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.

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Innovation and Social Investment Programs in Europe


There is a lack of empirical research around sub‐national Social Investment programs, and a lack of connectivity with social innovation.

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Whole System Approach for Women Offenders – Final Evaluation Report


The evaluation has found that the WSA provides a good example of a gendered approach to supporting women in contact with the criminal justice system or at risk of offending and has been successful in responding to a number of its key aims.

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The Evaluation Market and Its Industry in England


This chapter presents an analysis of the evaluation market in England.

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How Could Brexit Affect Poverty in the UK?


This briefing analyses Brexit’s potential impact on families in poverty, along with other forces that could help or hinder efforts to solve UK poverty.

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A Realist Model of Prison Education, Growth, and Desistance: A New Theory


This paper articulates the first ‘general theory’ of prison education, offering a new insight into the relevance of desistance theory and understanding of prison sociology to the lives of men engaged in education whilst in prison.

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