A special issue of Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation has just been published. This special issue includes 12 papers that raise uncomfortable questions that we hope will sharpen our thinking about evaluator competencies. The papers discuss the authors’ reflections on competency-related issues as they navigated the COVID-19 pandemic. Very broadly, the authors chose topics related to the discontinuities caused by the pandemic and expressed growing awareness of the need to rethink how interventions address problems of inequities and sustainability. While the topics vary, each of the papers reflects on the competencies that evaluators need to address such challenges and be relevant in the future. 

We hope you enjoy this special issue.

Sincerely,

JMDE editorial team