Ben Baruch

@Ben_Baruch_ on Twitter

Senior Analyst

Cambridge Office

Education

M.A. in conflict, security and development, University of Sussex, UK; B.A. in law and society, University of Exeter, UK

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Overview

Ben Baruch is a senior analyst at RAND Europe. His interests lie in evaluation and research of social policy, international affairs, and preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE). He is a part-time Ph.D. student at the University of Cambridge and holds an M.A. in conflict, security and development and a B.A. in law and society from the University of Exeter, UK.

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Honors & Awards

Best paper, 2016 conference, European Evaluation Society

Recent Media Appearances

Commentary: Research Europe

Commentary

Terrorism Threat Assessment

A New Framework for Evaluating Counter Violent Extremism Projects
Gathering evidence in the area of counter violent extremism (CVE) is vital, given the increasing role for CVE interventions in the political and security environment. Evaluations of these interventions can play a role in growing this knowledge, by helping the CVE field itself to develop.
Feb 15, 2019
The RAND Blog
European Union

The European Commission Is Struggling to Demonstrate 'Value for Money'
Great work is happening as a result of EU spending and programmes, particularly around democracy, rule of law and human rights. To make sure the trend continues, it is important for the populace to understand the value for money of this work.
Jun 26, 2017
New Europe
Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy

Global Collaboration Needs a Firmer Evidence Base
Policymakers should carry out a robust evaluation to assess the EU's research collaboration to date and analyze its impacts. This review should also compare the EU's portfolio with the collaborative research achievements of other players in international research. Such evidence would enhance the EU's research procurement strategy.
Nov 10, 2014
Research Europe

Publications

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Lessons Map: An overview of five case studies in the field of early childhood development
This Lessons Map is an aid to navigating five case studies produced by RAND Europe for the Bernard van Leer Foundation on efforts to make changes at scale in the area of early childhood development.
Apr 7, 2022
Journal Article
Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF): Stage 1a Evaluation
Stage 1a of a long term evaluation of the GCRF consists of a management review, and findings on aspects of the international research it funds.
Mar 23, 2022
Report
Supporting parental behavioural change: Multichannel and cross-sector campaigns in Israel: A case study
A case study that describes two campaigns in Israel that supported parental behavioural change. The case study highlights factors that contributed to the success of the campaigns and challenges that the organisers faced.
Dec 23, 2021
Report
Classifying acts of violence: Understanding how acts of violence are classified by subject matter experts
RAND Europe was commissioned to conduct a study on how acts of violence are classified by different subject matter experts. The findings demonstrate ongoing difficulties in classifying acts of violence and inform recommendations for policymakers.
Oct 27, 2021
Report
Working to support policy change through an advocacy coalition in Israel: A case study
Case study on the work of the Coalition for Education from Birth in Israel and its activities to bring about a change in childcare regulation and provision in Israel. Early childhood development, coalition building, advocacy coalition, Israel.
May 27, 2020
Report
An evaluation of Dance4Life's social franchising and empowerment models
Dance4Life, an international NGO working with young people on health and promotion of safe sexual choices, asked RAND Europe to conduct a process evaluation of the NGO's new implementation and social franchising pilots.
Nov 20, 2018
Report
Evaluating interventions that prevent or counter violent extremism: A practical guide
This document provides an overview of data collection methods and evaluation designs suitable for evaluating interventions and programmes designed to prevent and counter violent extremism and radicalisation.
Oct 30, 2018
Journal Article
Evaluation in an Emerging Field: Developing a Measurement Framework for the Field of Counter-Violent-Extremism
This report seeks lessons from the evidence-based healthcare movement, which has a track record of using evaluation to develop practice, to consider what it might take to develop evaluation capacity in the emerging field of counter-violent-extremism.
Oct 12, 2018
Journal Article
Study on the Benefits and Drawbacks of Remote Voting: Final report
Researchers examined the barriers to voting encountered by different groups of citizens and mapped the different types of remote voting solutions available in EU member states.
2018
Journal Article
Study on the Benefits and Drawbacks of Remote Voting: Executive summary
Researchers examined the barriers to voting encountered by different groups of citizens and mapped the different types of remote voting solutions available in EU member states.
2018
Journal Article
Value for Money: EU Programme Funding in the Field of Democracy and Rule of Law
This report presents the findings of an analytical study prepared by RAND Europe for the Committee of Budgetary Control of the European Parliament which focuses on European Union programme funding in the field of democracy and rule of law .
Jun 14, 2017
Report
Evaluation of The Atlantic Philanthropies Migration Programme
This report presents findings from an evaluation of The Atlantic Philanthropies Migration Programme, which provided grants to organisations supporting migrants. It looks at the impacts achieved in law, policy and practice in Ireland.
May 31, 2017
Research Brief
Adapting to the New Normal: Educating Syrian Refugee Children in Jordan
RAND's evaluation of Jordan's Emergency Education Response Programme for Syrian refugee children identified significant successes and longer-term challenges. Key recommendations related to developing medium-term thinking and targeting gendered needs.
Sep 19, 2016
Report
Evaluation of the Emergency Education Response for Syrian Refugee Children and Host Communities in Jordan
RAND's evaluation of Jordan's Emergency Education Response Programme for Syrian refugee children identified significant successes and longer-term challenges. Key recommendations related to developing medium-term thinking and targeting gendered needs.
Sep 19, 2016
Report
Rethinking Coordination of Services to Refugees in Urban Areas: Managing the Crisis in Jordan and Lebanon
This study analyzes coordination of international and national entities managing the Syrian refugee response in urban areas in Jordan and Lebanon and provides recommendations on improving coordination strategies and practices.
Apr 27, 2016
Report
Evaluation of EPIM III: 2012-2015
The European Programme for Integration and Migration provides funding to strengthen civil society organisations to advocate for constructive approaches to migration. In 2012 EPIM asked RAND to undertake an evaluation of their third funding round.
Apr 6, 2016
Report
Employability of the Poor
The World Bank asked RAND Europe to conduct a stocktaking exercise to map the diversity of employment interventions in South Asia and to review evidence of the impact of interventions through a meta-regression.
Oct 14, 2015
Report
Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund Mid Term Review: Final Report
The Department for International Development (DfID) commissioned RAND Europe to conduct a Mid Term Review of the Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund, run by the World Bank.
Jul 10, 2015
Report
Health, wellbeing and productivity in the workplace: A Britain's Healthiest Company summary report
In this study we look at the empirical relationship between a range of health and work environment factors and productivity in the workplace.
May 22, 2015
Report
Evaluation of EPIM III: Emerging insights from the evaluation so far
This report sets out some emerging insights from the ongoing evaluation of the European Programme for Integration and Migration (EPIM) 2012-2015 programme.
Nov 24, 2014
Report
The international dimension of research and innovation cooperation addressing the grand challenges in the global context
Horizon 2020, the EU's biggest research funding programme, allows the EU to play a central role in solving some of the world's grand societal challenges. This brief informs EU policy decisionmaking on research and innovation funding.
Oct 23, 2014
Journal Article
An Impact and Outcome Toolkit for the Regulation of Age-Restricted Sales
This toolkit presents pathways to support the regulation of age-restricted sales in six areas: alcohol, fireworks, gambling, knives, sunbeds and tobacco.
Aug 1, 2013