RAND Europe Publications on Evaluation for Better Performance

20 Aug 2024

Evaluation of the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund: Evaluation Plan

This RAND Europe and Frontier Economics report for Research England outlines the funding landscape UKRPIF operates in, examines different approaches to evaluating investments in R&I infrastructure and outlines the plan for evaluating the programme.

Billy Bryan, Tamara Strabel, Emily Hutton, Katie O'Brien, Susan Guthrie, Maria Guijon, Danail Popov

12 Jul 2024

Evaluation of the Productivity Institute Programme: Early impact and process evaluation

The report assesses the early impacts of the Productivity Institute Programme's (PIP) investments: TPI (The Productivity Institute) and POID (Programme on Innovation and Diffusion). It also evaluates the PIP's set of thematic investments.

Dominic Yiangou, Pamina Smith, Susan Guthrie, Federico Cilauro, Radhika Goel

20 May 2024

Barriers and Facilitators to Integrating Care: Experiences from the English Integrated Care Pilots

Through qualitative analyses from a three-year multi-method evaluation of the English Department of Health’s 'Integrated Care Pilots', this report identifies barriers and facilitators to successful integration of care.

Tom Ling, Laura Brereton, Annalijn Conklin, Jennifer Newbould, Martin Roland

4 Mar 2024

Evaluation of the Future Leaders Fellowships scheme: Process evaluation report

The process evaluation of the Future Leaders Fellowship concluded that, with some room for improvement, the scheme is in good health and has been delivered to the satisfaction of applicants, fellows and host organisations.

Immaculate Dadiso Motsi-Omoijiade, Joe Francombe, Chryssa Politi, Michelle Qu, Anna Louise Todsen, Giulia Maistrello, Billy Bryan

16 Feb 2024

Study to Support the Evaluation of the Directive on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and Protecting Its Victims and an Impact Assessment for a Legislative Proposal on the Topic: Second Final Report for Acceptance

This study evaluates the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and EU Added Value of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings (THB) and protecting its victims.

Emma Louise Blondes, Michaela Bruckmayer, Sara d'Auria, Emma Disley, Julia Doyle, Fook Nederveen, Ilia Gaglio, Paola Parisi, Antonino Sorrenti

23 Jan 2024

Evaluation of the Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation (CEOI): Evaluation Plan

This report by RAND Europe for the UK Space Agency includes a literature review on Earth Observation intervention evaluations and processes, stakeholder mappings of the CEOI programme and a baseline assessment of the 2007 EO sector.

Neila Khelifi, Katie O'Brien, Dominic Yiangou, Billy Bryan, Theodora Ogden, Greg Sadlier, Alyssa Frayling

21 Dec 2023

Evaluation of the Productivity Institute Programme: Formative Evaluation

RAND Europe's process evaluation of the Productivity Institute Programme found limited coherence between investments, strong stakeholder engagement, good flexibility, complex governance, clear use of M&E and commendable research commitment to ESG.

Billy Bryan, Susan Guthrie, Dominic Yiangou, Pamina Smith

21 Nov 2023

International approaches to police performance measurement

This study is an international review of approaches to police performance measurement which examines how police performance is measured in a selection of countries and assesses how police performance measurement in the Netherlands could be improved.

Emma Zürcher, Lana Eekelschot, Annalena Wolcke, Lucy Strang

2 Nov 2023

Vertical Integration of General Practices with Acute Hospitals in England: Rapid Impact Evaluation

This study drew on previous research into NHS hospitals taking over running general practices, and evaluated whether hospital-run practices affect patient satisfaction and attendance, including for patients with long-term conditions.

Manbinder Sidhu, Catherine L. Saunders, Charlotte Davies, Gemma McKenna, Frances Wu, Ian Litchfield, Fifi Olumogba, Jon Sussex

6 Oct 2023

UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Evaluation Framework Report

This report presents the evaluation framework and outlines the planned approach for the analytical frames and core evaluation data collection, including process and quasi-experimental impact evaluations and an economic feasibility assessment.

Sana Zakaria, Immaculate Dadiso Motsi-Omoijiade, Chryssa Politi, Merrilyn Groom, Joe Francombe

18 Sep 2023

Findings from the Sustaining Delivery of the Covenant Programme

This study, conducted on behalf of the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (AFCFT), evaluates the grant funding provided through the AFCFT’s Strengthening Delivery Programme (SDP) and Sustaining Delivery Programme.

Rebecca Lucas, Harper Fine, Ben Caves, Diana Dascalu

4 Aug 2023

Rapid Evaluation of Service Innovations in Health and Social Care: Key Considerations

This essay explores the emerging field of rapid evaluation in health and social care, drawing out the ways in which it is distinctive from or similar to other forms of applied research.

Judith Smith, Jo Ellins, Chris Sherlaw-Johnson, Cecilia Vindrola-Padros, John Appleby, Stephen Morris, Jon Sussex, Naomi Fulop

Is the Market for AI Foundation Models a Natural Monopoly?

Enabling Human Security from Space

Competing with China Explained: What Americans Need to Know

The Economy, Jobs, and Inflation Explained: What Americans Need to Know

Climate Change and Critical Infrastructure: Assessing the Risks and Identifying Mitigation Strategies

The Policy Currents Podcast

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Assessing and Articulating the Wider Benefits of Research

Improving Access to Early Childhood Education

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