Matrix Evidence

The Campbell Collaboration helps people make well-informed decisions by preparing, maintaining and disseminating systematic reviews in education, crime and justice, and social welfare.

The Coalition for Evidence Based Policy is a not for profit organisation whose site summarizes a select group of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that are well-designed and implemented; and have significant policy implications– because they show, for example, that (a) a social intervention has an important effect on life outcomes and, preferably, can be readily replicated at modest cost; or (b) a widely-used intervention has little or no effect.

The Cochrane Collaboration is an international not-for-profit and independent organization, dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of healthcare readily available worldwide. It produces and disseminates systematic reviews of healthcare interventions and promotes the search for evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions.

The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre) is part of the Social Science Research Unit at the Institute of Education, University of London. Since 1993, they have been at the forefront of carrying out systematic reviews and developing review methods in social science and public policy.

The Evidence Network website is an information resource provided by the Centre for Evidence & Policy at King’s College London. It is of interest to anyone concerned with evidence-based policy and practice in the broad field of social and public policy.

Gapminder is a non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels.

The Government Social Research Unit (GSRU) Rapid Evidence Assessment toolkit provides a detailed account of how to conduct and commission REAs.

Meta-analysis training materials developed by Alison O’Mara (now at Matrix Evidence), Prof. Herb Marsh, and Dr. Lars-Erik Malmberg at the SELF Research Centre, Department of Education, University of Oxford. Throughout 2008, the team conducted meta-analysis workshops and seminars funded through the ESRC Researcher Development Initiative. The full programme consisted of a one day introductory seminar, a three day intermediate workshop, and a one day advanced master class.

The Overseas Development Institute is a leading think tank on international development and humanitarian issues with a strong commitment to evidence based policy.

TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with the annual TED Conference in Long Beach, California, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK, TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Program, the new TEDx community program, this year’s TEDIndia Conference and the annual TED Prize.

The Theory of Change website is devoted to the application, methodology, use and practice of Theory of Change methodology. For 2009, it has been revamped to include more information on how to best use TOC, and lessons from the many areas in which TOC has been applied, and the role of TOC in organizational functioning and capacity.

The US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics collects, analyzes, publishes and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data are critical to Federal, State, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded.