Pragmatic ex-ante evaluation using an innovative conceptual framework: The case of a high-tech entrepreneurship program for women |
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| Institution: | 1. Fraunhofer CeRRI, Hardenbergstraße 20, 10623 Berlin, Germany;2. Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 7, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark;3. Open University of Catalonia, Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss, 5, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain;1. Oregon State University, 118B Milam Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States;2. California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States;3. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States;4. University of Maryland, College Park, Columbia, MD, United States;5. Yale University, CT, United States;1. Dept. of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology, Western Michigan University, United States;2. W. K. Kellogg Foundation, United States;1. Department of Economics and Economic History, Autonomous University of Barcelona, ES, Spain;2. Department of the Vice-presidency and of Economy and Finance, Government of Catalonia, ES, Spain;1. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA;2. Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Health Administration and Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA |
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| Abstract: | Program designers at local project level usually design interventions under conditions of scarce resources and bounded rationality lacking sufficient information about the process and impact mechanisms of the complex social programs they design and implement. This paper proposes a model for pragmatic ex ante evaluation using an innovative conceptual framework for practitioners working in the field to improve gender equality in research and innovation.The presented and applied model is pertinent to the theory-oriented evaluation tradition using a logic frame and a theory of change approach adapted to the special requirements of ex-ante evaluation. The model is illustrated by the case study of a program for the promotion of women entrepreneurship in the STEM fields.It is concluded that in a setting with limited resources and information, ex-ante evaluations should aim at defining clear conditions of proportionality and need to take into account the extent to which contextual factors hinder or facilitate the implementation of a program, and the specific institutional and system mechanisms at play, in order to enable proactive risk management from the beginning. |
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| Keywords: | Ex-ante evaluation Research and innovation Women entrepreneurs Women start-ups Gender equality programs Evaluation framework |
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