Evaluation of policy and research is key for understanding how different initiatives work and their potential contribution. However, evaluation is often focusing on individual programmes and does not provide insights about transformative contributions. Thus, there is a need to consider how evaluation practices need to be complemented in order to capture how different policy incentives - alone and together – are supporting a transition.
This thesis proposes frameworks for how to design such transformative evaluations, by drawing on interdisciplinary foundations and combining key aspects to consider. The research builds on the case of current evaluation practices in Sweden, focusing particularly on initiatives for energy efficiency in buildings. By exploring how evaluations are conducted and used, the thesis illuminates areas for further advancement, as well as probes the potential for a transformative evaluation approach to be adopted among Swedish state agencies.
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