The 'Black Box' of Evaluation Culture and Practice

A 3-year project funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden fund to examine evaluation culture and practice in New Zealand

Details of project

Full title

Understanding the 'black box' of evaluation culture and practice in New Zealand

Funded by

Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund

Led by

Associate Professor Karen McBride-Henry

Start date

May 2019

Project overview

This project aims to systematically describe what is happening with respect to evaluation culture and practice in our public services and identify how evaluation culture and practice can be improved to better support policy-making. The focus is on both decisions to commission an evaluation (or not) and on the utilisation (or not) of evaluation findings in policy decision-making. The research uses a realist approach and qualitative methods to provide an in-depth understanding of which mechanisms work in which contexts to support valuation success.

Enquiries

Karen McBride-Henry: karen.mcbride-henry@vuw.ac.nz