Gender and Evaluation
Systems Thinking: prioritizing gender, marginalized voices and ecologies
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Looking for case studies that have adopted systems thinking and gender-transformative lens together in evaluation
Hi everyone, I have been looking around for case studies that have adopted systems thinking and gender-transformative lens together in evaluation. I work with ISST which runs a Gender Transformative Evaluation course for early and mid career professionals and we are developing some new material for…
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Theory of Change
Hi everyone. We'd welcome your view point and experience of working with a 'Theory of Change'.They have been broadly criticized for being too cause-effect for systemic evaluation. But is it possible to change this view by asking critical questions about its nature? Can we ask questions about the…
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Out for review!
Just to keep our members updated, a draft of Chapters 1 - 5 went out to our Advisory Group of awesome people with expertise in different aspects of systems and/or evaluation practice. We look forward to their reviews!
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What's needed more - Tools, Methodologies or Training?
This is a question that seems to come up a lot for me. What is it that practitioners really need to be systemic evaluators? Better tools? A way to do a holistic evaluation analysis of impact? Or training and professional development?Most appreciative of your opinion.Cheers,Anne
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New Publication on the Inclusive Systemic Thinking for Gender, Environments and Marginalised Voices
Hi all,I'm delighted to announce that the authors of the forthcoming Inclusive Systemic Thinking evaluation guidance, Ellen Lewis, Shravanti Reddy and myself, have a journal paper providing overview of the forthcoming approach which is available here:…
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Learning as we're doing practice....
We are now officially in the trial stage to analyse GEMSE theory into practice. We've partnered with an agency to help think through what a GEMSE approach to developing a Concept Note can do for evaluation design. As always, your thoughts are most welcome. Anne and Ellen…
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Evaluation: a crucial ingredient for SDG success
"Evaluation: a crucial ingredient for SDG success" is now published.This article supports the view that we need to approach evaluation by recognising the SDGs are interrelated and complex. Linear methods of measurement will not go far enough. A systems approach is what we need!Please see the…
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What is your understanding of systems thinking?
We believe that systems thinking has a place in evaluation because it lets us think strategically about complexity and multiple intersectional influences that impact an intervention. What do you think?
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Our latest blog post
Hi members. Ellen and I have posted a blog which focusses on our interest to bring into social systemic evaluation the marginalised and often voiceless ecological landscape. That is, nature, environment, or other-than-humans. It goes by many names. Can evaluations question how well the…
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Boundary judgements
Welcome new members!We are curious about how you use and think about 'boundaries' in your work. It is a key systems thinking concept. Boundaries relate to the ideas/tools/models that are used in evaluation decision-making. When we reflect on the boundaries, we call this 'reflection on boundary…
Prioritizing gender, marginalized voices and ecologies.