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UPCOMING EVENTS

May 29, 2019
Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting >


September 16, 2019
​European Society for Prevention Research Annual Conference >


November 11, 2019
American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting >


​OUR FOCUS

At Independent Evaluation Laboratory (Bağımsız Etki Değerlendirme Laboratuvarı), Koç University, using state-of-the-art methodology, we try to establish a long-term research agenda to promote evidence based-interventions and policies, especially in developing countries, by​
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  • Producing the knowledge base through identifying protective and risk factors influencing the development areas
  • Conducting systematic reviews to create a catalog of effective programs that can be adapted and transported to other countries
  • Examining which program components work which don’t to ensure outcome- and cost-effective interventions
  • Conducting rigorous impact evaluations to promote the dissemination of programs that are shown to be effective.​​ ​

​NEWS

Program Cooperation  Agreement between IEL and UNICEF Turkey has been signed (09/2021).
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Article on novel quasi- experimental methodology for impact evaluation is published in Evaluation Review. 

IEL presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research. 

Director received the Young Scientist award from the Science Academy in Turkey. 
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Pilot study is completed for the Reducing Gender Gap in STEM project. 

featured publıcatıons
Drug Prevention Program Evaluation: ​Unpacking the Mechanisms of Change
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​In this book chapter, the use of a methodological tool (i.e. mediation analysis) to identify the causal mechanisms of prevention programs targeting drug use, smoking, and alcohol misuse is described. The chapter gives examples of evidence- based drug prevention interventions and describes how they achieved their effects. 
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Comparative Regression Discontinuity Design: A New Alternative

​In these series of scientific publications, we test the performance of a new variant of regression discontinuity design that is considered as the most reliable quasi-experimental approach in program evaluation. 

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"​We believe that, as products with social value and content, interventions and policies also deserve to go through an optimization process.  Optimized interventions will lead to higher effect sizes and sustainable impact on a more efficient budget."

ındependent evaluatıon laboratory
Bağımsız Etki DEğerlendirme Laboratuvarı

Koç University, ​Department of Psychology 
Offices: SOS Z13D and SNA142, Rumelifeneri Yolu Cad.
​34450 Sarıyer Istanbul Turkey
E-mail address: iel at ku.edu.tr 
Phone: 00 9 02123381114

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  • About
    • Lab Director
    • Members & collaborators
    • Vacancies
  • Research Expertise
    • Program Evaluation
    • Optimizing interventions
    • Methodological innovations
    • Advanced data analysis
    • Systematic reviews of evidence
  • Areas
    • Education
    • Health
    • Child and youth
    • Social Policy
    • Workforce Development
  • Evaluation Standards
  • Support Us