Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Evaluation: The causes and consequences of isolation
| Dates: | 26 November 2015 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Manchester Institute of Innovation Research |
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| Venue opening hours: | 1-2pm (coffee from 12.30pm) |
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| How much: | Free |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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| Speaker: | Jordi Molas-Gallart |
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Evaluation has long been an important component of the policy process and the focus of a broad field of academic work. The evaluation research community is large, growing and vibrant. It revolves around a core set of generalist evaluation theories and methods that feed into evaluation practice in many policy fields (education, health, development, etc.). Yet, the theory and practice of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) evaluation has developed on the margins of, and in relative isolation from, this community. It is often claimed that such separation is explained by the exceptional problems that STIP evaluation faces. We are going to question this assumption and present work-in-progress that provides evidence of this separation, and explore its causes and consequences. We will argue that such isolation is detrimental to STIP evaluation. STIP evaluation has gravitated towards a particular approach in policy evaluation (the use of measurements to provide instrumental answers within the context of summative evaluations) while other relevant traditions in policy evaluation (Fourth Generation, participative evaluation, contribution mapping, etc.) are hardly represented.
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Due to preparation work for the MBS redevelopment project, access to the Harold Hankins building is no longer possible via the University Precinct Centre. Please use the main entrance of MBS West (Building Number 29 on the Campus Map) and take the lifts to the left of the main reception desk to the 6th floor. Turn left (‘access to Harold Hankins’ is signed) and go through the door at the end of the corridor and left through a second door into the stairwell. Go down a half flight of stairs following the sign ‘access to Harold Hankins’ and through the door into the Harold Hankins building and along the corridor until you get to the main stairwell/lift lobby. Take the lift to the tenth floor then turn right out of the lift.
Alternatively, if you are a member of the University you can email john.ashton-2@manchester.ac.uk for access to Harold Hankins building from the door on Booth Street West.
Speaker
Jordi Molas-Gallart
Role: Research Professor
Organisation: INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Spain
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Harold Hankins building
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