We address today’s most important questions in the fields of governance and politics.

Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) is a global research, evaluation, and learning network that promotes rigorous knowledge accumulation, innovation, and evidence-based policy in various governance and accountability domains.

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Improving the quality of empirical research in the social sciences,
since 2009.

EGAP Member Countries
300
EGAP Members
43
Member Countries
250
Global South Workshop Participants
30
Metaketa Projects

EGAP’s work is centered around governance innovations:

EGAP’s researcher and institutional members have expertise on topics of governance, politics, and institutions around the world, and their work is categorized across four main governance and accountability domains: Institutions & Governance, Mitigation of Societal Conflict, Poverty & Inequality, and Elections, Representation, & Participation. Building on the framework established by these four domains, EGAP established a set of priority themes that categorize our current work.

Crime Reduction & Police Accountability

Promoting citizen security and reducing crime while curbing abuses of power by state-backed law enforcement agents and the criminal justice system in countries around the world.

Climate Change Governance

Policy responses to climate change and addressing inequalities across people and communities who bear the brunt of its negative impacts

Displacement, Migration, & Integration

Safety and well-being of individuals displaced by violence, disasters, or other hardships, or who are moving for economic opportunities

Democracy, Conflict, & Polarization

Challenge of polarization across partisan or identity-based lines, including both increased affective polarization and polarization in perceptions on core issues like the economy, public safety, inequality, and climate change

Our approach to research

EGAP members conduct research designed to assess the causal impact of governance innovations. Researchers use a variety of methods including randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and natural experiments to justify causal claims. Many members complement these research designs with qualitative, descriptive, and other observational methods.
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EGAP advances evidence-based policymaking.

EGAP’s cross-disciplinary network of researchers and practitioners are improving empirical research by:

Linking Research and Practice


EGAP members provide early stage research design feedback to one another, share research findings with policymakers and practitioners, and help institutions improve evaluations of governance innovations.
Policy Briefs

Increasing Researcher Capacity in the Global South

EGAP runs activities aimed at providing methodological training and support to principal investigators in the Global South who might not have access to training and the most up-to-date research resources.
Learning Days

Improving Methods and Standards


EGAP members are at the forefront of developing and disseminating new methods for rigorous quantitative research. We support their work towards answering complicated methodological questions and sharing best practices.
Methods Guides

Addressing Challenges of Scientific Credibility

Policy is often based on the results of one influential study that took place in a specific context. To improve upon this, EGAP coordinates the Metaketa Initiative: clusters of studies evaluating a governance innovation in multiple contexts.
The Metaketa Initiative