Apologies for any cross-posting Evaluation Researchers meet in Pori, Finland Welcome to debate and learn about evaluation as a tool for practical development 8th International Conference on Evaluation for Practice will be held at University Consortium Pori, Finland, 18-20 June, 2012. The 1st conference of this important series was held in Huddersfield, UK, in 1995 and the 4th was held in Tampere, Finland, in 2002. Now conference returns to Finland after 10 years bringing together researchers and practitioners from all over the world. The focus of the conference is to make things better and thus to see evaluation as a tool for improvement. The Plenary Speakers represent the research fields of social work, social policy, nursing science and work life research. In addition, there will be an Australian - Finnish Plenary Panel about the quality assurance of higher education and the workshop presentations cover also the evaluation of regional development. The conference is sponsored by Tampere University Foundation, Federation of Finnish Learned Societies and The Finnish Work Environment Fund. The registration will be open until 8 June 2012 http://www.ucpori.fi/eval2012 8th International Conference on Evaluation for Practice Evaluation as a Tool for Research, Learning and Making Things Better A Conference for Experts of Education, Human Services and Policy With best regards Satu Kalliola Professor of Social Policy Eval 2012, Chair -- Satu Kalliola Sosiaalipolitiikan professori (ma) JUKOn pääluottamusmies (professorit, lehtorit, opetuspainotteiset tehtävät) 050-4302014 Tampereen yliopiston Porin yksikkö PL 181 (käyntiososoite: Pohjoisranta 11) 28101 Pori