Connecting and Engaging with Research Audiences – R4D Peer Exchange Meeting
Earlier in April, we met in DFID for the third R4D Peer Exchange session – a series of meetings to discuss issues related to social media and engagement in and around development research.
‘Special guest’ in this session was Joel Bassouk, Digital Communications Manager at Oxfam International. It was a great pleasure to hear Joel’s experience first hand, understanding what is the social media mix and strategy that Oxfam International is using and discuss the results these efforts are bringing to the organisation.
Latest posts by category
Abigail Mulhall, Research Uptake Manager of the Research and Evidence Division in the Department of International Development (DFID), recognises that there are a number of barriers preventing researchers from communicating their own work.
The global conference on K* begins today in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and will run until Thursday 27th April.
K* is an international conference spanning the spectrum of work done by knowledge intermediaries, such as knowledge brokering, knowledge translation, knowledge exchange, knowledge mobilisation. Participants come from all six continents; from government, industry, civil society and professional practice; and from a wide variety of sectors.
Walter Akwat, Communications Officer at the Uganda Debt Network (UDN) talks about his collaboration with journalists and explains how the Relay programme has helped his research organisation appreciate the role of the media and improve their communications strategy:
One of the activities we are focusing on in this phase of the R4D project is to convene a series of peer exchange meetings to discuss issues related to social media and engagement in and around development research.
The first of these sessions took place early in February in London, where we met with colleagues form DFID, ODI, CABI, IDS, CommsConsult, to discuss how to measure the success (and failure) of research uptake and communication efforts. Continue reading »
