Overview
Background
Elizabeth-Rose Ahearn is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Queensland (UQ). Her research centres on measuring and evaluating the impact of charitable not-for-profit organisations, as well as other purpose-driven entities, including those in the public sector, social enterprises, corporate social responsibility efforts, and social impact bonds. She has a particular interest in leveraging digital technologies to enhance impact measurement, improve management processes, and support evidence-based decision-making. Elizabeth-Rose has extensive experience as an evaluator, having collaborated with a diverse range of for-purpose organisations, including a research secondment with the Department of Social Services focused on digital tools for advancing Australia's social impact investing sector. Alongside her role at UQ, she serves as the Co-Chair of the Queensland chapter of the Social Impact Measurement Network of Australia (SIMNA).
Availability
- Dr Elizabeth-Rose Ahearn is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Diploma of Counselling, Australian College of Applied Psychology
- Bachelor (Honours) of Psychological Science, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Coursework) of Public Health, University of London
- Doctor of Philosophy of Sociology, The University of Queensland
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Social work’s role in both direct practice and advocacy to sustain tenancies and prevent homelessness
Parsell, Cameron, Kuskoff, Ella and Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose (2025). Social work’s role in both direct practice and advocacy to sustain tenancies and prevent homelessness. The British Journal of Social Work bcaf156, 1-20. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcaf156
2025
Journal Article
The nature of measurement across the hybridised social sector: a systematic review of reviews
Ahearn, Elizabeth‐Rose and Mai, Catherine (2025). The nature of measurement across the hybridised social sector: a systematic review of reviews. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 84 (2), 210-229. doi: 10.1111/1467-8500.12616
2025
Other Outputs
The social impact of social impact evaluation: a meta-evaluation
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose (2025). The social impact of social impact evaluation: a meta-evaluation. PhD Thesis, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/f28fac8
2025
Other Outputs
The social impact of social impact evaluation: Research summary
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose (2025). The social impact of social impact evaluation: Research summary. LCC Working Paper Series. 2025-08. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Australia. doi: 10.14264/a2f6f3a
2025
Conference Publication
Digital-era evaluation: Reconfiguring the power of data in public social service management
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose and Parsell, Cameron (2025). Digital-era evaluation: Reconfiguring the power of data in public social service management. International Research Society for Public Management, Bologna, Italy, 7-9 April 2025.
2025
Conference Publication
Crises within crisis: Addressing Australia’s housing crisis through a digital network of individual vulnerability data
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose, Sharma, Nikita, Kuskoff, Ella, Plage, Stefanie and Parsell, Cameron (2025). Crises within crisis: Addressing Australia’s housing crisis through a digital network of individual vulnerability data. International Research Society for Public Management, Bologna, Italy, 7-9 April 2025.
2025
Journal Article
Digital-era evaluation: Automating and reconfiguring evaluation in the social service sector
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose and Parsell, Cameron (2025). Digital-era evaluation: Automating and reconfiguring evaluation in the social service sector. Evaluation, 31 (2), 1-18. doi: 10.1177/13563890251313804
2025
Journal Article
The inspection of marketised models: audit, evaluation, and service beneficiaries
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose and Parsell, Cameron (2025). The inspection of marketised models: audit, evaluation, and service beneficiaries. Nonprofit Policy Forum. doi: 10.1515/npf-2024-0047
2025
Journal Article
Digital platforms and hybridized social sector accountability: a critical discourse analysis of promotional material
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose, Mai, Catherine and Marston, Greg (2025). Digital platforms and hybridized social sector accountability: a critical discourse analysis of promotional material. Public Management Review, 1-21. doi: 10.1080/14719037.2025.2469237
2024
Journal Article
Imprinting and the evolution of evaluation: A descriptive account of social impact evaluation methodological practice
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose and Parsell, Cameron (2024). Imprinting and the evolution of evaluation: A descriptive account of social impact evaluation methodological practice. Evaluation, 30 (4), 1-21. doi: 10.1177/13563890241267729
2024
Conference Publication
An Examination of the Nexus of Institutionalisation, Performance Measurement, Social Services, and New Public Management
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose and Parsell, Cameron (2024). An Examination of the Nexus of Institutionalisation, Performance Measurement, Social Services, and New Public Management. International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR), Antwerp, Belgium, 16-19 July 2024.
2023
Conference Publication
Evaluation Accountability: A Systematic Review and Meta-Evaluation of Social Impact Evaluation
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose, Stambe, Rose, Ablaza, Tin, Chapman, Cassandra and Parsell, Cameron (2023). Evaluation Accountability: A Systematic Review and Meta-Evaluation of Social Impact Evaluation. 52nd Annual ARNOVA Conference, Orlando, FL United States, 9-11 November 2023.
2023
Conference Publication
Digitised Hybrids: Exploring the role of digital technology in the development and management of the hybridised social sector
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose, Mai, Catherine and Marston, Greg (2023). Digitised Hybrids: Exploring the role of digital technology in the development and management of the hybridised social sector. Australian Social Policy Conference, Canberra, ACT Australia, 11-13 September 2023.
2022
Conference Publication
Automating Evaluation
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose (2022). Automating Evaluation. Australasian Evaluation Society International Evaluation Conference, Adelaide, SA Australia, 1-3 September 2022.
2020
Journal Article
What factors are truly associated with risk for radicalisation? A secondary data analysis within a UK sample
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose, Bhui, Kamaldeep and Jones, Edgar (2020). What factors are truly associated with risk for radicalisation? A secondary data analysis within a UK sample. Transcultural Psychiatry, 58 (5), 645-653. doi: 10.1177/1363461520933755
2015
Other Outputs
Framing environmental messages: The role of place attachment in moderating environmental engagement
Ahearn, Elizabeth-Rose (2015). Framing environmental messages: The role of place attachment in moderating environmental engagement. Honours Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland.
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Past funding
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