The Network of Researchers on Policy and Programme Evaluation of the French Evaluation Society is pleased to invite you to a free research seminar on: Methods for Synthesizing Knowledge, to beheld on December 10th 2012 at Paris-Dauphine University, Amphitheater 11. The promotion of evidence-based policy by an increasing number of national governments and international organisations has triggered the issues of gathering available evidence on the impact of public interventions, assessing its credibility, and providing policy-makers with knowledge syntheses. Two state-of-art methods have emerged up to date. The first approach builds on the tools of evidence based medicine: systematic review and meta-analysis. The second approach, called realist synthesis, is rooted in social sciences methodologies. This research seminar will present and discuss the available methods (see programme below). The Network of Researchers on Policy and Programme Evaluation 

Le Réseau des chercheurs en évaluation des politiques publiques de la Société française d’évaluation vous convie à un séminaire de recherche sur les méthodes de synthèses de connaissances, le 10 décembre 2012 à l’Université de Paris Dauphine, Amphithéâtre 11. La promotion des politiques publiques basées sur la preuve par un nombre croissant des gouvernements nationaux et d’organisations internationales soulève les questions de l’identification de connaissances disponibles sur les impacts des interventions publiques, de l’appréciation de leur crédibilité et finalement de leur synthèse pour éclairer la décision publique. A ce jour, deux méthodes reconnues ont émergé. La première emprunte aux outils de la « médecine des preuves » : revue systématique et la méta-analyse. La seconde, appelée synthèse réaliste, est inspirée des méthodologies des sciences sociales. Le séminaire de recherche, organisé avec l’aide de plusieurs partenaires, proposera une présentation et une discussion des méthodes disponibles (voir programme ci-dessous). Merci de noter que les présentations et échanges se feront exclusivement en anglais afin de faciliter le dialogue entre participants de différents pays. Le réseau des chercheurs en évaluation des politiques publiques.

Presentation

The Network of Researchers on Policy and Programme Evaluation of the French Evaluation Society is pleased to invite you to a free research seminar on:

Methods for Synthesizing Knowledge, to beheld on December 10th 2012 at Paris-Dauphine University, Amphitheater 11.

The promotion of evidence-based policy by an increasing number of national governments and international organisations has triggered the issues of gathering available evidence on the impact of public interventions, assessing its credibility, and providing policy-makers with knowledge syntheses. Two state-of-art methods have emerged up to date. The first approach builds on the tools of evidence based medicine: systematic review and meta-analysis. The second approach, called realist synthesis, is rooted in social sciences methodologies.

This research seminar will present and discuss the available methods (see programme below).

English will be the working language.

Thanks in advance for confirming your participation with the registration form below as soon as possible at accueil@sfe-asso.fr as the number of attendants will be limited.

This is seminar being free, we would like to specify that lunch will not be provided.

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Programme

10 am – 10.15 am : Welcome coffee/tea

10:15am – 10:30 am: Introduction

Agathe Devaux-Spatarakis, PhD  student, Centre Emile Durkheim, Eureval

10:30 am- 12 am : Systematic reviews and meta-analysis

• (45 ‘)Hilmar Schneider, Director of Labour Policy at IZA (independent research institute, which conducts nationally and internationally oriented labour market research)
• (10’) discussion:  Roland Rathelot, Researcher at the CREST  (Center of research in economy and statistics), associate member of J-Pal.
• (35’) Open discussion

12 am - 1:30 pm:Lunch

1:30 pm-3 pm: Realist synthesis

• (45 ‘) Ray Pawson, Professor of Social Research Methodology, University of Leeds
• (10’) discussion: Eric Breton, Holder of the Inpes Research Chair in Health Promotion, EHESP School of Public Health.
• (35’) Open discussion

3 pm – 3:15 pm:Break

3:15 pm – 4:00 pm: Mixed method synthesis

• (45 ‘) Jos Vaessen, Evaluation manager at UNESCO, Maastricht University.

4:00 pm – 5.00 pm: Concluding session

• Moderated by Jacques Toulemonde, Eureval and Lyon University
• (30’) Panel discussion with the three main speakers on the areas of relevance of the various methods
• 30’) Open discussion and concluding remarks