Peter Dahler-Larsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 6108501 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Dahler-Larsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Dahler-Larsen |
| SIGNATURE | DAHLER-LARSEN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Thomas Schwandt
“The good wanderer leaves neither footprints nor traces”
In January 1917, an article by Georg Simmel, “Individualismens Former”, appeared in the Danish journal Spectator. Citing an editorial note herein, Simmel researchers have trusted that Simmel wrote the text in Danish and authorized the article (Rammstedt et al, 2015: 690; Christensen et al (eds.): 2019). On the contrary, we use archives, memoires and historical research to show that the editorial note in fact concealed the true provenance of Simme…
On the Dynamic Nature of Performance Management Regimes
The ambition of this article is to gain a better understanding of the endogenous dynamics of performance management regimes. Based on a review of the literature, we develop a framework that enables us to grasp dimensions and mechanisms of escalation. Hereafter, we demonstrate the use of our framework through two cases. We argue that a range of dimensions of a performance regime may evolve over time, that the dynamics might be repressed by context…
Theory-Based Evaluation Meets Ambiguity
As theory-based evaluation (TBE) engages in situations where multiple stakeholders help develop complex program theory about dynamic phenomena in politically contested settings, it becomes difficult to develop and use program theory without ambiguity. The purpose of this article is to explore ambiguity as a fruitful perspective that helps TBE face current challenges. Literatures in organization theory and political theory are consulted in order t…
Evaluation, Language, and Untranslatables
The issue of translatability is pressing in international evaluation, in global transfer of evaluative instruments, in comparative performance management, and in culturally responsive evaluation. Terms that are never fully understood, digested, or accepted may continue to influence issues, problems, and social interactions in and around and after evaluations. Their meanings can be imposed or reinvented. Untranslatable terms are not just “lost in …
Constitutive Effects of Performance Indicators
The idea that performance indicators in public management have unintended consequences is almost as old as performance measurement itself. But, is ‘unintended consequences’ an appropriate and insightful idea? The very term rests on an identification of intentions and assumptions about validity that are demonstrably problematic. Based on a distinction between trivial and advanced measure fixation, an argument is made for constitutive effects that …
Dynamite, Medicine, Peace, and the Nobel Art of Evaluation
Fabricating Quality in Education
Surviving the Routinization of Evaluation
Students of evaluation have found many examples of reports gathering dust on the shelf, as well as politically hired outsiders with an ax who relentlessly cut public programs. These images indicate that evaluation often does not fulfill its genuine democratic potential. A study of the Danish municipal sector shows that out of 600 evaluations, less than 1% led to termination of the evaluated activities, whereas 78% of the evaluations led to adjust…
Theory-Based Evaluation Meets Ambiguity
As theory-based evaluation (TBE) engages in situations where multiple stakeholders help develop complex program theory about dynamic phenomena in politically contested settings, it becomes difficult to develop and use program theory without ambiguity. The purpose of this article is to explore ambiguity as a fruitful perspective that helps TBE face current challenges. Literatures in organization theory and political theory are consulted in order t…
Surviving the Routinization of Evaluation
Students of evaluation have found many examples of reports gathering dust on the shelf, as well as politically hired outsiders with an ax who relentlessly cut public programs. These images indicate that evaluation often does not fulfill its genuine democratic potential. A study of the Danish municipal sector shows that out of 600 evaluations, less than 1% led to termination of the evaluated activities, whereas 78% of the evaluations led to adjust…
Evaluation, Language, and Untranslatables
The issue of translatability is pressing in international evaluation, in global transfer of evaluative instruments, in comparative performance management, and in culturally responsive evaluation. Terms that are never fully understood, digested, or accepted may continue to influence issues, problems, and social interactions in and around and after evaluations. Their meanings can be imposed or reinvented. Untranslatable terms are not just “lost in …
Surviving the Routinization of Evaluation
Students of evaluation have found many examples of reports gathering dust on the shelf, as well as politically hired outsiders with an ax who relentlessly cut public programs. These images indicate that evaluation often does not fulfill its genuine democratic potential. A study of the Danish municipal sector shows that out of 600 evaluations, less than 1% led to termination of the evaluated activities, whereas 78% of the evaluations led to adjust…
Fabricating Quality in Education
Constitutive Effects of Performance Indicators
The idea that performance indicators in public management have unintended consequences is almost as old as performance measurement itself. But, is ‘unintended consequences’ an appropriate and insightful idea? The very term rests on an identification of intentions and assumptions about validity that are demonstrably problematic. Based on a distinction between trivial and advanced measure fixation, an argument is made for constitutive effects that …
Dynamite, Medicine, Peace, and the Nobel Art of Evaluation
Evaluation, Language, and Untranslatables
The issue of translatability is pressing in international evaluation, in global transfer of evaluative instruments, in comparative performance management, and in culturally responsive evaluation. Terms that are never fully understood, digested, or accepted may continue to influence issues, problems, and social interactions in and around and after evaluations. Their meanings can be imposed or reinvented. Untranslatable terms are not just “lost in …
Theory-Based Evaluation Meets Ambiguity
As theory-based evaluation (TBE) engages in situations where multiple stakeholders help develop complex program theory about dynamic phenomena in politically contested settings, it becomes difficult to develop and use program theory without ambiguity. The purpose of this article is to explore ambiguity as a fruitful perspective that helps TBE face current challenges. Literatures in organization theory and political theory are consulted in order t…
On the Dynamic Nature of Performance Management Regimes
The ambition of this article is to gain a better understanding of the endogenous dynamics of performance management regimes. Based on a review of the literature, we develop a framework that enables us to grasp dimensions and mechanisms of escalation. Hereafter, we demonstrate the use of our framework through two cases. We argue that a range of dimensions of a performance regime may evolve over time, that the dynamics might be repressed by context…
“The good wanderer leaves neither footprints nor traces”
In January 1917, an article by Georg Simmel, “Individualismens Former”, appeared in the Danish journal Spectator. Citing an editorial note herein, Simmel researchers have trusted that Simmel wrote the text in Danish and authorized the article (Rammstedt et al, 2015: 690; Christensen et al (eds.): 2019). On the contrary, we use archives, memoires and historical research to show that the editorial note in fact concealed the true provenance of Simme…
Thomas Schwandt
Evaluation and Performance Assessment (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Accounting and Organizational Management (2 works)