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Methodology

Methodology is more than methods. It is about how we think about knowledge, evidence and rigour, and whose ways of knowing shape the choices we make. Posts here explore methodological thinking especially at the evaluation-transformation nexus — evaluation OF, FOR, AS AND IN transformation — from technical design and mixed methods to epistemological foundations, complexity-or living systems responsive approaches, and what methodological fitness for purpose in this time of polycrisis demands.
16
Jul
Guest post: The etcetera of Transformative Evaluation

Guest post: The etcetera of Transformative Evaluation

Umberto Eco, in the opening pages to his book The Infinity of Lists provides evaluators with a ticklish challenge: stability
3 min read
12
Apr
Guest post: The Efficiency criterion

Guest post: The Efficiency criterion

The OECD/DAC criteria have been under review and debate since 2018. As Zenda Ofir explained in her widely discussed
5 min read
28
Mar
Jo Puri's Top YEE Tips: So, you want to be an evaluator?

Jo Puri's Top YEE Tips: So, you want to be an evaluator?

I head the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) of the Green Climate Fund, an office that was founded only two years
3 min read
26
Mar
Fabiola Amariles' Top YEE Tips: Reflections on attitudes

Fabiola Amariles' Top YEE Tips: Reflections on attitudes

Zenda's invitation to contribute to her blog with some tips "from the Global South" for Young
3 min read
09
Jan
Snippet: How data visualisation can mislead

Snippet: How data visualisation can mislead

We live in an era of 'big data' and 'big information'. We work in an increasingly
2 min read
20
Dec
Guest post: Integrated framework for the evaluation of Agenda 2030 in LAC

Guest post: Integrated framework for the evaluation of Agenda 2030 in LAC

Sustainable development consists of satisfying the needs of the present generation without compromising the capacity of future generations to meet
2 min read
18
Dec
When can we claim 'success'?

When can we claim 'success'?

I have long thought that evaluators don't define 'success' in meaningful ways. Now highly respected economist
4 min read
14
Dec
Donna Mertens

Donna Mertens’ Top Tips for YEEs. Youthful Energy Contribution to the Pursuit of Transformative Evaluation

The final session of the 2018 American Evaluation Association meeting was devoted to engaging with youth in evaluation; the wonderful
3 min read
28
Nov
Apollo Nkwake's Top YEE Tips: Assumptions-aware evaluation

Apollo Nkwake's Top YEE Tips: Assumptions-aware evaluation

Assumptions are what we believe to be true. They may be explicit or implicit. Unexamined or tacit assumptions can be
2 min read
23
Nov
Jennifer Greene's one Top YEE Tip

Jennifer Greene's one Top YEE Tip

Top Tip. Make sure you recognise and internalise the multiple facets of evaluation as a social practice. The practice of
2 min read