dc.contributor.author | Burns, D | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-11T12:20:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-09-11T12:20:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-09 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Burns, D. (2014) Assessing Impact in Dynamic and Complex Environments: Systemic Action Research and Participatory Systemic Inquiry, CDI Practice Paper 8, Brighton: IDS | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/4387 | |
dc.description.abstract | This CDI Practice Paper is about the uses of Systemic Action Research (SAR) and Participatory Systemic Inquiry (PSI) for impact assessment (Burns 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013; Wadsworth 2001, 2010). SAR is an action research methodology which embeds design, planning, action and evaluation into a single process. It is an iterative learning process which supports real-time assessment across social systems. SAR can be embedded within programmes or layered into programmes later on in their development (Burns 2007). PSI is a shorter process, which allows a system to be mapped as a baseline against which changes in the dynamics of the system can be assessed (Burns 2012). PSI can underpin an action research process or it can be carried out as a process in its own right. SAR typically takes place over a period of 18 months to three years. A PSI mapping and analysis might take place over a 2–12-week period. SAR has been used in a number of national and global INGO programmes. It has also been used in large-scale evaluations such as that of the Welsh Assembly Government’s Communities First programme. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | UK Department for International Development | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | IDS | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | CDI Practice Paper;8 | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ | en_GB |
dc.title | Assessing Impact in Dynamic and Complex Environments: Systemic Action Research and Participatory Systemic Inquiry | en_GB |
dc.type | CDI Practice Paper | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | IDS | en_GB |
dc.identifier.ag | OT/11009/7/3/1/311 | |