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It seems to me that the principles of population ecology could be very useful in understanding program sustainability. Continue reading →

Are principles of population ecology useful in understanding sustainability as evaluators use the term? Continue reading →

Discussion in the first session of the Azenet Tucson book club – th Theory; using explanatory power section with the introduction to life cycle behavior (p.49). The most common evaluation activity among our members is evaluation of state or federally funded … Continue reading →

Our book group is part of the Tucson, Arizona contingent of Azenet, an AEA affiliate. Reading Evaluation in the Face of Uncertainty chapters 1-4 has stimulated the rich discussion and experience sharing that we had hoped for, among new and experienced … Continue reading →

Place for participants to state preferences about workshop content, to let others offer an opinion about content for a workshop like this, and for participants to get to know each other. Continue reading →

We have been musing about whether evaluation as practiced by the members of AEA is framed within too narrow range of political and social ideologies. Continue reading →

Evaluating the relationship between development and democracy. Comments sought on draft of a presentation Continue reading →

I have been toying with an idea about thinking of “fidelity” in terms of “attractors” as they are cast in complex adaptive systems (CAS). Continue reading →

Submitted by Jonny Morell Joanne Farley Tarek Azzam Abstract: How does political ideology affect program theories, methodologies, and metrics? Participants will be randomly assigned to groups, and asked to sketch an evaluation based on one of three positions. 1) Government … Continue reading →

How do concepts of “complexity” play in Evaluation? Continue reading →