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Policy Evaluation & Research Unit

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PERU at MMU

The Policy Evaluation and Research Unit at Manchester Metropolitan University is a multi-disciplinary team of evaluators, economists, sociologists and criminologists based in MMU's Sociology Department.

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Implementing Innovative Social Investment

New Book co-authored by Susan Baines, Andrea Bassi, Judit Csoba, and Flórián Sipos

New publication

Measuring Youth Well-being: How a Pan-European Longitudinal Survey can improve Policy

New publication

Payment by results and social impact bonds: Outcome-based payment systems in the UK and US

Understanding Youth Participation Across Europe

Book edited by Hilary Pilkington, Gary Pollock and Renata Franc

An Introduction to Evaluation

Book co-authored by Chris Fox and Robert Grimm

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Key Services

Evaluation

Economic Analysis

Randomized Controlled Trials

Designing Evidence-Informed Policy

Survey Design and Analysis

Systematic Review and Rapid Evidence Assessment

Programmes

MSc Urban Policy and Analytics

Latest News

Wednesday 05 June 2019 New partnership with the University of Southern California

Thursday 23 May 2019 Professor Sir Martin Narey’s inaugural lecture published

Wednesday 22 May 2019 PERU appointed to What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care Panel of Evaluators

Recent Publications

Functional Skills in Prison: The Case For a Randomised Controlled Trial

Functional Skills in Prison (Randomised Controlled Trial) - A Pilot Study

Using Digital Technology to Improve Learning

Tweets by @MMUPolicyEval

British Journal of Community Justice

A peer reviewed open access online journal hosted by PERU.

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Organisations we work with

  • ICF GHK
  • Rochdale Connections Trust
  • Greater Manchester Police
  • The Manchester College
  • Community Service Volunteers (CSV)
  • European Commission

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