Programme
28th DeGEval Annual Conference from 17 to 19 September 2025
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.
12:30pm - 4:30pm | WBS 1: Einführung in die Indikatorenentwicklung |
12:30pm - 4:30pm | WBS 2: Wirkungsmodellierung 2.0: Potenziale von Programmtheorie jenseits des logischen Modells |
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 |
5:00pm - 7:00pm | DeGEval General Meeting |
7:30pm | Ausländer Café (AC), Campus A 3.2, 66123 Saarbrücken |
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 |
2:30pm - 4:00pm | A2: Evaluation als Brückenbauerin: Professionalisierung zwischen Praxis, Zivilgesellschaft und Politik |
2:30pm - 4:00pm | A3: Evaluation in Complex Processes: Three Ways to Make Effects Visible |
2:30pm - 4:00pm | A4: Internal School Evaluation between Everyday School Life, Professionalization, and Evaluation Standards 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 |
2:30pm - 4:00pm | A6: Putting Impact Orientation into Practice: Institutional Structures, Administrative Culture, and the Role of Evaluative Thinking in the Public Sector |
2:30pm - 4:00pm | A7: Professionalization of Evaluation Through Innovative Methods and Techniques |
2:30pm - 4:00pm | A8: Evaluation Capacities and Approaches of Public Actors in Comparison: Cooperation, Monitoring and Professionalization |
2:30pm - 4:00pm | Supporting and Hindering Factors for the institutionalization and use of evaluation 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 |
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 des AK Methoden |
4:30pm - 6:00pm | B3: Futures of Education and Training in Evaluation: Pathways for Professionalization |
4:30pm - 6:00pm | B4: Professionalization of Evaluative Practice in Socio-Political Fields of Action |
4:30pm - 6:00pm | B5: Foresight-Informed Evaluation: Institutionalization of Foresight Methods for Future-Oriented Evaluation Practice |
4:30pm - 6:00pm | B6: Evaluation in the Environmental Sector: A Knowledge and Learning Tool |
4:30pm - 6:00pm | B7: Institutionalization of Evaluations in Culture & Cultural Policy Session des AK Kultur & Kulturpolitik |
4:30pm - 6:00pm | B8: Flash Presentations |
4:30pm - 6:00pm | The Role of Parliaments, Governments and Administration in Institutionalizing Evaluation International conference stream (organised by Center for Evaluation (CEval) – Saarland University) |
6:45pm - 7:30pm | Saarbrücken City Tour |
7:30pm | Ratskeller Saarbrücken, Rathausplatz 1, 66111 Saarbrücken |
9:00am - 10:30am | C1: Wirkungsmessung und Professionalisierung in komplexen Praxisfeldern: Zwischen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, Wirtschaft und Organisation |
9:00am - 10:30am | C2: Establishing Nachhaltigkeit as an Evaluation Criterion |
9:00am - 10:30am | C3: Institutionalization of Evaluation at National Level: Perspectives from Different Regions of the World |
9:00am - 10:30am | C4: Artificial Intelligence in Evaluation: How is the Professional Community Positioning Itself? 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 |
9:00am - 10:30am | C6: Between Aspiration and Reality: Institutionalization of Evaluation for Evidence-Based Policymaking in International Cooperation Session des AK Entwicklungspolitik / Humanitäre Hilfe |
9:00am - 10:30am | C7: Workshop on the Trustworthiness of Evaluations - A Cross-Policy Comparison |
9:00am - 10:30am | Contributions of Academia, Civil Society, and VOPEs to Evaluation Institutionalization 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 |
12:30pm - 2:00pm | D2: Organisational Prerequisites for Evaluative Practice: Cooperation, Culture, Professionalization |
12:30pm - 2:00pm | D3: Building Evaluation Capacity in Paedagogical Settings |
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 |
12:30pm - 2:00pm | D5: „Ist das noch gut, oder kann das schon weg?“ – Anwendung von KI in der öffentlichen Verwaltung und ihre Lehren für die Professionalisierung und Institutionalisierung von Evaluation Session des AK Verwaltung |
12:30pm - 2:00pm | D6: Perspectives of Professionalization in Higher Education – Where Should the Journey Lead? 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 |
