Anna Sophie Hahne

I am a quantitative researcher at the Tavistock Institute, specialising in statistical analysis and enjoy designing studies and making sense of data to answer real-world questions. This is based on the core belief that evaluation and research can provide immense value and positive impact within society. I work on a variety of projects across many sectors such as children & young people, environment and social innovation.

Areas of expertise and interest

Having studied Psychology and Education Science my knowledge in a variety of quantitative research methods, qualitative methods and statistical techniques have developed my appreciation in the field of research. Before joining the Tavistock Institute I have worked in experimental psychology designing, conducting and analysing experiments and empirical studies. My key focus in the past has been in the areas of risky decision making and early childhood education. Since joining the Tavistock Institute, I have been introduced to many new sectors and research methods. With my background in Psychology, I particularly enjoy working on projects in the area of children and young people, families, mental health and wellbeing, social care as well as education and training. I found myself becoming increasingly interested in wider fields such as employment, environment and social innovation. I am also particularly interested in evaluation methodology and in the integration of quantitative and qualitative methods for example via innovative methods.

Areas of work

I mainly work on evaluation and research projects and undertake quantitative and qualitative work. Projects include EU-funded projects as well as UK wide and local projects from charities. In addition to methodological work – designing, undertaking, analysing and reporting - I project manage and contribute to other activities at the Institute. I am also a member of the quantitative research team. Current projects

• Textile and Clothing Business Labs (TCBL): supporting the evaluation of this European project; activities include surveys, case studies and contribution analysis.
• NEETs in Action - Community Networking for Integration of Young People who are NEET (ComNetNEET): project managing TIHR’s role as responsible for the impact of evaluation of this European innovation project.
• Women and Girls Learning and Impact Services: supporting the evaluation and learning support for women and girls organisations across England.
• Evaluation of the Children of Alcohol Dependent Parents Innovation Fund (COADPIF) – supporting the national evaluation team, by undertaking statistical analysis and Theory of Change work.
• Evaluation of Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme – supporting the evaluation of two projects by leading on the quantitative work stream.
• Evaluation of Under our Roof Care Programme – supporting the evaluation of the programme for children in care.
• Adoption Support Fund Evaluation Continuation – leading on the statistical analysis of the extension of the longitudinal survey.

Publications

• King, S., Gieve, M., Iacopini, G., Hahne, A., & Stradling, H. (2017). The evaluation of the adoption support fund. London, Tavistock Institute of Human Relations.
• King, S., Gieve, M., Iacopini, G., Hahne, A. S., & Stradling, H. (2019). Are the early benefits of the Adoption Support Fund (therapeutic support for adoptive families) sustainable?. Journal of Public Mental Health, 18(1), 66-72.
• Reuter, C., Kaufhold, M. A., Spielhofer, T., & Hahne, A. S. (2017). Social media in emergencies: A representative study on citizens’ perception in Germany. Proceedings of the ACM: Human Computer Interaction (PACM): Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, 1(2), 1-19.
• Reuter, C., Kaufhold, M. A., Spielhofer, T., & Hahne, A. S. (2018). Soziale Medien und Apps in Notsituationen: Eine repräsentative Studie über die Wahrnehmung in Deutschland. BBK Bevölkerungsschutz, vol. 2, pp. 22–24.
• Spielhofer, T., Greenlaw, R., Markham, D., & Hahne, A. (2016, December). Data mining Twitter during the UK floods: Investigating the potential use of social media in emergency management. In 2016 3rd International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management (ICT-DM) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
• Tarren-Sweeney M., Goemans, A., Hahne, A.S., & Gieve, M. (2019). Mental health screening for children in care using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire and the Brief Assessment Checklists: Guidance from three national studies. Developmental Child Welfare, 1-20.