Aoife O’Higgins is Director of Evidence at Foundations, the National What Works Centre for Children and Families, where she leads research, evaluation, and grant‑making to strengthen evidence based support for children and families. She also contributes to teaching and academic supervision at Oxford’s Department of Social Policy and Intervention. Her work focuses on building rigorous, policy‑relevant evidence to improve outcomes for children, especially those with experience of children's services. Aoife is passionate about the potential for good data to transform the lives of children for the better.