Here’s four things we can do to help the planet #COP26BBC bbc.in/3qHyZph

🚨"Who exactly does the @MetPoliceUK work for ma'am? Our citizens, or Boris Johnson?" 🚨 (Location: New Scotland Yard. Sound on)

Delighted to open access publish this article - we use Self Determination Theory to develop the theory of what Signs of Safety tools & processes do in the social worker-family relationship & why - with Fredabrowne onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cf…

The last thirty years have seen an evidence revolution which has developed in four waves: outcome monitoring, impact evaluation, systematic reviews and knowledge brokering. But this is an unfinished revolution... - read this paper from Howard White cedilprogramme.org/publications/t…

How NatCen's new Centre for Children and Families will take research to a new level nurseryworld.co.uk/opinion/articl…

Keryn Hassall on systems change eval: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

The systemic evolution of evaluators. From expert judges, determining value, to co-learners, developing value. cecan.ac.uk/events/cecan-w… - great presentation from EmilyGates CECAN about the role of evaluation in systems change. Also, accountability to learning processes.

It is publication day! Sometimes people don't like hanging out intellectually with other people because it isn't safe. Or it feels unsafe. That's the paper. You can read the whole thing here for free (because open access)! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

To Clerkenwell yesterday for an advisory group meeting, with @JanetBoddy Jacqueline Barnes et al. Good to meet Jonah Bury Tamlyn Munslow Gayle Munro and other colleagues from NatCen.

*Last couple of spaces left* Handling #Complexity in #Policy #Evaluation Workshop: 'Commissioning & Managing a Complex Evaluation' 2 Nov 22 Tutors: Georgie Parry-Crooke & Clare Twigger-Ross For details & to book: cecan.ac.uk/events/handlin… Tavistock Institute Surrey Sociology Eunomia Research & Consulting

NatCen First Annual Update from A Better Start National Evaluation 👏 youtu.be/AenH-drrpa4

What is mechanistic evidence, and why do we need it for evidence-based policy? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30914124/

Watch the video of Nancy Cartwright's Hypatia Award lecture on 'Modelling Objectively' here youtube.com/watch?v=3wFvQ2…

Today marks a big step in the fight against #climatechange. The #NetZero Guidelines are a historic milestone in #climatestandards and bring the international community closer to delivering on climate commitments. Freely available guidelines here👉 ow.ly/zhov50LAZRu

Rigour versus the need for evidential diversity - Durham Research Online dro.dur.ac.uk/35076/

Check out our next in-person event: Why is drug R&D so much less efficient now than it was in 1950?" eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-is-drug-… Cafe Synthetique Edinburgh Chemistry Edinburgh SULSA Edinburgh Cancer Research Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Midlothian Science @SynthSysEd Royal Society of Edinburgh @crm_edinburgh ScotSci Edinburgh SCI Scotland Group OU in Scotland

Did we make a difference? If yes, how so? If not, why not? A measurement framework based on your theory of change can help us all achieve more for the people we serve. thinknpc.org/resource-hub/u… via NPC @Pete_OFlynn 😃

A worthwhile reminder: collecting data relevant to a hypothesis and making a judgment on whether to use that data as ‘evidence’ are two different processes, which should be kept separate - Reiss. link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…