New Blog: Policy Red Teaming: Uncovering Policy Risks Before It’s Too Late.
Written by @lindalammensalo.bsky.social, CECAN Fellow & Knowledge Broker at the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
Available at: www.cecan.ac.uk/blog/policy-...
#SciencePolicy #SystemsThinking #Evaluation #Complexity
New Blog: Beyond the Ticking of the Evaluation Clock: Navigating the Temporal Eco-System of Policy Change, written by CECAN Fellow, @drlukeroberts.bsky.social.
Available now on the CECAN website: www.cecan.ac.uk/blog/beyond-...
#Policy #Evaluation #Complexity #SystemsThinking
CECAN Webinar - Embedding Systems Thinking in the Government’s Net Zero Strategy, with Adam Mackenzie-Jones and Nick Woodroof at the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ)
⏰Thursday 13th Nov, 1 - 2pm GMT
Find out more & register free ⬇️
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*Registration Open* CECAN Webinar - Embedding Systems Thinking in the Government’s Net Zero Strategy
Presented by Adam Mackenzie-Jones and Nick Woodroof
⏰13 Nov, 1pm
Find out more & register free ⬇️
www.cecan.ac.uk/events/cecan...
In case you missed last week's webinar: 'Lessons from commissioning, implementing and evaluating a multi-site, complex system change programme using a developmental evaluation approach', a recording is now available on the CECAN website: www.cecan.ac.uk/videos/
*CECAN Webinar* Lessons from commissioning, implementing and evaluating a multi-site, complex system change programme using a developmental evaluation approach, with the Health Foundation and Cordis Bright.
⏰9 Oct, 1 - 2pm
Find out more & register free ⬇️
www.cecan.ac.uk/events/cecan...
*CECAN Webinar* Lessons from commissioning, implementing and evaluating a multi-site, complex system change programme using a developmental evaluation approach, with the Health Foundation and Cordis Bright.
⏰9 Oct, 1pm
Find out more & register free ⬇️
www.cecan.ac.uk/events/cecan...
Our latest CECAN newsletter is out now! Find out more about what we've been up to and details of our upcoming events at: mailchi.mp/eefacd2f5a9e...
#Evaluation #Complexity #Policy
Last chance to register! CECAN Webinar – Benefits & challenges of conducting research with impact ‘built in’: reflections & findings from an evaluation of Electronic Monitoring with the Ministry of Justice, with Ian Brunton-Smith. 23 Jun, 1 - 2pm. www.cecan.ac.uk/events/cecan...
Join us for our CECAN Conference 2025 - 'New Government, New Approach to Evaluation?' on Mon 30 Jun (Online). With presentations from the Evaluation Task Force, Natural England and ICF. Find out more and register free at: www.cecan.ac.uk/events/cecan...
CECAN Webinar – Benefits & challenges of conducting research with impact ‘built in’: reflections & findings from an evaluation of Electronic Monitoring with the Ministry of Justice, with Ian Brunton-Smith. 23 Jun, 1 - 2pm. Register free: www.cecan.ac.uk/events/cecan...
*NEW CECAN Fellowship Scheme 2025* - A bespoke program of individual consultations with experts from the CECAN network! Application window open until 30 Jun. For details and to apply, see: www.cecan.ac.uk/cecan-fellow...
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NCRM has opened applications to participate in the Research Methods Rendezvous!
This free event will explore the process of turning early-stage ideas into #research projects.
#RMR2025 takes place online on 10 September and 29 October 2025.
Apply: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/RMR...
Join us for our CECAN Conference 2025 - 'New Government, New Approach to Evaluation?' on Mon 30 Jun. With presentations from the Evaluation Task Force, Natural England and ICF. Find out more and register free at: www.cecan.ac.uk/events/cecan...
CECAN Webinar – The benefits and challenges of conducting research with impact ‘built in’: reflections and findings from an evaluation of Electronic Monitoring with the Ministry of Justice, with Ian Brunton-Smith. 23 Jun, 1 - 2pm BST. Register free: www.cecan.ac.uk/events/cecan...
CECAN Webinar – The benefits and challenges of conducting research with impact ‘built in’: reflections and findings from an evaluation of Electronic Monitoring with the Ministry of Justice, with Ian Brunton-Smith. 23 Jun, 1 - 2pm BST. Register free: www.cecan.ac.uk/events/cecan...
*New* How to carry out a complex evaluation – Resource guide! Offering key resources for evaluating complex systems, including toolkits, frameworks, and methods. This is a living document – suggestions welcome! www.cecan.ac.uk/resources/ho...
#Complexity #Evaluation
Handling #Complexity in #Policy #Evaluation: Online Workshop Series Summer 2025 - providing the knowledge and practical advice to allow you to deal with complexity in policy analysis and evaluation. *Training bursaries available!* For details see: www.cecan.ac.uk/training/
The Participatory System Mapper (PRSM) – New Features. PRSM is evolving — and it’s better than ever, thanks to feedback from our growing community of users! Find out more about PRSM version 2.5 at: www.cecan.ac.uk/news/the-par...
*Early Bird Discount ends 11 May* Handling #Complexity in #Policy #Evaluation: Online Workshop Series Summer 2025 - based on the Supplementary Guide to the Magenta Book on #evaluation. *Training bursaries available!* For details see: www.cecan.ac.uk/training/
*New Training - Summer / Autumn 2025* - Courses now LIVE! Including the Handling Complexity in Policy Evaluation Series, Adaptive and Developmental Evaluation, Process Tracing and QCA. Early Bird discount and training bursaries available. Details at: www.cecan.ac.uk/training/
*NEW CECAN Fellowship Scheme 2025* - A bespoke program of individual consultations with experts from the CECAN network! Application window now open (1 May - 30 Jun). For details and to apply, see: www.cecan.ac.uk/cecan-fellow...
Our latest CECAN newsletter is out now! Find out more about what we've been up to and details of our upcoming events at: mailchi.mp/60ae653cc09c...
#Evaluation #Complexity #Policy
CECAN Webinar – The benefits and challenges of conducting research with impact ‘built in’: reflections and findings from an evaluation of Electronic Monitoring with the Ministry of Justice, with Ian Brunton-Smith. 23 Jun, 1 - 2pm BST. Includes live Q&A! Register free: www.cecan.ac.uk/events/cecan...
*New Resource* - 'Guidance on using large language models to extract cause-and-effect pairs from texts for systems mapping', written by Jordan White and Pete Barbrook-Johnson. See: www.cecan.ac.uk/resources/to...
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NCRM is inviting researchers to contribute to its unique new event, the Research Methods Rendezvous!
The two-day, online event will provide attendees with the opportunity to present research ideas and develop them with other researchers.
Read the call: https://buff.ly/3EnkrUs
We're working with UK Evaluation Society on their Masterclasses for Process Tracing (4 Feb) and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (5 Feb). Limited spaces available. For details and to book, see: evaluation.org.uk/community-le...
We're delighted to welcome Olumide Adisa to the team. Olumide has recently been awarded a CECAN Fellowship: 'A story-telling approach to developing a complexity-aware theory of change for violence prevention'. Find out more at: www.cecan.ac.uk/about-us/cec...
Our latest CECAN Newsletter is out now! Find out more about what we've been up to at: mailchi.mp/5449720f300e...
