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Dialogic's Bram Kaashoek and Guido Ongena, together with Joerg Raab from the University of Tilburg, have published a paper on network analysis. They explain why and how network analysis can be used as a tool to evaluate policies. Their paper has been published in the Dutch journal Bestuurswetenschappen (Public Administration Sciences).
Increasingly, governments use policy instruments to initiate network formation among actors, aiming for (societal) effects in the long run. In this article, Dialogic's researchers argue that these ultimate effects (second order) sometimes take a long time to materialize or are difficult to attribute to the intervention. Measuring network formation, as an initial indication of success, can be done at an early stage. Network analysis, as a relatively new instrument in policy evaluation, is suitable for providing insights at this early stage.
In their paper, Kaashoek, Ongena, and Raab use the case of the Universum Program (Platform Bèta Techniek) as an example. This program brings together high schools in a network. By stimulating knowledge exchange within the network, the aim is to achieve better and more attractive education in STEM subjects, resulting in a higher intake of students into STEM-related further education. This case is further elaborated in Platform Pocket no. 5: Networking & Facilitating: Network Analysis of the Universum Program.
For more information on the publication, please contact Bram Kaashoek (030-2150598). Feel free to reach out to him with any questions about the methodology as well.