Conference Agenda
For the first time, the DeGEval Annual Conference features an international stream. This stream presents findings from the CEval Evaluation GLOBE Project, which comprises 50 country case studies and 11 reports from transnational organizations, offering a global overview of developments in the institutionalization and professionalization of evaluation, as well as of enabling and hindering factors.
Sessions in the international stream are marked in orange. Yellow indicates sessions held entirely in English (outside the international stream), while light yellow marks sessions with individual English contributions. All other sessions are conducted in German, even if their titles appear in English in the translated programme overview.
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Session Overview |
| Date: Wednesday, 17/Sept/2025 | |
| 12:30pm - 4:30pm | WBS 1: Einführung in die Indikatorenentwicklung Session Chair: Wolfgang Meyer, Universität des Saarlandes |
| 12:30pm - 4:30pm | WBS 2: Wirkungsmodellierung 2.0: Potenziale von Programmtheorie jenseits des logischen Modells Session Chair: Jan Hense, -/- |
| 12:30pm - 4:30pm | WBS 3: "KI-Rückenwind" für die Analyse qualitativer Evaluationsdaten: MAXQDA AI Assist und Tailwind Seminar leader: Stefan Rädiker |
| 12:30pm - 4:30pm | WBS 4: Let’s Talk Rights and Evaluation - A Practical Introduction to Human Rights-Based Evaluation Seminar leaders: Martin Bruder and Lena Taube |
| 12:30pm - 4:30pm | WBS 5: Prozessanalysen in Evaluationen Session Chair: Dieter Filsinger, HTW Saarland Session Chair: Holger Bähr, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung |
| 5:00pm - 7:00pm | DeGEval General Meeting |
| 7:30pm | Dinner on Wednesday Ausländer Café (AC), Campus A 3.2, 66123 Saarbrücken |
| Date: Thursday, 18/Sept/2025 | |
| 9:30am - 11:00am | Working Group Meetings |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Coffee Break |
| 11:30am - 12:00pm | Conference Opening |
| 12:00pm - 12:45pm | Keynote: The Institutionalization of Evaluation in a Global Perspective Keynote by Reinhard Stockmann |
| 12:45pm - 1:00pm | Welcoming Address Jacob von Weizsäcker, State Minister of Finance of Saarland |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm | Lunch Break |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm | A1: Revision of the DeGEval Recommendations for Commissioners of Evaluation Assignments: State of Play and Further Process of the Ad hoc Group Session Chair: Christelle Nowack, DLR Projektträger |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm | A2: Evaluation als Brückenbauerin: Professionalisierung zwischen Praxis, Zivilgesellschaft und Politik Session Chair: Anna von Werthern, Deutschen Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval) Session Chair: Alexander Kocks, DEval |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm | A3: Evaluation in Complex Processes: Three Ways to Make Effects Visible Session Chair: Peter Kaufmann, KMU Forschung Austria Session Chair: Stefan Schmidt, schmidt evaluation |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm | A4: Internal School Evaluation between Everyday School Life, Professionalization, and Evaluation Standards Session Chair: Susanne Frühauf, Hessische Lehrkräfteakademie Session Chair: Andreas Brunner, Fachstelle für Schulbeurteilung, Kanton Zürich Session des AK Schulen |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm | A5: Systematic Reviews, Quasi-Experimental Designs and Rigorous Impact Evaluations: Potentials of Different Evaluation Designs as Sources for Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Development Cooperation Session Chair: Heike Steckhan, Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval) gGmbH |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm | A6: Putting Impact Orientation into Practice: Institutional Structures, Administrative Culture, and the Role of Evaluative Thinking in the Public Sector Session Chair: Camilla Wanckel, Universität Potsdam |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm | A7: Professionalization of Evaluation Through Innovative Methods and Techniques Session Chair: Oliver Bieri, Interface Politikstudien Forschung Beratung AG |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm | A8: Evaluation Capacities and Approaches of Public Actors in Comparison: Cooperation, Monitoring and Professionalization Session Chair: Frank König, Deutsches Jugendinstitut e.V. |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm | Supporting and Hindering Factors for the institutionalization and use of evaluation Session Chair: Wolfgang Meyer, Universität des Saarlandes International conference stream (organised by Center for Evaluation (CEval) – Saarland University) |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm | Coffee Break |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | B1: Institutionalizing Impact Management: Implementing Impact Assessment and Analysis Using the Example of the ARL - Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association Session Chair: Maximilian Räthel, ARL - Akademie für Raumentwicklung in der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | B2: Efficiency-Oriented Policy-Making - Interactive Session on the Professionalization and Methodological Development of Efficiency Evaluation Across Different Policy Fields Session Chair: Alexander Kocks, DEval Session Chair: Franziska Heinze, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg Session des AK Methoden |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | B3: Futures of Education and Training in Evaluation: Pathways for Professionalization Session Chair: Dieter Filsinger, HTW Saarland |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | B4: Professionalization of Evaluative Practice in Socio-Political Fields of Action Session Chair: Stefanie Reiter, Deutsches Jugendinstitut e.V. Session Chair: Olaf Lobermeier, Ostfalia Hochschule Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | B5: Foresight-Informed Evaluation: Institutionalization of Foresight Methods for Future-Oriented Evaluation Practice Session Chair: Lea Kristin Kleinsorg, deval |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | B6: Evaluation in the Environmental Sector: A Knowledge and Learning Tool Session Chair: Dominik Jessing, ifeu - Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung Heidelberg gGmbH |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | B7: Institutionalization of Evaluations in Culture & Cultural Policy Session Chair: Thomas Renz, IStiftung für kulturelle Weiterbildung und Kulturberatung | Institut für Kulturelle Teilhabeforschung Session des AK Kultur & Kulturpolitik |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | B8: Flash Presentations Session Chair: Ansgar Cordier, ajc |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | The Role of Parliaments, Governments and Administration in Institutionalizing Evaluation Session Chair: Tanja Stockmann, Centrum für Evaluation - Universität des Saarlandes International conference stream (organised by Center for Evaluation (CEval) – Saarland University) |
| 6:45pm - 7:30pm | Saarbrücken City Tour |
| 7:30pm | Dinner on Thursday Ratskeller Saarbrücken, Rathausplatz 1, 66111 Saarbrücken |
| Date: Friday, 19/Sept/2025 | |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | C1: Wirkungsmessung und Professionalisierung in komplexen Praxisfeldern: Zwischen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, Wirtschaft und Organisation Session Chair: Dieter Filsinger, HTW Saarland |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | C2: Establishing Nachhaltigkeit as an Evaluation Criterion Session Chair: Christiane Kerlen, Kerlen Evaluation Session Chair: Sonja Kind, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH (iit - Institut für Innovation + Technik) |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | C3: Institutionalization of Evaluation at National Level: Perspectives from Different Regions of the World Session Chair: Sarah Klier, DEval |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | C4: Artificial Intelligence in Evaluation: How is the Professional Community Positioning Itself? Session Chair: Jan Hense, -/- Session des AK Professionalisierung |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | C5: Evaluation and Quality Management at Universities: Contributions to Professionalization Through Institutionalization, Innovative Methods and Cooperative Approaches Session Chair: Tülin Engin-Stock, uzbonn GmbH - Gesellschaft für empirische Sozialforschung und Evaluation |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | C6: Between Aspiration and Reality: Institutionalization of Evaluation for Evidence-Based Policymaking in International Cooperation Session Chair: Sibylle Nickolmann, Misereor Session Chair: Kirsten Vorwerk, DEval/AK-Epol-HuHi Session Chair: Nikolai Hergt, keine Session des AK Entwicklungspolitik / Humanitäre Hilfe |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | C7: Workshop on the Trustworthiness of Evaluations - A Cross-Policy Comparison Session Chair: Kerstin Schwarz, FMSystO GmbH Session Chair: Hannah Paul, Universität Bielefeld, Fak. f. Gesundheitswissenschaften, AG Prävention & Gesundheitsförderung |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | Contributions of Academia, Civil Society, and VOPEs to Evaluation Institutionalization Session Chair: Wolfgang Meyer, Universität des Saarlandes International conference stream (organised by Center for Evaluation (CEval) – Saarland University) |
| 10:30am - 11:00am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00am - 12:00pm | Keynote: Professionalization for What? Evaluation between Aspiration and Reality Keynote by Stefanie Krapp |
| 12:00pm - 12:30pm | Coffee Break |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Closing Panel: Stakeholder Strategies for Strengthening the Institutionalisation of Evaluation International conference stream (organised by Center for Evaluation (CEval) – Saarland University) |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm | D1: About the Impact of Environmental Pollution on Healthcare and Healthcare Costs – How Institutionalizing Mutual Evaluation Questions can Help Increase Transparency Session Chair: Reinhard Zweidler, EBP Schweiz AG, Zurich; Research Institute IFAAR, Bern Session Chair: Kerstin Schwarz, FMSystO GmbH |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm | D2: Organisational Prerequisites for Evaluative Practice: Cooperation, Culture, Professionalization Session Chair: Philipp Pohlenz, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm | D3: Building Evaluation Capacity in Paedagogical Settings Session Chair: Niobe Osius, Sucht.Hamburg gGmbH |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm | D4: Integrating Diverse Perspectives and Expanding Methodological Approaches to Leverage the Full Potential of Socio-Economic Evaluations in the Environmental Sector Session Chair: Christiane Kerlen, Kerlen Evaluation Session Chair: Maria Gutknecht-Gmeiner, IMPULSE Evaluation und Organisationsberatung Session Chair: Christina Bantle, Transformativ Wirken |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm | D5: Application of AI in Public Administration and its Lessons Learned for the Professionalization and Institutionalization of Evaluation Session Chair: Markus Seyfried, HSPV NRW Session des AK Verwaltung |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm | D6: Perspectives of Professionalization in Higher Education – Where Should the Journey Lead? Session Chair: Sarah Schmidt, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences Session des AK Hochschulen |
| 2:15pm - 3:00pm | Closing Session |
| 3:10pm - 4:00pm | End-of-Conference Snack Vegetarian potato soup or pumpkin soup and vegan lentil and coconut soup, served with bread/rolls on the conference site |
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