Research Agenda for Evaluation (en Inglés) - Peter Dahler-Larsen

This unique Research Agenda addresses salient current issues in evaluation research, offering a broad perspective on the role of evaluation in society.

International expert contributors explore how evaluation research is not only academic research engaged in practical problem-solving, but is also research that takes a critical look at this engagement, providing inspiration for reflexivity among evaluators. Drawing on a range of perspectives, including sociology, organization theory, psychoanalytic theory, and feminism, chapters analyse examples of how evaluation works in a number of arenas, such as education, research, and voluntary work.

Taking a critical look at evaluation as a social phenomenon, this Research Agenda will be a useful resource for scholars and students of evaluation, public administration and management, and public policy. It will also be beneficial in helping practitioners and researchers to understand the major emerging issues within the field of evaluation.

This unique Research Agenda addresses salient current issues in evaluation research, offering a broad perspective on the role of evaluation in society.