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The mission of the Platform Research & Technology Policy Evaluation is to encourage more, better and more transparent evaluations for an optimal strategic planning of RTD-policy in Austria and to develop a culture of evaluation together with decision-makers in the field of Austrian technology and research policy.
Founded in 1996 as an informal cooperation, the Platform Research & Technology Policy Evaluation aims at presenting approaches and methods of evaluation, discussing the current evaluation practice on an international level and thus contributing to the development of a culture of evaluation in Austria. In 2001, its members re-founded the Platform Research & Technology Policy Evaluation as a corporation under civil law (GesbR).

The ARAMIS Information System for research, development and evaluation projects in Switzerland is intended to provide information to interested parties about research which is financed or carried out by the Federal Government, to improve co-ordination and to increase transparency in this area. It has been implemented in response to a demand of the Swiss Parliament and the Government. This web site, which facilitates search for relevant scientific information, is part of a wider information system set up by the Swiss Administration.

Arroyo Research Services is a research, measurement and evaluation firm that helps education and health policy organizations meet their goals through meaningful data collection, reporting, and related services. They excel in helping organizations develop and use actionable data, and actively seek clients who strive to surpass their stakeholdersÂ’ expectations and prior performance. Their services include program evaluation, research and evaluation design and advisory Services, project design and proposal writing, and development and monitoring of program performance indicators. They are experienced evaluators of U.S. education initiatives, and have conducted numerous evaluations at the local, state and national levels. The team is a diverse group of professionals with expertise in research methodology, educational psychology, health policy, and evaluation design. They are fluent in English and Spanish.

Bowman Performance Consulting, LLC (BPC) is a certified federal 8A, minority, and woman owned business. BPC provides unique social science research, technical assistance, and evaluation services for public, private, and Tribal organizations. BPC gathers measurable and meaningful data from the clients and their stakeholders/customers so that individuals, programs, and organizations function more efficiently and effectively for the long-term. BPC services fall under four main categories: research, development, implementation, and evaluation.

Journal of Research Practice (JRP) seeks to develop our understanding of research as a type of practice, so as to extend and enhance that practice in the future. The Journal aims to highlight the dynamics of research practice, as it unfolds in the life of a researcher, in the growth and decline of a field, and in relation to a changing social and institutional environment. The Journal welcomes deliberation on the basic issues and challenges encountered by researchers in any specific domain. The Journal aims to explore why and how different activities, criteria, methods, and languages become part of research practice in any domain. This is expected to trigger interdisciplinary dialogue, mutual learning, facilitate research education, and promote innovations in different fields.
The Journal's scope is not defined in terms of academic disciplines. It cuts across disciplines and fields by drawing out the living dimensions of research unfolding through history, culture, research communities, professions, and of course the lives of individual researchers. The Journal seeks to study the evolving patterns of thinking and practice that underlie open inquiry in any domain. The scope also includes topics such as research training, research design, research utilisation, research policy, and innovative forms of research. The Journal targets all researchers, scholars, research-inclined professionals, and research students, irrespective of their disciplinary background. It seeks to attract reflective articles on the dynamics and challenges of research practice in context, as well as articles presenting experiences and learning from research carried out in an innovative way.
All full texts are available for free. JRP is not explicitly an evaluation journal, but articles about evaluation and methods are welcome if they fit to the global topic of the journal. Published two times per annum. ISSN: 1712-851X

Survey Research Methods is the official journal of The European Survey Research Association (ESRA).
It aims to be a high quality scientific publication that will be of interest to researchers in all disciplines involved in the design, implementation and analysis of surveys.
The journal publishes articles in English which discuss methodological issues related to survey research.
Two types of papers are in-scope:
1. Papers discussing methodological issues in substantive research using survey data;
2. Papers that discuss methodological issues that are more or less independent of the specific field of substantive research.
Topics of particular interest include survey design, sample design, question and questionnaire design, data collection, nonresponse, data capture, data processing, coding and editing, measurement errors, imputation, weighting and survey data analysis methods.
All full texts are available free for download. Survey Research Methods is not an evaluation journal, but articles about methods relevant for the field of evaluation are welcome if they fit to the global topic of the journal. Published four times per annum.

Branch Associates, Inc. provides research, evaluation and technical assistance services and supports for nonprofit organizations, foundations, government agencies and private sector organizations.
At Branch Associates, Inc., we believe that a client-centered and interactive approach to research design and analysis yields useful information that is accessible to policy makers and practitioners alike.
In its work, Branch Associates, Inc. combines the rigor of social science research and the savvy of experienced program evaluators and technical assistance providers in order to provide clients with rigorous assessments of program effectiveness, and the factors contributing to it. Clients are also provided with concrete recommendations for program innovation and policy change.

The Swiss Foundation for Research in Social Sciences FORS (former SIDOS) was created in accordance to the law on research of the Federal Government. Its purpose is to provide services, to conduct research and to publish and disseminate research findings in the social sciences. The Foundation's activities specifically comprise the following: * preparing, documenting and providing data of all kinds, such as are needed to conduct studies in the social sciences; * advising researchers and other interested parties on the collection and use of data; * developing methods and procedures for collecting and analysing data; * promoting the application of the findings obtained; ** FORS collects and publishes information on current research in the field of social sciences in Switzerland. The inventory covers at the moment over 7600 descriptions of current and completed research projects and is updated regularly. That is not only an evaluation-related ressource, but much information of that kind can be found there.
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Die Schweizer Stiftung für die Forschung in den Sozialwissenschaften FORS (ehemals SIDOS) wird vom Bund auf Basis des Forschungsgesetzes unterstützt. Zweck ist die Erbringung von Dienstleistungen, die Forschung sowie die Verbreitung von Forschungsergebnissen in den Sozialwissenschaften. Die konkrete Tätigkeit von FORS umfasst: * die Erarbeitung, Dokumentation und Bereitstellung von Daten aller Art zur Durchführung von sozialwissenschaftlichen Studien; * die Beratung von Forschenden und interessierten Kreisen hinsichtlich Datenerhebung und Datennutzung; * die Entwicklung von Methoden und Verfahren zur Datenerhebung und Datenanalyse; * die Förderung der Umsetzung der erlangten Erkenntnisse; ** FORS sammelt und veröffentlicht Informationen über die aktuelle sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung in der Schweiz. Das Inventar der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung umfasst gegenwärtig über 7600 Beschreibungen laufender oder abgeschlossener Forschungsprojekte. Evaluation ist hier nicht das Hauptthema, es werden aber viele evaluationsrelevante Informationen zur Verfügung gestellt.
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La Fondation suisse pour la recherche en sciences sociales (FORS) a été créée avec le soutien de la Confédération pour accomplir une mission de service, de recherche et de soutien à la valorisation des connaissances. Les activités de FORS consistent plus précisément à : * élaborer, documenter et mettre à disposition de la communauté scientifique des données destinées à des travaux scientifiques; * conseiller les chercheurs et les milieux intéressés en matière de production et d'utilisation de données; * contribuer au développement des méthodes et des processus de production et d'analyse des données; * soutenir la valorisation des connaissances issues des sciences sociales; ** FORS collecte et diffuse des informations sur la recherche en sciences sociales actuelle en Suisse. Il tient à jour un inventaire de la recherche en sciences sociales qui comprend actuellement quelque 7600 descriptions de projets en cours ou achevés.

Channel Research is an evaluation consultancy that focuses on humanitarian aid, human rights and the rule of law, corporate social responsibility, and conflict sensitivity, with a particular expertise of working in unstable or politically fragile social environments. Channel Research evaluates humanitarian and human rights programmes and projects for a broad range of clients, including multinational organisations such as the UN, World Bank and the European Commission, for governments such as those of Sweden, UK, USA, France and Denmark, and national and international nongovernmental organisations including Amnesty International‘s International Secretariat, Border Action (Northern Ireland), and Médecins Sans Frontières. In particular, we hold multiple framework contracts with the European Commission, the World Bank, DFID and Sida. Our evaluations allow organisations to assess how well resources are being used and the effects, and impact, of an intervention on the surrounding populations. Channel Research predominately works in conflict or crisis prone environments, or in areas following natural disasters. We are at the cutting edge of ensuring conflict sensitivity in evaluations, making use of the conflict mapping tools that we have developed. We enable organisations to meet the increasing demands for accountability and knowledge management and development.

SSRL is a university-based research center with survey research and program evaluation capabilities.