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One-day conference, ‘Systems perspectives on policy development and evaluation’. Tuesday 26 June 2018, London
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 to explore the value of systems thinking for understanding policy problems, finding policy solutions and evaluating them. Speakers are drawn from a range of fields of social policy. The conference is for both academic and non-academic participants, including research users and research commissioners.
The event has been organised by the Policy Innovation Research Unit at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, with support from the Social Research Association.
Confirmed talks:
• 'What does it mean to have a systems perspective on policy development and evaluation?' Diane Finegood, Simon Fraser University, Canada.
• 'The imperative and demands of a complex systems lens on evaluation.' Zenda Ofir, South African scientist and independent evaluator.
• 'Theory of change and systems change: what happens when two disciplines collide?' Katie Boswell, Deputy Head of Funders within NPC’s research and consulting team.
• 'Wicked problems, wicked solutions: evaluating system change.' Matt Barnard, head of the communities, work and income team at NatCen Social Research.
• 'NHS England’s approach to evaluating complex system change: The New Care Models (NCM) Programme.' Samantha Hinks, Operational Research and Evaluation Unit, Analytical Services, NHS England.
• 'A complex systems approach to creating and evaluating the conditions for health in low income communities.' Katrina Wyatt, Deputy Director for engaged research at the Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health.
There will be time for questions after each presentation, and in a panel session afterwards.
Who should attend?
- Policy advisers and officials interested in a broader perspective on policy development and evaluation.
- Professional evaluators interested in different approaches to evaluation.
- Academics with an interest in public policy and evaluation
- Commentators on public policy issues
- Commissioners of evaluation
Venue: British Library Knowledge Centre, Euston Road, London
Date: 26 June 2018
Time: 10.00 – 4.35
Price including lunch and refreshments: £95 (SRA members pay £75)
Registration: http://the-sra.org.uk/event-registration/?ee=636
Best regards
Social Research Association
www.the-sra.org.uk
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