“Scaling Studies” are a thing, now part of “Implementation Science”.
The focus tends to be what makes pilot projects scale-able, and what interferes with. Politicians and funders get (understandably) irritated when pilots keep failing to scale—this was happening a lot in the 1990s, which gave rise to the first studies on scaling.
Implementation science looks more generally at what really works IRL / in the field—a lot is going on in this in Chicago and Global Health.
“Scaling Studies” are a thing, now part of “Implementation Science”.
The focus tends to be what makes pilot projects scale-able, and what interferes with. Politicians and funders get (understandably) irritated when pilots keep failing to scale—this was happening a lot in the 1990s, which gave rise to the first studies on scaling.
Implementation science looks more generally at what really works IRL / in the field—a lot is going on in this in Chicago and Global Health.