In this session, Matt Healey shares the outcomes of his CECAN Fellowship, which set out to connect place theory, complexity science, and evaluation methodology. The result is the Some of Place framewo...

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This year, we are looking beyond the UK to explore how policy evaluation is evolving internationally. We’ll bring together leading voices from the US and Europe to compare and contrast how different r...

This webinar presents the newly published Test and Learn Annex to the Magenta Book, co-authored by Dr Gloria Crabolu during a British Academy Fellowship secondment at the Cabinet Office Evaluation Tas...

This year, we are looking beyond the UK to explore how policy evaluation is evolving internationally. We’ll bring together leading voices from the US and Europe to compare and contrast how different r...

CECAN has established a Fellowship Scheme for those who wish to participate and contribute to its work. The scheme provides opportunities for those from Government and business to forge useful and las...

This webinar is an invitation to reflect together on what it means to build more robust policies in conditions of uncertainty and the role knowledge brokering models can play in doing so.

Following a recent webinar on the Shaping Places for Healthier Lives (SPHL) programme, Hardeep Aiden, Joshua Butt, and Louise Ashwell take a deeper look at the lessons learned from its implementation ...

Integrated rainwater management (IRM) is an approach to managing rainwater more deliberately, more locally, and more strategically across the complex, interconnected socio-technical system it sits in ...

This webinar is an invitation to reflect together on what it means to build more robust policies in conditions of uncertainty and the role knowledge brokering models can play in doing so.

CECAN has established a Fellowship Scheme for those who wish to participate and contribute to its work. The scheme provides opportunities for those from Government and business to forge useful and las...

In this session, Dr Luke Roberts introduces the Temporal Plurality and Energy Activation (TPEA) Framework. This is a radical shift from "Evaluation as Audit" to "Evaluation as Temporal Diagnosis." We ...

Place-based approaches are everywhere. From urban regeneration to health equity, from community development to environmental management, governments and funders worldwide are targeting interventions a...

Marine planning in England plays a crucial role in shaping how our seas are used, balancing economic development with environmental protection and social needs.

Traditional evaluation often relies on rigid timelines that don't match reality; this blog explores a new framework for navigating the diverse temporal rhythms of schools, hospitals, and communities.

In this webinar, Adam and Nick from the Net Zero Systems Team in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) will share how their team addresses these challenges through their work to embed systems thinking into net zero and carbon budgets policy development and analysis.