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Learning as Compost: Reorienting Evaluation in an Era of Authoritarian Drift

New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We synthesize insights from seven cases to interrogate a central assumption of the learning function of evaluation: Learning can be strengthened through better design, integration, or alignment with accountability systems. Taking the issue's conceptual framework seriously, the essay reflects what the cases reveal about the nature of learning ...
Tiffany L. S. Tovey, Jill Anne Chouinard
wiley   +1 more source

Underrepresented transition factors from social sciences in energy and emissions modeling

Kunnas S, Trutnevyte E.
europepmc   +1 more source

Freedom, conflict, and the eclipse of emancipation: a positional sociology perspective. [PDF]

Front Sociol
de Nardis F.
europepmc   +1 more source

From Insight to Theory: Advancing Sentiment Evaluation for Diaspora Development Projects

New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of “sentiment evaluation,” drawing on a mid‐term evaluation by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) of its program supporting Somali diaspora activism in Somaliland. Conducted in 2014, the evaluation revealed that “sentiment,” the emotional, identity‐based attachment linking diaspora actors to their homeland ...
Valeria Saggiomo, Twesigye Jackson Kaguri   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sexualized relations in the workplace: the end of a taboo? A perspective on-state-of-the-art research and issues of regulation by work institutions. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Monay S, Kuehni M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Evaluating for Learning: Latin American Strategies and Experiences From the Evalparticipativa Community

New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article documents EvalParticipativa's 6‐year effort to democratize evaluation across Latin America through participatory approaches rooted in the region's traditions of Popular Education, Participatory Action Research, and Sistematización de Experiencias.
Pablo Rodríguez Bilella, Esteban Tapella   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Learning Function of Evaluation: A Conceptual Framing

New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, we set out a conceptual overview of what we call learning in the evaluation ecosystem to depict the interplay between external influences, organizational and community factors, and learning levers (e.g. capacity building, systems thinking).
Jill Anne Chouinard, J. Bradley Cousins
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Overcoming (in)visible barriers: gender, work and discrimination. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Ehrstein Y, Maiani S, Andrade C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the gendered practices through which Jewish women in Israel experience and negotiate personal handgun ownership in everyday life. Drawing on interviews, participant observation in gun‐related spaces, and analysis of women‐only online forums, we explore the expanding participation of Jewish women in civilian gun ownership,
Maya Maor, Nehemia Stern, Guy Nagar, Uzi Ben Shalom   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing AI in Radiotherapy: Insights From the Healthcare Professions. [PDF]

Sociol Health Illn
Baeza JI, Hindmarsh J, Kehagia AA, Barnes A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source