Transformation

Not transformation as buzzword, but as serious inquiry. What does genuine transformation look like, how do we recognise it, what enables or blocks it, and what role can evaluation play in making it real?
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
03
Jan
Towards Transformation, 3.  A grand narrative for evaluation in this era

Towards Transformation, 3. A grand narrative for evaluation in this era

In its very essence, the concept of evaluation is beautiful, I argued long ago in one of my first blog
5 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
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10
Dec
Glenn Page's Top YEE Tips: Ecological stewardship in evaluation

Glenn Page's Top YEE Tips: Ecological stewardship in evaluation

As a restoration ecologist who has come to embrace the power of evaluation to better understand systems change, help develop
5 min read
25
Sep
Towards Transformation, 2. Interactions between the SDGs

Towards Transformation, 2. Interactions between the SDGs

If you read this year only one set of papers useful for SDG related evaluation, let it be this ISC/
9 min read
21
Sep
Guest Post: The resilience of evaluation in turbulent times

Guest Post: The resilience of evaluation in turbulent times

What dominates the world we live in today is the highly unsustainable fossil fuels addiction that is inducing upon us
4 min read
09
Oct
The DAC criteria, Part 3. What should determine them?

The DAC criteria, Part 3. What should determine them?

It will be unwise only to 'fix' in an ad hoc manner the weaknesses in the composition and
2 min read
25
Mar

AWSEM! A framework for empowering women scientists

In one of my recent posts I wrote about the pervasive influence of power on development, and the imperative to
5 min read
23
Mar
An evaluation agenda for our time

An evaluation agenda for our time

The Fourth Industrial Revolution? Klaus Schwab provides an intriguing analysis of the context within which the ambitions expressed in the
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