On Thursday, 25 May R2A held our final webinar in the ‘Cup of Tea’ series, with an interview between Megan Lloyd-Laney and John Young. If you…
Webinar summary: A cup of tea with John Young
15/06/2017
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The Global Guide to Research Impact
It’s not easy to measure the impact of development research in bringing about positive change. It’s even harder to show how communications efforts, and expenditure, helps to achieve both research objectives, and development outcomes. This section aims to offer key resources and insights to help support better monitoring and evaluation of research uptake activities.
15/06/2017
Blog Posts
On Thursday, 25 May R2A held our final webinar in the ‘Cup of Tea’ series, with an interview between Megan Lloyd-Laney and John Young. If you…
19/05/2017
It has been a busy year for the international development community. The 2016 Sustainable Development Goals ushered in a greater emphasis on monitoring and evaluation,…
12/05/2017
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Research to Action’s fifth and final webinar in the ‘Cup of tea with…’ series will be held on Thursday, 25 May at 14:00 BST. The…
08/05/2017
With 2017 bringing the opportunities and challenges of a new year, here at R2A in the spirit of reflection and continual learning we thought we…
06/04/2017
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What determines whether or not policymakers take into consideration recommendations that emerge from research or data analysis? Our research has identified several factors. Some…
10/11/2016
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National academies of science are a central actor in any country’s knowledge sector. When they are well-resourced and well-managed, they play an important role in…
11/10/2016
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As part of the WWGS2016, John Young and Jessica Mackenzie of ODI’s RAPID programme hosted a ‘knowledge café’ on building commitment to evidence-informed development policy and practice.
08/09/2016
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The use of evidence has become integral to the field of development, as policymakers recognise the need to contextualise their ideas, and develop programmes and…
03/08/2016
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With the end of a large research project there can be a certain sense of bathos. All that ambition at the beginning culminating in ……
21/07/2016
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What is this? The UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (UKCDS) has just launched ‘Your Research: Science for Global Good’ a researcher and funding hub encouraging…
07/07/2016
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INASP’s Evidence-Informed Policy Making team has now been working for 7 years to build capacity for the use of research evidence in policy making in…
09/06/2016
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Physical activity policies need to be evidence informed, but what is actually behind the term evidence and how does it inform? During the last decades…
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