Progress Along Program Theory of Change

At the conclusion of 2024, the Sustainability Research Effectiveness team assessed its progress along its Theory of Change. The figure and corresponding table below show key contributions of the program’s legacy. Theory of Change is a useful reporting tool to demonstrate progress to key outputs and outcomes.

Footnote	Reference(s)
1: Activity: Collaborative implementation	Theory of Change workshops held with: International research organizations (CGIAR programs): 2012-2024 NGOs (Power to Be): 2018-2024 Higher education programs (e.g. Royal Roads Bachelor of Business Administration 2017-2018, Helsinki Institute for Sustainability Science 2019, PCS-Mercator Fellowship Program ETH Zurich, 2017) Individual researchers (Royal Roads students, international researchers, Royal Roads researchers): 2012-2024
2. 6 peer-reviewed publications: Lessons about what makes research effective	Publications: Lessons about what makes research effective
3. 11 peer-reviewed publications: Refined tools, concepts and methods	Publications: Refined tools, concepts and methods
4. 39 presentations	Presentations
5. 14 other tools and resources	Resources for research planning and evaluation
6. Refined tools used in planning and assessment	CGIAR adopted Theory of Change approaches, and developed the Quality of Research for Development framework using principles and criteria from the Transdisciplinary Quality Assessment Framework (Belcher et al., 2016). Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) using Theory of Change to implement transdisciplinary research. Royal Roads University Bachelor of Business Administration using Theory of Change to inform program delivery. ACIAR using concepts and tools in project performance monitoring plans guidance note
7. Research agendas advanced	846 citations on peer-reviewed articles (data collected November 28^th, 2024).
8. Transdisciplinary and change-making research approaches adopted	CGIAR Market Intelligence and Product Profiling Initiative applying transdisciplinary approaches.