Meet the Team
Roland Blomeyer
Director and Senior Researcher / Evaluator
Director and Senior Researcher/Evaluator at Blomeyer & Sanz, having established the firm in 2004.
He has an educational background in law, political and administration sciences and economics (LLM, Paris; MA Durham; Diploma, Speyer; PhD Candidate, Bristol).
Before establishing Blomeyer & Sanz in 2004, Roland worked for different private sector consultancies (ECORYS and LRDP, both in Brussels), the German agency for development cooperation (in Frankfurt and Prague) and Strathclyde Regional Council (in Glasgow).
Roland has some 20 years of experience and has worked for a wider range of international, European and national / regional institutions. International organisations include the OSCE and UNDP; European institutions include the Council of Europe, European Parliament, European Commission and a series of different European Union Agencies; national/regional-level experience includes the Swedish International Development Agency and different territorial authorities in Spain and Austria.
Roland is experienced with a series of qualitative and quantitative research and evaluation methods, with specific experience with case study approaches and process tracing.
Roland has delivered research and evaluation assignments in a wide range of policy areas, with a specific interest in integrity and accountability policy, capacity development in the areas of human rights, democracy and the rule of law and the European Union’s Cohesion Policy.
Roland is fluent in English, German, French and Spanish.
Margarita Sanz
Senior Researcher / Evaluator
Senior Researcher / Evaluator at Blomeyer & Sanz since 2014.
She has an educational background in law and translation (LLM, Alcalá; MA Madrid).
Before working at Blomeyer & Sanz, Margarita worked for the public administration (Regional Ministry of Finances, in Brussels and Toledo) and the private sector (International Road Transport Association – ASTIC, in Madrid). During the period she worked in ASTIC, Margarita was responsible for the department of International relations and relations with the specialised media.
Margarita has 19 years of experience and has worked for the Government of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), the International Road Union, the French Comité National Routier; and for European institutions, including the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Institute for Gender Equality.
Margarita is experienced with qualitative and European Union legal research methods, stakeholders’ consultation, online surveys management and human resources management. She deals with the general administration and legal issues of Blomeyer & Sanz.
Her main research areas are European Union’s Transport Policy and the European Union action in the field of gender equality.
She is fluent in Spanish, French, English and Italian.
Nicolò Franceschelli
Senior Researcher / Evaluator
Researcher/Evaluator at Blomeyer & Sanz, having joined the firm in January 2014.
He has an educational background in political sciences and a masters in public policies and evaluation (LLM, Bologna; MA Madrid).
Before joining Blomeyer & Sanz in 2014, Nicolò worked in the Italian third sector for almost 10 years in the areas of ageing social services (Bologna).
Nicolò has more than 10 years of experience working with CSOs and local and regional authorities in Italy and Spain. He has also worked for various European institutions, including the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of Europe as well as for national and international organisations, such us the United Nations Associations of Sweden and the EEA and Norway Grants.
Nicolò has a good command of both qualitative and quantitative methods including desk and field research, stakeholders’ consultation, focus groups and online surveys management.
He has conducted / contributed to research and evaluation assignments in a broad range of policy areas, including social inclusion, human rights, capacity developments, democracy, rule of law, migration, ageing, environment, fishery and the European Union’s Cohesion Policy.
Nicolò is fluent in English, Spanish and Italian.
Veronika Kubeková
Researcher
Veronika has an educational background in international economic relations (BA, Bratislava) and international security (MA, SciencesPo Paris). She is currently enrolled in a Master degree program focused on evaluations of programmes and public policies at the University Complutense, Madrid.
Veronika has been working at Blomeyer & Sanz since 2017 when she first joined the company as an intern. She has developed a sound knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research and evaluation methods, including desk research, stakeholders’ consultations and online surveys. She is experienced in data collection both remotely as well as through field visits and observations.
Veronika has contributed to a number of research and evaluation assignments for European, international as well as national clients and NGOs, such as the European Parliament, the Council of Europe, Red Noses International, ICMPD, WWF NL, IUCNL NL.
Her main areas of interest are human rights, social inclusion, rule of law and security related issues. Methodologically, her interest lies in gender-sensitive evaluations.
Veronika is a native Slovak speaker, understands Czech and speaks fluent English and French. She has a working knowledge of Spanish.
Kylie Jabjiniak
Junior Researcher & Evaluator
Junior Researcher & Evaluator
Her academic interests include emotion in international politics, historical memory in the wake of political violence, and critical theories of international relations. In her position at Blomeyer & Sanz, Ellen has supported research and evaluation on transparency and accountability; development; and foreign affairs, for both international NGOs and European Union institutional clients.