Capturing learnings in mission-oriented policies: Monitoring and evaluation methods and practice

19 April 2023, 10:00 am–11:30 am

Join us in to hear leading academics and experts in the field present on the current landscape of monitoring and evaluation practices for missions and transformative policies.

Event Information

Open to: All
Organiser: IIPP Policy Studio

iipp.policy-studio@ucl.ac.uk

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Transformative policies, such as mission-oriented policies aiming at innovation, require new alternative methods to conventional monitoring and evaluation (M&E) practice to capture the learnings. The first learning series revisits the current landscape of monitoring and evaluation practice, and challenge current limitations. This session engages experts in the field, Lars Coenen (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences), Ine Steenmans (UCL Department for Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy) and Juan Mateos-Garcia (Specialist in Data Analytics and Innovation Mapping) to discuss some of the most pressing questions.

How do we capture learnings from transformative policies?
What are the current practices in monitoring and evaluating system change?
How do we challenge conventional M&E approach and what new alternative methods would be useful to capture learning from mission aimed toward innovation and transformative policies?

This event is the first of three events in the Dynamic Evaluation Learning Series, and part of the IIPP Policy Studio’s work in ‘Dynamic Monitoring and Evaluation for Missions, Innovation, and Transformative Policies’. Leam more about this work and other events here.

This event will be held in Zoom. Tickets are free, but booking is required. The talk will also be recorded and uploaded to our IIPP YouTube channel.

Other events in the Dynamic Evaluation Learning Series

Weds, 17 May (10am-11:30am BST)

Learning from the field: Emerging practices in mission-learning

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Weds, 7 June (10am-11:30am BST)

Dynamic evaluation: Theory meets practice

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About the Speakers

Lars Coenen

Professor in Innovation and Sustainability Transitions at Mohn Centre for Innovation and Regional Development, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

Lars Coenen is Professor in Innovation and Sustainability Transitions at the Mohn Centre for Innovation and Regional Development, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and Adjunct Professor at the TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo. His research interests converge around the geography of innovation. In particular he is interested in mapping and understanding innovation geographies related to urgent societal challenges and missions.

Professor Coenen is well-known internationally for his work on regional and urban innovation and, in particular, his pioneering research on the geography of environmental innovation and sustainability transitions. Previously, Lars was full professor at CIRCLE, the Centre for Innovation Research at Lund University. Here, Professor Coenen has conducted various policy analyses for/of the Swedish Innovation Agency, VINNOVA. From 2017-2020 he has been the inaugural ‘City of Melbourne Chair of Resilient Cities’, at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute of the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Juan Mateos-Garcia

Specialist in data analytics and innovation mapping

Juan Mateos-Garcia is impact evaluation manager at DeepMind, where he focuses on measuring the social impact of AI systems. Before joining DeepMind, Juan led Nesta's data analytics and innovation mapping teams, using new sources of data and data science methods to inform research and innovation policy and create social impact. Juan has a BSc in Economics from Universidad de Salamanca (Spain) and a MSc in Science and Technology Policy from SPRU (University of Sussex).

Ine Steenmans

Associate Professor in Futures, Analysis and Policy at UCL Department for Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy

Dr Ine Steenmans is an Associate Professor in Futures, Analysis and Policy at the University College London (UCL). Ine’s research focuses on future policy competencies and capabilities. What analytical competencies do policy professionals need, and how do they develop them? How do policy groups develop analytical capabilities? And how can the development of competencies and capabilities better aligned? She has an especial interest in the competencies for integrating knowledge across disciplines, sectors and time horizons. This includes futures and foresight methods, systems methodologies and evaluation. All her work takes the same needs-led, transformation-oriented and partnership-based approach. Recent projects have focused on evaluative capability development with the UAE Space Agency and evaluation training for analysts at the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Before joining UCL, Ine worked as a foresight researcher in the UK Government Office for Science. She can be contacted at ine.steenmans@ucl.ac.uk.

Rainer Kattel

Professor of Innovation and Public Governance at UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

Rainer Kattel is Deputy Director at UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. He studied at the University of Tartu, Estonia, and the University of Marburg, Germany, in philosophy, political philosophy, classics and public administration. He led Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance for 10 years, building it into one of the leading innovation and governance schools in the region.

Professor Kattel has also served on various public policy commissions, including the Estonian Research Council and European Science Foundation. He has worked as an expert for the OECD, UNDP and the European Commission, and served as a member of E-Estonia Council advising the Prime Minister of Estonia. Currently, he leads the Estonian Government’s Gender Equality Council.

He has published extensively on innovation policy, its governance and specific management issues. In 2013, he received Estonia's National Science Award for his work on innovation policy.

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