Public policies are about changing systems but conventional approaches to
their evaluation have largely ignored this insight. This conference will
explore these issues with a number of leading thinkers and practitioners of
systems approaches to policy development and evaluation. The day will bring
together researchers and policymakers from a range of sectors and
disciplines. It will explore the value of systems thinking for
understanding policy problems, finding policy solutions and evaluating
them. The implications of systems thinking for policy evaluation will be a
particular focus of the day. Speakers are drawn from a range of fields of
social policy. The meeting is aimed at both academic and non-academic
participants, including research users and research commissioners.
*Programme*:
Diane Finegood (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver) What does it mean to
have a systems perspective on policy development and evaluation?
Katrina Wyatt (University of Exeter) A complex systems approach to creating
and evaluating the conditions for health in low income communities
Samantha Hinks (NHS England) NHS England’s approach to evaluating complex
system change: The New Care Models (NCM) Programme
Matt Barnard (Acting Head of Crime, Justice & Attitudes, NatCen) Wicked
problems, wicked solutions: evaluating system change
Katie Boswell (Deputy Head of Funders, New Philanthropy Capital) Theory of
change and systems change: what happens when two disciplines collide?
Zenda Ofir (Independent Evaluator / Stellenbosch University) The imperative
and demands of a complex systems lens on evaluation
Panel discussion:
Diane Finegood (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver)
Joseph Lowe (HM Treasury)
David Johnson (Department for Work & Pensions)
Catherine Foot (Centre for Ageing Better)
Tim Baxter (Department of Health & Social Care)
Date: *Tuesday 26 June 2018*
Location: British Library, London
Further details and registration:
http://the-sra.org.uk/event-registration/?ee=636
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