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May 5, 2012May 13, 2019 jamorell Program Sustainability, Replication and Scale-up

Odette Segal’s comment on Jam’s original Evaltalk post about population ecology and program sustainability

PhD theses focused on examining predictions of program sustainability deriving from ecological theories as opposed to those driving adaptation theories

May 5, 2012May 13, 2019 jamorell Program Sustainability, Replication and Scale-up

Meghan Guinnee’s comment on Jam’s original Evaltalk post about population ecology and program sustainability

program that was "adapted" to its environment a decade ago might be woefully

May 5, 2012May 13, 2019 jamorell Program Sustainability, Replication and Scale-up

Megan Greeson’s comment on Jam’s original Evaltalk post about population ecology and program sustainability

I have seen population ecology as focused on a population of organizations, not just an individual organization. Given that, sustainability-related questions would tend to examine characteristics at the population level

May 5, 2012May 13, 2019 jamorell Program Sustainability, Replication and Scale-up

Jess Chandler’s comment on Jam’s original Evaltalk post about population ecology and program sustainability

ecological economics to frame an evaluation of community sustainability

May 5, 2012May 13, 2019 jamorell Program Sustainability, Replication and Scale-up

Originalpost to Evaltalk: Are principles of population ecology useful in understanding sustainability as evaluators use the term?

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

May 5, 2012May 13, 2019 jamorell Program Sustainability, Replication and Scale-up

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

October 20, 2011May 13, 2019 jamorell Program Theory and Program Logic

Preparation for AEA workshop: Logic Models – Beyond the Traditional View: Metrics, Methods, Expected and Unexpected Change

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.

September 19, 2011May 13, 2019 jamorell Evaluation as a Discipline and a Profession

Ideology in evaluation. Help designing devising a scenario for AEA 2011

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.

April 21, 2011May 13, 2019 jamorell Program Theory and Program Logic

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

March 20, 2011May 13, 2019 jamorell Program Sustainability, Replication and Scale-up

Is it useful to think of “fidelity” in terms of “attractors?”

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

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.