Anticipatory evaluation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6423944 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Copestake (0000-0001-5658-2597, University of Bath, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 9-22 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Evaluation Journal of Australasia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1035-719X • E-ISSN: 2515-9372 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1035719x241307339 |
| OpenAlex | W4405121594 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
Starting with the Australian Evaluation Society International Conference 2024 theme of ‘wayfinding’, the article reflects on how evaluators navigate time as well as space, with particular reference to how they incorporate qualitative approaches to ‘futures thinking’ into their evaluative practice. The article takes a reflexive case study approach, drawing on a simple model of evaluative practice to review the role of futures thinking in evaluation of doctoral research projects, impact investments, social assistance, and development studies as an academic field. The article focuses particularly on the role of ‘backcasting’, as well as deliberative processes and the causal mapping of narrative claims linking future possibilities to current thinking and activities
Backcasting · Business · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Futures contract · Management science · Narrative · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Theme (computing · Computer Science · Engineering · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Geography Education and Pedagogy · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |