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
How Could Brexit Affect Poverty in the UK?
Incomes, Work & Poverty,Economic Analysis & Modelling
6 September 2018
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.
A Realist Model of Prison Education, Growth, and Desistance: A New Theory
Criminal Justice,Systematic Review & Rapid Evidence Assessment
25 June 2018
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.
Measuring Youth Well-being: How a Pan-European Longitudinal Survey can improve Policy
Education, Childhood & Youth,Surveys & Longitudinal Data
17 May 2018
This volume presents key findings from the EU funded Measuring Youth Well-being (MYWeB) project which assessed the feasibility of a European Longitudinal Study for Children and Young People (ELSCYP).
Co-Creation and Co-Production in the United Kingdom – A Rapid Evidence Assessment – March 2018
Systematic Review & Rapid Evidence Assessment
4 May 2018
This Rapid Evidence Assessment sought to arrive at an updated synthesis of the co-creation and co-production evidence base in the United Kingdom.
Payment by results and social impact bonds
Criminal Justice,Economic Analysis & Modelling
26 April 2018
Outcome-based payment systems in the UK and US
