Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Impact evaluation is a growing area of research strength and teaching capacity in the School of International Development.
We have been doing evaluation since our inception in the late 1960s, in our undergraduate, postgraduate, research and consultancy activities, including traditional cost-benefit studies, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and qualitative as well as quantitative research. However, the current wave of enthusiasm for impact evaluation in international development emphasises quasi-experimental and experimental research designs, micro-econometric analyses, qualitative and mixed methods, and systematic reviews, and new and renewed modes of M&E. Staff of this research group have been and are involved in all these areas. A dynamic multidisciplinary team in DEV is currently driving the growing field of impact evaluation, systematic reviews, meta-analysis and experimental games. Together these activities and capacities provide an exciting environment for teaching and study of impact evaluation and a wealth of experience for research and consultancy.
This group has also been very active in terms of teaching. It organizes a unique MSc Impact Evaluation for International Development to address the evident need for impact evaluation capacity. The MSc offers familiarisation with and skills in the basics of modern evidence-based policy-making and impact evaluation, including the contexts and practices of evaluation, research design and data production for evaluation, and basic and more advanced methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis. Graduates of the MSc have joined ODI, 3ie and other well-known institutions engaging in impact evaluation.
In addition, this team organizes a professional short course in Impact Evaluation for Evidence-Based Policy in Development. This offers practical impact evaluation training to individuals working in international agencies, governments in developing and developed countries, think-tanks, NGOs and other donor organisations which need to understand the methods used in evidence-based policy making in order to evaluate and justify continued public spending on particular projects and programmes. Moreover, the short course is being offered overseas to build evaluation capacity in particular in developing countries conducts and has been tailored to meet the demands of e.g. Uganda civil servants, NGO officials in Ghana etc.
We are also now offering a second short course on impact evaluation: Beyond Surveys and Experiments - Other Approaches to Impact Evaluation.
Researchers from the UEA have joined the Centre for Development Impact (CDI), an exciting initiative that contributes to learning and innovation in the field of impact evaluation.
Network
Profiles
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Laura Camfield
- School of International Development - Professor of Development Research and Evaluation
- Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research - Member
- Gender and Development - Member
- Impact Evaluation - Member
- Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Paul Clist
- School of International Development - Associate Professor in Development Economics
- Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science - Member
- Impact Evaluation - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Ben D'Exelle
- School of Economics - Professor of Economics
- School of International Development - Professor of Economics
- Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science - Member
- Behavioural Economics - Member
- Environment, Resources and Conflict - Member
- Gender and Development - Member
- Impact Evaluation - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence programme (GAGE)
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
1/01/22 → 30/11/24
Project: Research
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SeNSS ESRC-Funded Studentship Award
Jarvis, L., Camfield, L. & Ahmed, S.
Economic and Social Research Council
1/10/21 → 31/03/25
Project: Training
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BBSRC Institute Strategic Programme: Delivering Sustainable Wheat (DSW)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
1/04/23 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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Don’t Look Up! Individual income comparisons and subjective well-being of students in Thailand
Dufhues, T., Möllers, J., Jantsch, A., Buchenrieder, G. & Camfield, L., Feb 2023, In: Journal of Happiness Studies. 24, 2, p. 477–503 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effect of gender and gender pairing on bargaining: Evidence from an artefactual field experiment
D'Exelle, B., Gutekunst, C. & Riedl, A., Jan 2023, In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 205, p. 237-269 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Avoiding an Ethiopian perfect storm of neurolathyrism and climate change
Heaton, M., Emmrich, P., Perez-Viana, B., Mulat, B. & Verschoor, A., 2022Research output: Other contribution
Open Access
Prizes
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SENSS ESRC +3.5 Award.
Jarvis, Lee (Recipient) & Camfield, Laura (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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External examiner (International Institute of Social Studies (ISS))
Maren Duvendack (Examiner)
4 Jul 2021 → …Activity: Examination
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Development Studies Association (DSA) conference
Maren Duvendack (Speaker)
28 Jun 2021 → 2 Jul 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Ref PR181204)
Maren Duvendack (Other)
10 Jun 2020 → …Activity: Other activity types › Other
Press/Media
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Critical questioning pays off for your career in the end: Dr Maren Duvendack talks about her experience with Open Science
1/06/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Why Does Replication Encounter Such Resistance in Economics?
3/02/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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