Evaluation
Over the last two decades, evaluation has become a major issue for academics, governmental and public organizations and businesses throughout the world. This has, however, resulted in a body of knowledge scattered across disciplines, professions and countries.
To promote dialogue internationally and to build bridges within this expanding field, Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice was launched in July 1995.
Interdisciplinary
Evaluation is interdiciplinary, bringing together contributions from across the social sciences and related disciplines, including, but not limited to:
- politics, economics and public administration
- psychology, sociology and anthropology
- education, health and law
- information science and information technology
The journal publishes multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and issue-based contributions.
Interconnective
Evaluation encourages dialogue between different evaluation traditions such as program evaluation, technology assessment, auditing, value-added studies, policy evaluation and quality assessment.
The journal also bridges domains where evaluation is currently taking place, including:
- education, science and technology policy
- criminal justice
- healthcare and social services
- vocational training
- regional development
International
Edited from a European base, Evaluation is an international journal which promotes exchange between European, North American, Asian and Australasian voices within the evaluation community.
Subscribe to Evaluation for
- Special Issues - Occasional Special Issues examine important topics in depth.
- Visits to the World of Practice - This is an occasional feature based on visits by members of the editorial team to important centres of evaluation practice.
- News from the Community - The journal will inform you about the activities and plans of different evaluation societies and associations.
- Reviews - The book review section in alternate issues will keep you in touch with the latest publications in your field.
- Speeches and Addresses - This is an occasional feature, not in article format, in which presentations at conferences and other public gatherings are brought to a wider audience.
- Debates, Notes and Queries - In this feature you are invited to share your views and enter into debate with other readers.
Evaluation is available on SAGE Journals Online.
The journal Evaluation launched in 1995, publishes fully refereed papers and aims to advance the theory, methodology and practice of evaluation. We favour articles that bridge theory and practice whether through generalizable and exemplary cases or theoretical and methodological innovation.The journal’s objectives include:
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Integrating theory and practice in evaluation
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Intellectual openness and excellence
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Building bridges across the different traditions of the global evaluation community
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Identifying synergies across different disciplinary and policy domains
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Reinforcing evaluative thinking across professional, scholarly and institutional settings
Evaluation publishes cutting-edge articles, revisits and advances professional and scholarly debates and engages with the world of evaluation practice. We are based in Europe and cooperate closely with the European Evaluation Society but remain an independent voice, committed to encouraging dialogue between different evaluation traditions worldwide.
The journal is interdisciplinary drawing for example on political science, sociology, psychology, economics, anthropology and the philosophy of science. Over the last 20 years evaluation has become integral to many public-policy, regulatory and civil-society institutions. The journal Evaluation therefore welcomes innovative submissions from interconnected fields such as policy analysis, social work, technology development, education and auditing.
The journal also publishes Special Issues on topics that will help advance thinking and practice in evaluation.
| Elliot Stern | FAcSS, Emeritus Professor of Evaluation Research, University of Lancaster, UK |
| Murray Saunders | Centre for the Study of Education and Training, Lancaster University, UK |
| Nicoletta Stame | University of Rome, 'La Sapienza', Italy |
| Brad Astbury | The University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Tom Aston | Independent Consultant, UK |
| Barbara Befani | Independent Consultant and Visiting Researcher, University of Surrey, UK |
| Maria Bustelo | Compultense University of Madrid, Spain |
| Jill Anne Chouinard | University of Victoria, Canada |
| Rick Davies | Independent Consultant, UK |
| Thomas Delahais | Quadrant Conseil, France |
| Kim Forss | Andante-Tools for Thinking AB, Sweden |
| Emily Gates | Boston College, USA |
| Luke Georghiou | Programme of Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology, University of Manchester, UK |
| Ernest R House | University of Colorado at Boulder, USA |
| Wilhelm Krull | Secretary General, Volkswagen Foundation, Hanover, Germany |
| Stefan Kuhlmann | Department of Science, Technology, and Policy Studies, University of Twente, Netherlands |
| Daniele Lamarque | EES President and European Court of Auditors, France |
| Frans L. Leeuw | Law and Public Law, Maastricht University, Netherlands |
| Sebastian Lemire | Abt Associates, USA |
| Arnold J Love | Independent Evaluation Consultant, Toronto, Canada |
| Katie Nudd | |
| Ray Pawson | University of Leeds, UK |
| May Pettigrew | European Commission, Belgium |
| Patricia Rogers | BetterEvaluation, Australia |
| Thomas A. Schwandt | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA |
| Peter van der Knaap | IOB Evaluation Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, Netherlands |
Manuscript submission guidelines can be accessed on Sage Journals.