Social Return on Investment (SROI) in Education: Research Methods, Applications, and Impact

Discover how to make the full value of education visible. Social Return on Investment (SROI) in Education Research: Methods, Applications, and Impact* is a practical, research-informed guide to measuring the academic, social, and wellbeing outcomes of educational investments. Tipparat Sittiwong and Hannarong Shamsub lead readers step by step through theories of change, stakeholder engagement, impact mapping, evidence collection, financial proxies, valuation, attribution, sensitivity analysis, and responsible reporting. With clear explanations, worked examples, visual frameworks, and ready-to-use tools, this book helps researchers, evaluators, education leaders, funders, policymakers, and graduate students move beyond narrow performance measures—toward credible, transparent accounts of what changed, for whom, and why it matters.