Pilot Studies

The PrEval Pilot Studies

The PrEval pilot studies investigate evaluation needs and specific evaluative questions and aim to close research gaps in selected areas of evaluation in civic education and extremism prevention.

The focus of our work was the analysis of existing capacities and the development and testing of evaluation designs and support formats based on real needs – in continuous dialog with implementers, practitioners, administration, academia and funding bodies. Particular attention was paid to the intersections: between groups of actors, responsibilities, program logics and institutional frameworks.

The focus is on studies that deal specifically with selected challenges and evaluation contexts. Concrete experiences from practice are central to this – for example on digital formats of civic education, on evaluation in complex counseling settings or on cooperation between civil society organizations and security authorities. The studies show how evaluation processes can be designed, where obstacles exist and which paths are feasible in practice.

The individual pilot studies were coordinated by various PrEval partners and implemented in cooperation with various partners from the field. The results were published as PrEval Studien from July 2025 and are available for free download and as print publications.

To the pilot studies in the field of civic education

To the pilot studies in the field of secondary and tertiary prevention

In addition to these pilot studies, a PrEval Studie in the area of International Monitoring was also conducted, which deals with the international practice of extremism prevention and civic education in England and Norway.

A further PrEval Studie follows on from the pilot studies of the first project phase and focuses on the implementation of evaluations in prevention practice. The underlying results from the first project phase can be found in PRIF Report 6/2021.