by Peter van der Knaap, PhD | Jun 30, 2026 | Blog, Former Presidents Interview Series, Interviews
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...
by Mita Marra | Jun 29, 2026 | Blog
A couple of weeks ago I participated in the 2026 Annual Conference of the European Forum for Studies on Research and Innovation, which is primarily a community of science, technology, innovation (STI) scholars and practitioners, and increasingly evaluators as well....
by Astrid Brousselle | Jun 25, 2026 | Blog
June 2026. A heatwave is striking Europe, increasing mortality and creating disruptions. At the same time, forest fires have started again in Canada, displacing villagers and Indigenous communities. Events related to climate change are affecting populations across the...
by John Goossen | Jun 20, 2026 | Blog
John has been with the European Stability Mechanism (ESM)’s Legal division since 2015, and was a member of the team preparing the below-mentioned evaluation report. Prior to joining the ESM, John worked in public administration in The Hague and Paris. He is a graduate...
by Rai Sengupta | May 21, 2026 | Blog
Yulye Jessica Romo Ramos (Co-lead of the EES’ thematic working group 1: “Equity & Gender” and Director of Nexus Evaluation) organised and moderated a webinar with Rai Sengupta (Evaluation Consultant, UNICEF Evaluation Office and recipient of the Global Evaluation...
by Peter van der Knaap, PhD | May 19, 2026 | Blog
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...
by Dea Tsartsidze | May 14, 2026 | Blog
There is a particular disorientation that comes from leaving your own context, your city, your colleagues, your familiar debates, and walking into a room full of people doing the same work, just somewhere else entirely. I experienced it twice in 2025. In May, at the...
by Natalia Kryg | Apr 27, 2026 | Blog, Institutional Members' Blogs
At the recent EBRD Evaluation Week 2026, the Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG) panel on “Enhancing MDBs’ Additionality for stronger private sector resilience” returned to a familiar concept – additionality – but from a more demanding angle.1 The...
by Dea Tsartsidze | Mar 17, 2026 | Blog
In this blog, Dea Tsartsidze and Richard Smith share personal highlights – as a participant and organizer, respectively – from the 2025 Learning Lab organised by the Outcome Mapping Learning Community (OMLC) and partners on the theme Enhancing participatory,...
by Jaqueline Singh | Feb 27, 2026 | Blog
Evaluation increasingly takes place in complex, multi-layered contexts where programs, policies, and systems overlap, and where meaning is rarely stable or shared at the outset. In such settings, evaluators are often asked to move quickly—toward designs, indicators,...
