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Andi Fugard

(They/them)
Co-Director of the Centre for Evaluation, National Centre for Social Research

Dr Andi Fugard is Co-Director of NatCen’s Centre for Evaluation. They have over a decade of experience designing and delivering a wide variety of evaluations, including pilots, embedding outcomes monitoring in routine practice, cluster randomised controlled trials, and quasi-experimental evaluations, primarily in mental health and education. They have also conducted research on the psychology of reasoning under uncertainty, and methodology research, including developing a novel quantitative approach for choosing a sample size for qualitative studies. They are passionate about using social science and causal inference to improve people’s lives. Andi is a member of the UK government Evaluation and Trial Advice Panel, which advises civil servants and What Works Centres.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Co-Director, Centre for Evaluation, National Centre for Social Research

Education

  • 2009 
    University of Edinburgh, PhD

Professional Memberships

  • Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy
  • Member, UK Evaluation Society (UKES)