Evidence producing organizations: Organizational translation of traveling evaluation ideas
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Evidence producing organizations : Organizational translation of traveling evaluation ideas. / Elvbakken, Kari Tove; Hansen, Hanne Foss.
In: Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2019, p. 261–276.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Evidence producing organizations
T2 - Organizational translation of traveling evaluation ideas
AU - Elvbakken, Kari Tove
AU - Hansen, Hanne Foss
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In the 1990s and 2000s, the evidence wave in evaluation practice gained importance first in medicine later in other policy fields. The evidence idea inspired actors in Scandinavia where evidence producing organizations were established. The aim of our study is to get a better understanding of evidence producing organizations, and the characteristics of these organizations in Denmark and Norway are explored. We compare the organizational structures, the positions towards ministries, resources and governmental framework and we analyse organizational change across time. We find that although the ideas of evidence-based policy and practice are common in the two countries, the organizations and organizational fields for evidence producing activities differ. Furthermore, in policy fields outside medicine, the evidence movement is struggling to maintain support and resources.
AB - In the 1990s and 2000s, the evidence wave in evaluation practice gained importance first in medicine later in other policy fields. The evidence idea inspired actors in Scandinavia where evidence producing organizations were established. The aim of our study is to get a better understanding of evidence producing organizations, and the characteristics of these organizations in Denmark and Norway are explored. We compare the organizational structures, the positions towards ministries, resources and governmental framework and we analyse organizational change across time. We find that although the ideas of evidence-based policy and practice are common in the two countries, the organizations and organizational fields for evidence producing activities differ. Furthermore, in policy fields outside medicine, the evidence movement is struggling to maintain support and resources.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - evidence-based policy and practice
KW - evidence producting organizations
KW - waves in evaluation practice
U2 - 10.1177/1356389018803965
DO - 10.1177/1356389018803965
M3 - Journal article
VL - 25
SP - 261
EP - 276
JO - Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice
JF - Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice
SN - 1356-3890
IS - 3
ER -
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