New initiative by the UK government that seeks to create a series of evidence centres to improve the way evidence is used in policy.
Making Evidence Useful: The case for New Institutions
3 June 2013
Papers & Reports
Making your research accessible
If research can’t be found, or is not easily understood by target audiences it simply does not travel, falling at the first hurdle in the process of trying to bring about change.
Papers & Reports
What counts as good evidence?
28 May 2013
Papers & Reports
Have a look at this research paper discussing how to create more for less with the use of evidence, from Research Unit for Research Utilisation (RURU) School of Management University of St Andrews.
Assessing the strength of evidence: Introducing DFID’s new ‘how to’ note
25 April 2013
Blog Posts
Mark Robinson, William Evans and Kirsty Newman from DFID’s Research and Evidence Division introduce the new “Assessing the Strength of Evidence” How to Note, which aims to improve the use of evidence within DFID.
The use and abuse of research evidence
2 April 2013
Blog Posts
Andrew Clappison argues there is one huge obstacle flying in the face of evidence informed policy making and that’s the fact we live in a socially constructed world, where politics, culture and power shapes peoples behaviour and norms.
What is the evidence on evidence‐informed policy making?
27 February 2013
Papers & Reports
This paper explores and sumarises the discussions that took place during the International Conference on Evidence-Informed Policy Making in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Indonesia is growing fast, as is the demand for social welfare, but is evidence keeping pace?
19 February 2013
Blog Posts
Aranaldo Pellini looks at how evidence is informing policy in Indonesia, arguing that a big push to strengthen the use of research and data analysis in the design of public policies is needed to sustain growth.
Getting started on ‘evidence-informed’ policy
17 January 2013
Blog Posts
The word on the street is that ‘evidence informed’ policy is going to be big in 2013. R2A spoke to Antonio Capillo, part of the evidence informed policy making team at INASP, and asked him to recommend some blogs on the subject.
Kirsty Newman: The interview
3 September 2012
Blog Posts
We caught up with Kirsty Newman last week to talk about her new role at DFID, what she learnt from her time at INASP, and to return to some of the issues she has blogged about previously on Research to Action.
INASP: Information literacy for policy makers and influencers
22 January 2012
Guides & Tutorials
Materials from INASP a programme to help policy makers and influencers to find, evaluate and use information to inform policy making.
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