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The dilemmas of equipoise

The Australian Centre for Evaluation (ACE) recently published Randomised trials in Australian public policy: a review. It’s an interesting…

Apr 5

The dilemmas of equipoise

Apr 5

The art of interviewing

I quite do a lot of interviews. It’s actually not a task I particularly enjoy, nor something that necessarily comes entirely naturally to…

Mar 18

The art of interviewing

Mar 18

The efficiency trap

Efficiency is a good thing, isn’t it?

Mar 2

The efficiency trap

Mar 2

Research meets evaluation; evaluation meets research

Are research and evaluation really that different? And how much does it really matter?

Feb 3

Research meets evaluation; evaluation meets research

Feb 3

Ignorance, uncertainty, and the importance of judgement

I’ve read several books by the physicist Carlo Rovelli recently, and they’ve given me the opportunity to reflect on my ignorance. I have no…

Jan 9

Ignorance, uncertainty, and the importance of judgement

Jan 9

How to think differently about the value of interventions

With Florencia Guerzovich

Nov 17, 2024

How to think differently about the value of interventions

Nov 17, 2024

Thinking beyond the best practice myth of “best buys”

With Florencia Guerzovich

Nov 13, 2024

Thinking beyond the best practice myth of “best buys”

Nov 13, 2024

Repositioning evaluation theory trees

I was recently asked by Rosa María Flores Rodríguez for my thoughts on evaluation theory trees. For several years, Flores Rodríguez has…

Aug 20, 2024

Repositioning evaluation theory trees

Aug 20, 2024

Pivot or entropy? The end of the gold standard

In my previous blog, I documented some of the most common critiques of the supposed “gold standard,” Randomised Control Trials (RCTs)…

May 25, 2024

Pivot or entropy? The end of the gold standard

May 25, 2024

The fall of Icarus

We often have conversations about research and evaluation methods which depart from the notion that some methods are, a priori, better than…

May 17, 2024

The fall of Icarus

May 17, 2024

Thomas Aston

Thomas Aston

I'm an independent consultant specialising in theory-based and participatory evaluation methods.

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