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Webinars Learn about key topics in policy and evaluation with ARTD’s webinars. Complex Strategic Responses: how to collect data for decision making Emily Yorkston (26 May 2023) ARTD-X Friday Afternoon Thinks #7 with Kara Scally-Irvine, KSI Consulting Leveraging the concept of Leverage Points to make a bigger difference (21 April) ARTD-X Friday Afternoon Thinks… Read more
Recently some ARTD staff attended sessions from The Research Society’s virtual conference, organised under the theme Facing 2030. Presenters shared their insights on where they thought the research industry was heading over the course of the next decade. Our team reflected on this idea and considered how it might impact our work as program and… Read more
As I sit down to reflect on this Mabo day I am listening to my most played Spotify song of 2019 – My Island Home by the Warumpi band. Spotify serves up an eclectic mix of songs that provides me with a window into my heart and reason to contemplate my soul. It gives me… Read more
A lot can happen in a year, especially in a new job. For the four of us—Amber, Jack, Lia and Pravin—our first year at ARTD meant a whole lot of growing. Like many evaluators, we came to evaluation with very different skills and backgrounds. But after a year in the field, we’ve learnt a lot… Read more
Do you ever struggle to find the words for what you’re trying to describe? Perhaps you feel that words are not enough? As Dr Anna Bagnoli writes, ‘Some knowledge is not reducible to language’. However, our go-to tools in research and evaluation – surveys, interviews – rely heavily on language and they might exclude the… Read more
#aes19SYD is all about un-boxing evaluation so it can fulfil it’s potential. Not sure what this means? Don’t fret. Our staff – along with colleagues in the field – have put together a number of presentations – ranging from 5-minute ignite sessions through 30-minute short papers to 1-hour interactive sessions – to un-box the conference… Read more
The increasing demand for evidence-based policies and programs Increasingly, governments committed to ‘evidence-based’ policy making are asking funded organisations to demonstrate the outcomes of their work. The landmark Their Futures Matter (TFM) reform is a prime example of this, promising that evidence, monitoring and evaluation will drive continuous improvement across all areas of service delivery… Read more
ARTD is at the forefront of evaluation theory in practice, and curiosity as one of our core values. We encourage all of our staff to publish articles in journals, such as the Evaluation Journal of Australasia. Links to articles in academic journals are provided below.
Our staff are committed to remaining at the forefront of their fields, and are regularly engaged to speak at national conferences.
In a household with two little kids, we’re pretty into stories right now. My favourite children’s books are the ones with a grabby plot, a few jokes pitched squarely to the parents, and which offer an opportunity for conversation long after the final page has been turned. We’ve had some important conversations recently after reading,… Read more
Have you ever spent all day in the kitchen cooking a meal, only to find yourself not particularly hungry when you sit down to eat? Often, we’re so focused on creating a Masterchef moment at the end, that we miss the enjoyment of shopping for and preparing a meal to be shared with loved ones…. Read more
When my friends and family ask me what my job is, I say something along the lines of, “I work at a public policy consulting firm. We mostly evaluate government policies and programs, and we gather our data mostly through surveys and interviews.” Knowing that I majored in biology, they tend to follow this by… Read more