Kalpazidou Schmidt Evanthia, Graversen Ebbe Krogh
Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Eval Program Plann. 2020 Apr;79:101750. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.101750. Epub 2019 Nov 12.
In this article, we discuss the development of a conceptual evaluation framework to design and assess gender equality interventions and their effects in research and innovation. The conceptual framework presented herewith embraces the complexity, gender-sensitive and theory-based evaluation approaches ensuring that design and evaluation of gender equality interventions consider the complex systems that constitute the context in which the interventions operate. The evaluation framework offers a non-linear concept, where the notion of contribution - not attribution - to achieve impact is central to the integration of team, organizational and system factors in policy design and evaluation. The paper opens the "black box" to address the question of how and why a policy intervention works and in which context and discusses a systematic process on how to approach the interwoven linkages between input, implementation and effects in gender equality interventions in research and innovation, accounting for context sensitivity and methodological pluralism. The evaluation framework may serve as reference for researchers, evaluators, policymakers and other stakeholders in designing and assessing gender equality interventions, and in further developing their evidence, and theoretical and methodological base.
在本文中，我们讨论了一个概念性评估框架的发展，该框架用于设计和评估性别平等干预措施及其在研究与创新中的效果。本文提出的概念框架包含了复杂性、性别敏感且基于理论的评估方法，确保性别平等干预措施的设计和评估考虑到构成干预措施实施背景的复杂系统。该评估框架提供了一个非线性概念，其中，对实现影响的贡献（而非归因）概念对于在政策设计和评估中整合团队、组织和系统因素至关重要。本文打开了“黑匣子”，以解决政策干预措施如何以及为何起作用、在何种背景下起作用的问题，并讨论了一个系统的过程，即如何处理研究与创新中性别平等干预措施的投入、实施和效果之间的交织联系，同时考虑背景敏感性和方法多元性。该评估框架可为研究人员、评估人员、政策制定者和其他利益相关者在设计和评估性别平等干预措施以及进一步发展其证据、理论和方法基础方面提供参考。
