PERUPolicy Evaluation Research Unit
At PERU, we believe that evaluation and research play an important role in human flourishing. For us, relationships are a core research theme, and methodological innovation is our core expertise. We hold these in critical tension to ensure we remain true to the demanding nature of social reality.
Latest Outputs
Implementing Innovative Social Investment
Social Innovation,Economic Analysis & Modelling
12 March 2019
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The turn towards a Social Investment approach to welfare implies deploying resources to enhance human capital and mobilise the productive potential of citizens, starting in early childhood.
Evaluating outcome-based payment programmes: challenges for evidence-based policy
12 February 2019
We review the state of evaluation within outcome-based commissioning in the United Kingdom.
Social Impact Bonds: More Than One Approach
Social Innovation,Economic Analysis & Modelling
8 January 2019
A look at how social impact bonds differ between projects and geographies, and how those differences impact practical implementation.
Research protocol: Evaluating the impact of Eedi formative assessment online platform (formerly Diagnostic Questions or DQ) on attainment in mathematics at GCSE and teacher workload
23 November 2018
This paper describes a cluster randomised controlled trial designed to test the efficacy of Eedi, a formative question setting and diagnostic digital platform, on attainment in mathematics at GCSE as well as its impact on teacher workload.
Homelessness and the Private Rented Sector
Housing & Homelessness,Systematic Review & Rapid Evidence Assessment
21 November 2018
Homelessness has a devastating effect on those who experience it and is costly to the public purse.
