Outcome Mapping & Bricolage
Continuing the discussion after the OMLC Learning Lab 2025

Bricolage was the theme of the OMLC Learning Lab 2025, a practitioner knowledge sharing and learning event organised by the OMLC in partnership with the Institute for Participatory Interaction in Development, the Sri Lankan Evaluation Association, the International Development Research Centre and Humanity United. It took place in December 2025 on the coast south of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

This page will feature outputs from the event as well as other content related to bricolage grounded in OM principles.

Resources

Articles & announcements

Resources

Resources on Bricolage and OM

Posters presented at the OMLC Learning Lab

Realist Evaluation: an introduction and reflections on bricolage

Gill Westhorpe

OMLC Webinar: Bricolage and Systems Change

Emily Gates, Pablo Vidueira, Jerrad Langlois, Simon Hearn

OMLC Webinar: Bricolage and implications for Outcome Mapping and Outcome Harvesting

OMLC Stewards

OMLC Webinar: Stories that stretch us

Jeph Mathias, Steff Deprez, Mariam Smith & Richard Smith

What drives the need for bricolage in complexity-responsive MEL practice?

Veera Blomster and Akolade Oladipupo

OMLC Webinar: Outcome Mapping and Bricolage

Sarah Earl, Julius Nyangaga, Simon Hearn, Mariam Smith

The Art and Craft of Bricolage in Evaluation

Tom Aston and Marina Apgar

OMLC Webinar: Outcome Harvesting (and Outcome Mapping) with Attitude Change

Michelle Garred and Jeph Mathias

Process Tracing: an introduction and reflections on bricolage

Tom Aston

OMLC Webinar: Bricolage and implications for Outcome Mapping and Outcome Harvesting

Marina Apgar, Tom Aston, Richard Smith, Mariam Smith, Esther Kihoro and Simon Hearn

OMLC & OH Community Webinar: Combining OM and OH

Goele Scheers, Glowen Kyei Mensah, Serge Beel, Simon Hearn

Outcome Mapping + Equity, Gender, and Social Justice

Heidi Schaeffer, Sonal Zaveri

Articles

Articles and Announcements

Bricolage and Systems Change: Webinar recording

We were joined last week by Emily Gates and Pablo Vidueira in the final webinar in our series on bricolage. Watch the recording or read a brief summary below (developed with AI assistance). In their presentation, Emily Gates and Pablo Vidueira defined systemic change not as a simple fix to isolated problems, but as a deep, participatory, and adaptive process aimed at addressing the root causes of dynamic situations. They presented systemic change as a non-linear process inv

Oct 20, 20252 min read

Outcome Mapping and Bricolage: Webinar recording

Last week OMLC Stewards Mariam Smith and Simon Hearn were joined by Sarah Earl and Julius Nyangaga to discuss the development and ongoing...

Oct 8, 20251 min read

Webinar recording: Bricolage and implications for Outcome Mapping and Outcome Harvesting

On 7th July we were delighted to host a webinar to warm us up for the Learning Lab 2025. Watch the recording here.

Jul 11, 20251 min read

What is bricolage in evaluation?

A short video about Bricolage, published in June 2025 by ITAD.

Jul 1, 20251 min read

Warm up Webinar: Bricolage and implications for Outcome Mapping and Outcome Harvesting

Jun 12, 20252 min read

Announcing: Two OMLC events for your diary

1-3 December, Sri Lanka OMLC Learning Lab 2025: Enhancing participatory, learning-oriented MEL in an age of bricolage For the first...

Jun 5, 20251 min read

Outcome Mapping & Bricolage Continuing the discussion after the OMLC Learning Lab 2025

Resources on Bricolage and OM

Posters presented at the OMLC Learning Lab

Realist Evaluation: an introduction and reflections on bricolage

OMLC Webinar: Bricolage and Systems Change

OMLC Webinar: Bricolage and implications for Outcome Mapping and Outcome Harvesting

OMLC Webinar: Stories that stretch us

What drives the need for bricolage in complexity-responsive MEL practice?

OMLC Webinar: Outcome Mapping and Bricolage

The Art and Craft of Bricolage in Evaluation

OMLC Webinar: Outcome Harvesting (and Outcome Mapping) with Attitude Change

Process Tracing: an introduction and reflections on bricolage

OMLC Webinar: Bricolage and implications for Outcome Mapping and Outcome Harvesting

OMLC & OH Community Webinar: Combining OM and OH

Outcome Mapping + Equity, Gender, and Social Justice

Articles and Announcements

Bricolage and Systems Change: Webinar recording

Outcome Mapping and Bricolage: Webinar recording

Webinar recording: Bricolage and implications for Outcome Mapping and Outcome Harvesting

What is bricolage in evaluation?

Warm up Webinar: Bricolage and implications for Outcome Mapping and Outcome Harvesting

Announcing: Two OMLC events for your diary

Outcome Mapping & Bricolage
Continuing the discussion after the OMLC Learning Lab 2025