Barbara Schmidt-Abbey, Author at EES

“In Search of a Golden Mean for Systemic Evaluation” – a public debate between Michael Quinn Patton and Mike C. Jackson hosted by EES

by Barbara Schmidt-Abbey | Mar 29, 2023 | Blog

By TWG8 Co-leaders Barbara Schmidt-Abbey and Kirsten Bording Collins The newly established EES Thematic Working Group 8 ‘Systems Approaches in Evaluation’ (TWG8) was honoured to host an online debate between two giants in their respective fields of evaluation...

From first-order to second-order evaluation practice: time to shift the ground

by Barbara Schmidt-Abbey | Aug 30, 2022 | Blog

Barbara Schmidt-Abbey (Open University) Joan O’Donnell (Maynooth University) Kirsten Bording Collins (Adaptive Purpose) Introduction The title of the 14th European Evaluation Society’s Biennial conference in Copenhagen in June 2022 posited that evaluation finds...