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Project: ACT on NBS

Evaluating transformative innovation policy. Insights from two experimental policies

Highly complex and uncertain environments require experimentation and a different approach to evaluation.  This paper makes the case for a ‘formative evaluataion’ approach and explores the implications of following this approach for the skills, attitudes and values needed by those inovlved in the evaluation process. This article presents our approach to the evaluation of transformative … from Evaluating transformative innovation policy. Insights from two experimental policies

Reflexive practice in Transformative Innovation Policy: Six lessons for action researchers

This blog is an edited extract from an article exploring TIPC experiences of implementing formative evaluation, highlighting the skills, attitudes and values required from evaluators to strengthen trust, participatory engagement and a learning mindset in experiments.    Between 2019 and 2021, TIPC worked with partners to develop a formative approach to the evaluation of Transformative … from Reflexive practice in Transformative Innovation Policy: Six lessons for action researchers