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Looking for introductory or advanced training in systematic reviews? Would you like to know more about how to conduct a meta-analysis? Or are you just looking for introductory information about systematic reviews – what makes them such powerful evidence tools, and what procedures are followed?The Campbell Collaborati....

The Campbell Annual Report 2015 is now available online. Find out more about the Campbell Collaboration, our systematic reviews, the people involved in our in our international research network, and about Campbell’s activities and achievements over the last year. The 2015 Annual Report highlights the systematic revie....

The Campbell Collaboration is pleased to announce the launch of the Campbell Policy Briefs series – new publications designed to inform social policy and practice decisions. Our Policy Briefs summarize findings from Campbell systematic reviews by outlining the evidence reviewed and what has been learned. The Policy B....

The Jacobs Foundation has awarded over US$200,000 for systematic reviews to inform better policy and practice to improve child and youth development. Systematic reviews summarise the best high quality evidence about what works. The reviews will be published in the Campbell Library of systematic reviews.The grants are m....

The Campbell Collaboration is pleased to announce that three grants have been awarded as part of its programme supporting innovative methods development. This new Campbell funding programme has been made possible by the generous support of the American Institutes for Research (AIR).The following projects received fundi....

Ingram Olkin died in Palo Alto California on April 28, at the age of 91. Professor Olkin was on the faculty at Stanford University since 1961, most recently as a Professor Emeritus of Statistics and Education. He previously served as a chair of the Statistics Department. Olkin made many invaluable contributions in mult....

It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do itIn a recent presentation I mentioned the finding from the Campbell review of Payment for Environmental Services (PES)that such schemes have only a very small effect and so are very cost ineffective. No, one of my discussants objected, there is a new review commission....

28 April saw the launch of a new secretariat at the American University of Beirut for the Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative (GESI), an international consortium established to enhance the capacity for research synthesis worldwide.Research synthesis helps people make better decisions about public policies and public s....

Register for the World Wide Global Summit 2016 on the wwgs2016.org website.What are the themes of the WWGS 2016 event?Measuring policy or programming impactExperiences in the use of evidencePromoting policy uptakeKnowledge translationCritical appraisal of evidenceNew evidenceMethodsFind out more about the summit or sub....

 The February 2016 Campbell newsletter is out!Discover the latest news about our reviews and plain language summaries, the first What Works Global Summit (London, 26-28 September 2016), and details about Campell’s new grant programmes.You’ll also find information about a 3-day workshop on systematic reviews, to be....