Evaluation Uncertainty

Surprises in Programs and their Evaluations

Jonathan (Jonny) A. Morell, PhD
JAMORELL@JAMORELL.COM

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Evaluation & Planning

Why do Evaluators Need to Understand Complexity?

June 28, 2021 jamorell Uncategorized, What do research and theory in complexity and systems tell us about evaluation practice and evaluation theory?

How Might Complexity Science Inform the Design and Conduct of Evaluation?

April 11, 2021 jamorell What do research and theory in complexity and systems tell us about evaluation practice and evaluation theory?

Applying Complexity to Evaluation: Case Based on the GEF’s Resilient Food Systems Program: Integrated Landscape Management to Enhance Food Security and Ecosystem Resilience

March 19, 2021 jamorell What do research and theory in complexity and systems tell us about evaluation practice and evaluation theory?

Coming Soon (Just don’t ask me exactly what “soon” means.) Applying Complexity to Evaluation: Cases Based on the Global Environment Facility’s Resilient Food Systems Program

February 27, 2021February 27, 2021 jamorell Contributions of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology

Evolutionary and Ecological Constructs that may be Useful in Evaluation

Eat dessert first. Life is uncertain.
Good advice. True observation.

Any yet, we must soldier on, trying to predict what will happen and to explain why things work out as they do. My professional life has grappled with prediction and explanation through the lens of program evaluation. I have come to appreciate how much, and how little, evaluation can tell us. Sometimes it is “much”. Sometime is “little”. Sometimes it is “much” and “little” at the same time. This blog expresses my engagement with what evaluation can do, what it cannot do, what it should do, and what it should not do. About the graphic.

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