Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation (JMDE) Issue #50 Is Available Now

Posted on 2025-05-28

We are excited to announce a special edition of the Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation that explores evaluation theory and practice development over the past 40 years, specifically looking at the influence and legacy of Ray C. Rist at the helm of the International Research Group for Policy and Program Evaluation (better known as INTEVAL). Although told through the lens of Ray’s career and his contributions to the field, readers unfamiliar with Ray or INTEVAL will find important lessons on growing the evaluation field through personal and professional development, examples of using evaluation as a means to fight social injustice, cases of what the institutionalization of evaluation systems look like in real-world settings, and models of how principles of open collaboration lead to generative evaluation practices. 

Explore the table of contents below to discover this unique perspective on the development of evaluation theory and practice:

  • Linking Evaluation Theory and Practice: Exploring Ray Rist’s Enduring Legacy
    • Richard Boyle, Drew Koleros, Rob D. van den Berg
  • From Perpetuation to Disruption of Disadvantages: Learning from a Young Ray Rist and Implications for the Future of the Field of Evaluation
    • Sanjeev Sridharan, April Nakaima
  • The International Research Group of Policy and Program Evaluation (INTEVAL): A Celebration of Meetings, Publications, and Leadership
    • Andrew Gray, Ida Lindkvist
  • From Ten Steps to Ten themes: Consequential Contributions in the Collective Compositions of Ray C. Rist
    • Michael Quinn Patton
  • How It All Started and How It Evolved: Ray’s Whip
    • Nicoletta Stame
  • Building a Mountain of Evaluative Evidence, 2004-2014
    • Rob D. van den Berg
  • From Ongoing Streams of Evidence to Final Synthesis
    • Juha I. Uitto
  • Moving from Studies to Streams: A More Radical Way to Avoid Floods of Evidence by Channeling Evaluative Efforts in Conditions of Complexity
    • Tom Ling
  • Carrots, Sticks, and Sermons – the Triad and the Book
    • Evert Vedung
  • Typology of Carrots, Sticks, and Sermons: Tracing Its Influence on the Discipline of Public Policy
    • Karol Olejniczak, Tomasz Kupiec, Dominika Wojtowicz
  • Evaluation, Inteval, and Two National Audit Offices (U.S. GAO & Netherlands Court of Audit): Ray Rist’s Contributions and Leadership in the Early Years of INTEVAL
    • Frans L. Leeuw
  • Ray Rist: An Evaluator at the Government Accountability Office (GAO)
    • Maria Barrados
  • Democracy, Accountability, and Evaluation
    • Jan-Eric Furubo
  • Elusive Accountability: Evaluation in the Time of Pandemic
    • Kim Forss, Jens Andersson
  • INTEVAL as a Positively Charged Social Network
    • Per Øyvind Bastøe, Anita Haslie
  • The Road Toward Institutionalizing Evaluation in Developing Countries: Following the Path of Ray Rist
    • Robert Lahey
  • Capacity Development in Evaluation: The Role of the International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET)
    • Jos Vaessen
  • The Interplay of Tangibles and Intangibles in Evaluation
    • Mita Marra
  • From Studies to Systems: Ray Rist’s Influence on Evaluation Systems: Insights from International Research Group for Policy and Program Evaluation (INTEVAL)
    • María Bustelo, Steve Jacob
  • Conclusions on the Way Forward for Evaluation in Difficult Times
    • Richard Boyle, Drew Koleros, Rob D. van den Berg