Recent years have seen a rapid increase in the use of behavioural science to address the
priorities of public and private sector actors. There is now a vibrant ecosystem of …

Introduction Applying a complex systems perspective to public health evaluation may
increase the relevance and strength of evidence to improve health and reduce health …

The UK Medical Research Council's widely used guidance for developing and evaluating
complex interventions has been replaced by a new framework, commissioned jointly by the …

Background The Medical Research Council published the second edition of its framework in
2006 on developing and evaluating complex interventions. Since then, there have been …

Background Emerging research suggests exposure to high levels of air pollution at critical
points in the life-course is detrimental to brain health, including cognitive decline and …

To help health economic modelers respond to demands for greater use of complex systems
models in public health. To propose identifiable features of such models and support …

A systematic literature review is used to explore the relationship between complexity theory
and economics. Broad search terms identify an unmanageable large number of hits. A more …

This CDI Practice Paper by Tom Aston and Marina Apgar makes the case for 'bricolage'in
complexity-aware and qualitative evaluation methods. It provides a framework based on a …

For the last several decades and recently amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic, many in the
global evaluation communities call for shifts from linear, reductionist ways of thinking and …

Research methods with roots in complexity science are increasingly popular in social
research. However, they are not widespread and have potential to deliver value more fully …