Publications
Gullickson, A., & Davidson, E. J. (2026, forthcoming). Evaluative reasoning and synthesis: Putting it all together. In B. Montrosse-Moorhead & R. Hopson (Eds.), Evaluation Section. In A quarter century of psychological methodology: Progress, critique, and future.
Nanthikesan, S., Davidson, E. J., & Uitto, J. I. (2026, forthcoming). Evaluating for transformational climate responses. Journal of Multidisciplinary Evaluation.
Davidson, E. J., Chianca, T. K., Risby, L. A., Xavier, M., & Mull, S. (in press). Rubrics to focus, guide, and track systems change: The Laudes Foundation experience. The Foundation Review, 18(1).
Chianca, T. K., Rogers, P. J., Davidson, E. J., & Rowe, A. (in press). Sustainability-inclusive evaluation: Practical principles, tools, and methods you can start using now. In G. Batra, J. I. Uitto, & M. Spearman (Eds.), Integrating for sustainability: Evaluation across environmental and socioeconomic domains. Global Environment Facility / Springer.
Davidson, E. J., Chianca, T. K., & Rowe, A. with Warnholz, A. (2025, October). The Footprint Evaluation Typology guide: Making clear evaluative judgments about environmental sustainability using mixed-method evidence. Footprint Evaluation & EvalConnect. https://footprintevaluation.org/resources/typology-guide
Rowe, A., Davidson, E. J., & Chianca, T. K. with Warnholz, A. (2025, June). Integrating Environmental Sustainability into Evaluations and Decision-Making: An introduction for governments and organizations. Footprint Evaluation & EvalConnect. https://footprintevaluation.org/resources/integrating-sustainability-govt-org-guide
Rowe, A., Davidson, E. J., & Chianca, T. K. with Warnholz, A. (2025, September). Colombia’s journey in sustainability-inclusive evaluation: Key insights and lessons learned. Footprint Evaluation & EvalConnect. https://footprintevaluation.org/resources/colombian-department-of-national-planning-dnp-it-systems-evaluation/
Davidson, E. J., Chianca, T. K., Dulieu, N., & Sigdel, A. (2025). Rubrics as a powerful tool to turn children’s stories of change into rich, trackable outcomes: Save the Children’s journey in child-led development and evaluation. Journal of Multidisciplinary Evaluation, 21(49), 38-55. https://journals.sfu.ca/jmde/index.php/jmde_1/article/view/1047
Davidson, E. J. (2024). Behind that intimidating exterior: A tribute to “Uncle Michael” Scriven. Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 20(47), 49–53. https://journals.sfu.ca/jmde/index.php/jmde_1/article/view/1035
Chianca, T. K., Davidson, E. J., Dulieu, N., & Sigdel, A. (2024). Rubric 11: A Toolkit to address child discrimination and exclusion. Save the Children International. https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/rubrics-11-a-toolkit-to-address-child-discrimination-and-exclusion/
Davidson. E. J., Macfarlan, A., Rogers, P., Rowe, A. & Stevens, K. (2023). Sustainability-inclusive evaluation: Why we need it and how to do it. A Footprint Evaluation Guide. https://footprintevaluation.org/resources/sustainability-inclusive-evaluation-why-we-need-it-and-how-to-do-it
Rowe, A., & Davidson, E. J. (2023). Sustainability-inclusive evaluation: Guidance for organisations to include consideration of the environment in all evaluations. Footprint Evaluation Initiative.
Davidson, E. J. & Rowe, A. (2021). Key Evaluation Questions (KEQs) to guide Footprint Evaluations. https://footprintevaluation.org/resources/writing-coupled-systems-key-evaluation-questions
Davidson, E. J. (2019). Evaluation for the Anthropocene: Challenges ahead and making it happen. Evaluation Matters—He Take To Te Aromatawai, 5. https://www.nzcer.org.nz/nzcerpress/evaluation-matters/articles/evaluation-anthropocene-challenges-ahead-and-making-it-happen
Davidson, E. J. (2014). Evaluative reasoning. Methodological Briefs: Impact Evaluation 4. Florence, Italy: UNICEF Office of Research. https://www.betterevaluation.org/sites/default/files/Evaluative_Reasoning_ENG.pdf
Davidson, E. J. (2014). How ‘beauty’ can bring truth and justice to life. In J. C. Griffith & B. Montrosse-Moorhead (Eds.), Revisiting truth, beauty, and justice: Evaluating with validity in the 21st century. New Directions for Evaluation, 142, 31-43. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ev.20083
Wehipeihana, N., Bailey, R., Davidson, E.J., & McKegg, K. (2014). Evaluator competencies: The Aotearoa New Zealand experience. The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 28(3), 49-69. https://utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/cjpe.0028.007
Davidson, E. J. (2015). Facilitating the development of evaluation rubrics. In H. Preskill & D. Russ-Eft (Eds.), Building evaluation capacity: Activities for teaching and training (2nd ed.) (pp. 268-273). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
Davidson, E. J. (2014, March). It’s at the very core of evaluation and makes or breaks our work: So why is it in hardly anyone’s toolkit? Evaluation Connections, 4-5. https://europeanevaluation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Evaluation-Connections-March-2014.pdf
Davidson, E. J. (2007). Unlearning some of our social scientist habits. Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 4(8), iii-vi. https://doi.org/10.56645/jmde.v4i8.68
Davidson, E. J., & Martineau, J. W. (2006). Strategic uses of evaluation. In J. W. Martineau, L. Merritt, & K. Hannum (Eds.), Leadership development evaluation handbook (pp. 433-463). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Davidson, E. J., Howe, M., & Scriven, M. (2004). Evaluative thinking for grantees. In M. T. Braverman, J. K. Slater, & N. A. Constantine (Eds.), Foundations and evaluation: Contexts and practices for effective philanthropy. Jossey-Bass.
Davidson, E. J. (2003). Linking organizational learning to the bottom line: Methodological issues, challenges, and suggestions. The Psychologist-Manager Journal, 6(1), 54-67.
Davidson, E. J. (2000). Ascertaining causality in theory-based evaluation. In P. J. Rogers, T. A. Hacsi, A. Petrosino, & T. A. Huebner (Eds.), Program theory in evaluation: Challenges and opportunities [Special issue]. New Directions for Evaluation, 87, 17-26. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.