Peter van der Knaap, PhD, Author at EES https://europeanevaluation.org European Evaluation Society Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:00:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.7 The former EES Presidents Interview Series_Interview with Nicoletta Stame https://europeanevaluation.org/2026/07/07/the-former-ees-presidents-interview-series_interview-with-nicoletta-stame/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:56:44 +0000 https://europeanevaluation.org/?p=19934 In this new interview series, EES President Peter van der Knaap speaks with former EES presidents about their current work, reflection on their time leading the Society, the evolution of evaluation practice, and the opportunities and challenges facing the profession today. They also share their perspectives on the upcoming EES conference theme, Evaluation for Vibrant Democracies, and offer advice to the next generation of evaluators. In this interview, Peter speaks with Nicoletta Stame, EES President from 2004-2005, about her current work, reflections on leading the Society, and her views on the future of evaluation.

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]]> The former EES Presidents Interview Series_INTERVIEW WITH FRANS L LEEUW https://europeanevaluation.org/2026/06/30/the-former-ees-presidents-interview-series_interview-with-frans-l-leeuw/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:21:49 +0000 https://europeanevaluation.org/?p=19932 In this new interview series, EES President Peter van der Knaap speaks with former EES Presidents about their current work, reflections on their time leading the Society, the evolution of evaluation practice, and the opportunities and challenges facing the profession today. They also share their perspectives on the upcoming EES Conference theme, Evaluation for Vibrant Democracies, and offer advice to the next generation of evaluators.In this first interview, Peter speaks with Frans L. Leeuw, EES President from 1999 to 2002, about his current work, reflections on leading the Society, and his views on the future of evaluation.

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]]> Evaluation’s contributions to vibrant democracy: Meeting challenges, delivering results https://europeanevaluation.org/2026/05/19/evaluations-contributions-to-vibrant-democracy-meeting-challenges-delivering-results/ Tue, 19 May 2026 06:54:18 +0000 https://europeanevaluation.org/?p=19844 The theme of the 16th EES conference is ‘Evaluation for Vibrant Democracies’. Given the record number (!) of submissions to contribute to the congress with sessions and presentations, this theme clearly struck a chord in the European evaluation community… Which is heartwarming, of course! At the same time, it is no real surprise: democracy is […]

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]]> Evaluation for vibrant democracies: our central theme for the 16th Biennial Conference in Lille, France https://europeanevaluation.org/2025/12/09/evaluation-for-vibrant-democracies-our-central-theme-for-the-16th-biennial-conference-in-lille-france/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:39:14 +0000 https://europeanevaluation.org/?p=19085 Dr. Peter van der Knaap is director of IOB, the independent Evaluation Directorate of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and president-elect of the European Evaluation Society (EES). Prior to this, he was director of SWOV Road Safety Research Institute, director of the Performance Audit Directorate of the Netherlands Court of Audit, and Head of […]

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]]> Evaluation without democracy: learning for what, accountable to whom? https://europeanevaluation.org/2024/12/03/evaluation-without-democracy-learning-for-what-accountable-to-whom/ Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:05:33 +0000 https://europeanevaluation.org/?p=17632 Around the world, democracy is under threat. Yet in the European Union, democracy is still widely considered to be the best possible system for government. In European evaluation, too, it is seen as a universal value. Important features are freedom of assembly, freedom of religion and speech, voting rights, freedom from unwarranted governmental deprivation of […]

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