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Can we please stop using useless terms like “wicked problems”?!

by Chris Ross | Nov 15, 2022 | Blog

This is just one of the recurring themes Dr. Ralph Renger addresses in his new release, System Evaluation Theory: A blueprint for practitioners evaluating complex interventions operating and functioning as systems. “The focus in evaluation on wicked problems is...

What we were reading in October: Refugees, Resilience, Diversification, COP27 and M&E in Africa

by Sharon Scotcher | Nov 4, 2022 | Blog

Getting the balance right in the refugee humanitarian-development nexus | Itad Refugee policy has featured prominently in evaluation of international development policy for decades. By most accounts, the issue will only increase in urgency as the climate crisis...

There is Value in Casting Project Schedules as Logic Models

by Jonny Morell | Oct 19, 2022 | Blog

Program schedules can be used as evaluation logic models. Making this linkage provides two benefits. One is a stronger connection between program managers and evaluators. Do a thought experiment: how many program managers would be upset if the evaluation logic model...

What we read in September : Ethical standards, Bayesian Updating and Reviewing Theories of Change

by Sharon Scotcher | Oct 3, 2022 | Blog

Standards of care in policy research | 3ie It hardly needs restating that ethical structures have come to occupy a central place in evaluation. The Belmont Principles and their descendants have proven to be among the core motivating forces for M&E research. The...

Instrumental Application of Complexity Science to Evaluation

by Jonny Morell | Sep 15, 2022 | Blog

My professional interest is to bridge the disciplinary boundary between Evaluation and Complexity Science. In this effort I am not alone (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). The bridge is important because programs and outcomes exhibit complex behavior. Without appreciating this reality,...

Make sure you receive your monthly EES Newsletter

by Sharon Scotcher | Sep 13, 2022 | Blog

We have noticed that a number of members are not currently opted-in within their EES Membership Profile to receive our monthly newsletter EuropEval Digest. Going forward, we will only be sending the newsletter to those who have explicitly opted-in to receiving it, to...