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CECAN is hosting a variety of courses and seminars to which we welcome external participants from Government, academic and public sectors. If you would like to book on to any of our events please contact us early to avoid disappointment.

We also have a limited number of bursaries available to support early career researchers and PhD students working across the social and natural sciences to further develop their skills in policy evaluation methods from a complex systems perspective. Click here for details and to apply.

Future Courses

Past Courses

Handling Complexity in Policy Evaluation Online Workshop: Module One - Complexity and its Challenges for Policy and Evaluation
Online, 8 Sep 2021 | Martha Bicket and Helen Wilkinson

Handling Complexity in Policy Evaluation Online Workshop: Module One &…

Handling Complexity in Policy Evaluation Online Workshop: Module Two - Commissioning and Managing a Complex Evaluation
Online, 14 Sep 2021 | Richard Allen, Georgie Parry-Crooke, Helen Wilkinson and Martha Bicket

Handling Complexity in Policy Evaluation Online Workshop: Module Two &…

Handling Complexity in Policy Evaluation Online Workshop: Module Three - Selecting an Appropriate Evaluation Approach
Online, 23 Sep 2021 | Helen Wilkinson and Martha Bicket

Handling Complexity in Policy Evaluation Online Workshop: Module Three…

CECAN Ltd CPD Course: Agent-Based Modelling for Policy Analysis
Online, 2 Mar 2021, 09:30 - 17:00 | Corinna Elsenbroich and Jennifer Badham

CECAN Ltd CPD Course: Agent-Based Modelling for Policy Analysis

UKES / CECAN Online Masterclass – Process Tracing Introductory Course
Online, 19 Jan 2021, 09:30-17:00 | Corinna Elsenbroich

UKES / CECAN Online Masterclass – Process Tracing Introductory Cours…

UKES / CECAN Online Masterclass - Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
Online, 25 Mar 2021, 09:30-17:00 | Corinna Elsenbroich

UKES / CECAN Online Masterclass – Qualitative Comparative Analys…

UKES / CECAN Online Masterclass – Process Tracing Introductory Course
Online, 29 Apr 2021, 09:30-17:00 | Corinna Elsenbroich

UKES / CECAN Online Masterclass – Process Tracing Introductory Cours…

UKES / CECAN Online Masterclass - Bayesian Updating (Diagnostic Theory-Based Evaluation)
Online, 19 Nov 2020, 09:30 - 17:00 | Barbara Befani

UKES / CECAN Online Masterclass – Bayesian Updating (Diagnostic …

UKES / CECAN Online Masterclass - Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
Online, 22 Oct 2020, 09:30-17:00 | Corinna Elsenbroich

UKES / CECAN Online Masterclass – Qualitative Comparative Analys…

CECAN Webinar – The benefits and challenges of conducting research with impact ‘built in’: reflections and findings from an evaluation of Electronic Monitoring with the Ministry of Justice, with Ian Brunton-Smith. 23 Jun, 1 - 2pm BST. Includes live Q&A! Register free: www.cecan.ac.uk/events/cecan...

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*New Resource* - 'Guidance on using large language models to extract cause-and-effect pairs from texts for systems mapping', written by Jordan White and Pete Barbrook-Johnson. See: www.cecan.ac.uk/resources/to...

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