Joanne McLean

Joanne is co-Director of the Centre for Evaluation at NatCen, providing leadership on a broad range of evaluation approaches, focusing on theory-based evaluation. She is an experienced mixed-methods researcher with two decades of creating and using research-based knowledge to support public policy and practice development.

She is an accomplished leader of major research studies including quantitative and qualitative primary research, complex national programme evaluations, systematic reviews, national surveys, the Census and pilot development programmes for local providers. Joanne has wide-ranging topic expertise throughout the public health and wellbeing agenda, across practice and policy areas and the age-span and specialises in research utilisation in national public policy making. She is a skilled innovator and collaborator leading partnerships and consortia with a range of academic, statutory and voluntary sector organisations. Joanne is motivated by a passion to create knowledge through research that empowers people to call for, direct and create positive impact.