The impetus for this volume lives in a rich and vibrant past. It is organized to honor one of the founders and most prolific contributors to the profession and transdiscipline of evaluation -- Professor Michael Scriven, and to illuminate the future of evaluation in society. Professor Scriven often shares stories of his meetings with Albert Einsten and the frame-breaking evaluation revolution he has led against the value free doctrine of the social sciences. Both his wide eyed graduate students and the more grizzled evaluation veterans in his professional development workshops quickly learn...

The impetus for this volume lives in a rich and vibrant past. It is organized to honor one of the founders and most prolific contributors to the profession and transdiscipline of evaluation -- Professor Michael Scriven, and to illuminate the future of evaluation in society. Professor Scriven often shares stories of his meetings with Albert Einsten and the frame-breaking evaluation revolution he has led against the value free doctrine of the social sciences. Both his wide eyed graduate students and the more grizzled evaluation veterans in his professional development workshops quickly learn...

The authors in this volume challenge the field of evaluation to become more concerned about using evaluation to develop more equitable organisations, governments, and societies. Leading evaluation theorists and practitioners provide a range of visions for how evaluation can play a much larger role in facilitating social justice across the globe.

The authors in this volume challenge the field of evaluation to become more concerned about using evaluation to develop more equitable organisations, governments, and societies. Leading evaluation theorists and practitioners provide a range of visions for how evaluation can play a much larger role in facilitating social justice across the globe.