Research

Kari Hadjivassiliou

Kari Hadjivassiliou is Senior Researcher and Consultant at the Tavistock Institute. Kari obtained her MSc in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management in 1987 at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and her background is in Human Resource Management (HRM) and Total Quality management (TQM).

She has done extensive research into Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) and High Performance Work Systems in organisations (HPWS) in both the private (banking) and public sectors. Since joining the Tavistock in 1997 her work has focused mainly on research and evaluation in lifelong and work-based learning, learning organisations, transferability of learning, employment and welfare policies, public sector innovation, RTD, the information society, social and digital inclusion. Her approach to evaluation has been informed by Realist Evaluation, Utilisation-focused Evaluation and 4th Generation (Constructivist) evaluation theories and approaches. She has a strong interest in policy, programme and process evaluation with a stakeholder and formative element.

Kari has a strong interest in the use of complexity theory in evaluation, social network analysis and in developing innovative evaluation methodologies. From 2001 to 2003 Kari was on secondment to the European Commission where she worked in the eTEN Unit of DG Information Society.

Kari has worked on and managed projects funded by both UK-based (e.g. ESRC, Cabinet Office/IDeA, DfES, DWP, Employment Service, CIPD, etc.) and EU-based (e.g. various DGs of the European Commission, CEDEFOP, European Parliament, etc.) organisations. Kari is a member of the following networks: (i) the UK Evaluation Society; (ii) the European Movement UK and the Federal Union; (iii) the UK-based City Women’s Network (CWN), where she is also a member of its Marketing Committee; and (iv) the European Professional Women’s Network (EPWN).