Auckland.
• How to design measures for programmes.

Moving from academia to industry

• Research in academia vs industry – the differences were a bit of a culture shock for me
• Advice for social sciences PhD looking for non-academic research jobs (note: New Zealand context)