From the present back to the methodological foundations.
Rigorous research and evaluation now inform the assessment of consequential AI systems.
RATE AI develops evidence infrastructure, rating methodology and human verification for environments where system complexity, opacity and institutional consequence converge.
Technology, human-centred innovation and research translation become a larger part of the work.
Horizon Europe work through STARHAUS connected research leadership, technology, communication and institutional coordination within a large European innovation ecosystem.
Applied projects linked technology with public-service accessibility, resilience and institutional outcomes.
Work on technology-supported access to justice and policy design expanded the evaluation perspective into digital public services and technology-mediated institutional capacity.
Evidence moved directly into government programmes and municipal strategy.
Counterfactual impact assessment of the Regional Operational Programme and the Quality of Life evaluation for Cluj-Napoca connected methodological evaluation with strategic public decision-making.
Research, teaching and programme leadership brought methodology into organisational practice.
Research-center leadership and programmes in Project Management and Program Evaluation and Science, Technology and Innovation in Public Governance extended the work into institution building, interdisciplinary education and digital transformation.
Evaluation becomes a question of trust, governance and institutional choice.
Work on evaluation in decision-making, counterfactual evaluation and evaluation capacity shifted attention from producing evidence to understanding how institutions use it.
Doctoral research turned evaluation into a long-term methodological specialization.
Research examined social impact assessment, evaluation culture, monitoring indicators and public administration reform, with an emphasis on observable consequences and evidence quality.
Public administration and sociology created the first bridge between institutional design and social consequence.
The early years combined public administration, management, sociology, research methods and statistics. Evaluation quickly became the point where these disciplines met.