Data in Focus: Driving Evaluation Excellence

We are proud to be sponsors of the UK Evaluation Society conference, which will be held in May 2025 in the vibrant city of Glasgow. 

The 2025 conference focuses on the vital role of data in delivering impactful evaluations that drive positive change. 

The five core themes of the conference are: 

1. Exploring data types: Exploring rich and diverse sources of data, including surveys, experimental designs, numbers, words, images, attitudes, perceptions, behaviours, interviews, observations, case studies, and focus groups, document reviews, big data, and administrative data.
2. Leveraging data (methodologies): Examining qualitative and quantitative approaches, triangulation and mixed methods, impact and process, alongside innovative and traditional methods.
3. Data innovation and evaluation stages: Looking at infrastructure from commissioning to analysis, collecting and reporting data, monitoring/administrative data, data dashboards, and the pros and cons of AI data analysis.
4. Data in context: Transforming raw data into meaningful insights, crafting reports, narratives and case studies to bring data to life, tackling the challenge of reporting timelines and reflective evaluation in a fast-moving environment, and implementing changes for continuous improvement.
5. Data Integrity and ethics: Whose data is it anyway and what's your bias? Including data standards and processes, privacy, and data misuse.

The 2025 conference promises to shine a light on data - from numbers to narratives - illuminating unique insights, new techniques, and delving into what the future holds for evaluation in an increasingly data-driven world.