Recent Campbell Posts

As a non-profit, how should you report impact to donors? Caroline Fiennes, Director of Giving Evidence, a UK-based organisation that promotes charitable giving based on sound evidence, provides her insights about evidence of impact.“We often talk about ‘what is your impact?’ In a way, this is a very boring questi....

Written by David B. Wilson, Iain Brennan and Ajima OlaghereA first arrest is a pivotal moment in the life of a young person. The outcome of the arrest can have profound implications. In some cases, criminal charges can be the first step on a path overrun with reduced opportunities, further criminal behavior, and victim....

Written by Alexander Krauss, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, London School of Economics, and Adjunct Lecturer, University College LondonAll randomised controlled trials are to some degree biased. While trials are often used to help inform our decisions in public health and social policy, I argue in the study Why all ra....

Text and photos by Ciara Keenan, Systematic Reviewer, Campbell UK & Ireland Centre, and blogger (Meta-Evidence) The 10th Biennial Joanna Briggs Institute Colloquium was held in Antwerp last week. The colloquium was an inquiry into the ‘successful implementation of evidence-based practice: Hard work or good luck....

The Campbell Collaboration hosted an event yesterday in New Delhi, India, that focused on bring researchers and funders together to discuss strategies and problems facing them in brokering evidence to policymakers. You can read more about the line-up here: Evidence uptake to action: Funder and researcher perspectives,....

By Howard White | 3 May 2018The evidence revolution has led to growing amounts of evidence being generated about what works across a range of sectors. Homelessness is no exception. The number of rigorous studies published grew from an average of seven a year in 2000-05 to 17 a year from 2011-17. But all this research ....

This vlog is by Howard White, CEO, who presents the Campbell policy brief about sentencing and its effects on re-offending. This video shows how 12 Campbell systematic reviews used in the policy brief can help inform policymakers who want to reduce crime, and reform criminals. While an old study from 1974 resulted in....

This vlog by Howard White, CEO of the Campbell Collaboration, sums up evidence available showing which interventions are effective for improving child literacy and learning. He points out the great need for programs that work, especially in developing countries. The video builds upon a blog article he wrote called Ho....

Article originally posted here by Giel Ton, Research Fellow at the Institute of Development StudiesMy work with the Centre for Development Impact is to help the evaluation of development impact. This implies research to detect outcomes that change in response to a project or a programme, and explore for the condition....

By Howard White, CEO, The Campbell Collaboration, originally posted hereThe sight of people sleeping rough on snow-strewn winter streets is an affront to our aspiration to ensure minimum living standards for all citizens. And people who are street homeless are just the tip of the iceberg in the broader sense of living....