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
Social Impact Bonds 2.0? Findings from a Study of Four UK SIBs
Social Innovation,Economic Analysis & Modelling
13 December 2020
How Social Impact Bonds can facilitate a move to strengths-based service delivery and help drive innovation in public service delivery
Policy failure or f***up: homelessness and welfare reform in England
Housing & Homelessness,Incomes, Work & Poverty,Systematic Review & Rapid Evidence Assessment
24 November 2020
Homelessness and welfare reform in England
In-work progression
Incomes, Work & Poverty,Systematic Review & Rapid Evidence Assessment
23 November 2020
Response to Department for Work and Pensions call for evidence and good practice on in-work progression.
The Role of Needs Assessment in the Effective Engagement of People with Convictions
Criminal Justice,Surveys & Longitudinal Data
17 November 2020
This paper argues for “the potential for needs assessment and sentence planning to transcend their core justice functions and set the tone for effective engagement between probation supervisee and supervisor.”
Staying Close Evaluation
Housing & Homelessness,Social Innovation,Evaluation
12 November 2020
Publication Date: Monday 02 November 2020
Where Next for Co-creating Public Services?
Social Innovation,Economic Analysis & Modelling
5 October 2020
Emerging lessons and new questions from CoSIE
