State of the Field Panel on the Evaluation and Assessment of Transformation: A Case Study of Response to the Polycrisis
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Developmental Evaluation, Blue Marble Evaluation, Transformation, Cross-scale, ComplexityAbstract
As part of the Transformations Conference 2023, an expert panel was assembled to provide a “State of the Practice” regarding the field of evaluation and assessment as applied to the type and scale of transformations needed in response to the polycrisis. Panelists address the questions surrounding how attention to the concept of transformation affects their work, using transformative change as a new kind of evaluation, the ways in which evaluation and transformation go hand-in-hand, and their advice for those paying attention to the cross-scale and nonlinear nature of transformation. Responses to these topics shape a new direction for the evaluation field to support a wide range of competencies required to evaluate and actively enable expressions of more just, equitable, and regenerative forms of transformation. This work requires new types of case studies, more diverse and interdisciplinary communities of practice, and stronger partnerships with those actively working on large-scale system transformation.
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