What Works Scotland Lead Director | Capabilities Approach lead | What Works Scotland Programme lead
Professor Nicholas Watson is Chair of Disability Studies at the University of Glasgow and a member of the research staff at the Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research.
What Works Scotland publications
Evaluability assessment: An application in a complex community improvement setting
This research article in Evaluation Journal (open access) is based on What Works Scotland fieldwork. It reports on the context, the process undertaken and evidence from participants in an Evaluability Assessment (EA) facilitated with public service workers involved in implementing a complex, area-based community improvement initiative. The authors show how the process allows practitioners at all levels to identify activities for evaluation and co-produce the theory of change developed through the EA. (June 2019) – Co-authored by Richard Brunner, Peter Craig and Nick Watson.
- The Operation Modulus Approach: further lessons for public service reform ( June 2018) – Co-authored
- Resettlement of Syrian Refugees in West Dunbartonshire (June 2018) – Co-authored
- Educational needs and experiences of refugee children in Scotland (June 2018) – Co-authored
- What Works in Public Service Leadership: Exploring the Potential (July 2017)- Co-authored
- Evaluability Assessment of Thriving Places: a Report for Glasgow Community Planning Partnership (February 2017) – Co-authored
- Reflecting on what works in developing authentic relationships in complex settings (December 2016) – Co-authored
- Operation Modulus: putting Christie into practice in Gorbals (March 2016) – Co-authored
- Community Planning – Maximising Potential (September 2015) – Co-authored
- The Cost of School Holidays (July 2015) – Co-authored
- What can the capabilities approach add to policy analysis in high-income countries? (March 2015) – Co-authored
Other publications
- The cost of school holidays for children from low income families (May 2018) – Co-authored
What Works Scotland blog posts
Contact Nick Watson
See more about Nick Watson in his profile on the University of Glasgow website
