As leaders across the social sector adopt the collective impact approach to problem solving, an important question looms in many people’s minds: Given how complex and unpredictable the work is, what ...

Staying abreast of the social sector’s expansive and evolving lexicon is challenging. Tracking evaluation terminology can be especially taxing. Standing at the intersection of academia and strategic ...

A couple of seminal studies published almost 20 years ago found that conservationists needed to start examining whether their actions were actually causing the desired effects. Assessing conservation ...

Assuming that a criminal justice program is evaluable and animpact evaluation is feasible, an appropriate research design must be developed. The basic idea of an impact evaluation is simple. Program ...

This year will see the Australian government pilot new ways to measure the impact of university research. As recommended by the Watt Review, the Engagement and Impact Assessment will encourage ...