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Free webinar: Beyond content delivery: How to make online learning truly participatory

Over the last 10 years INASP’s online learning has enabled over twenty thousand professionals across East Asia, Africa, and Latin America to...

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UNV Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Officer, UNICEF: Ethiopia – Deadline 29 March

Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Officer, UNICEF Deadline: 29 March, 2023 Term: 6 months (with possibility of extension) Salary: UN Volunteer position Start...

Impact Practitioners quote "the timing of impact assessment will influence the assessment outcome and the likely conclusions arising from the assessments made"

How research influences policy: case studies from Australia

This 11-page academic paper written by a team of Australian researchers aims to better understand how research influences policy. The authors study...

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Communications and knowledge management officer- Biosciences, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) – Deadline 17 March

Communications and knowledge management officer – Biosciences, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Deadline: 17 March, 2023 Term:  3-year contract Location: Nairobi, Kenya...

Research use in social sciences and three lessons for improving it

This 29-page academic paper by four Australian scientists looks at research use from the perspective of academics working in social sciences. The...

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Engaging policy audiences

Free webinar: Beyond content delivery: How to make online learning truly participatory

22/03/2023

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Over the last 10 years INASP’s online learning has enabled over twenty thousand professionals across East Asia, Africa, and Latin America to develop new knowledge,…

Isobel Fisher

Strategic communication

UNV Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Officer, UNICEF: Ethiopia – Deadline 29 March

20/03/2023

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Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Officer, UNICEF Deadline: 29 March, 2023 Term: 6 months (with possibility of extension) Salary: UN Volunteer position Start Date: 17 April,…

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Impact Practitioners

How research influences policy: case studies from Australia

16/03/2023

Impact Practitioners quote "the timing of impact assessment will influence the assessment outcome and the likely conclusions arising from the assessments made" Blog Posts

This 11-page academic paper written by a team of Australian researchers aims to better understand how research influences policy. The authors study the impacts of…

Karolina Bohacova

Strategic communication

Network for Advancing & Evaluating the Societal Impact of Science

15/03/2023

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The Network for Advancing and Evaluating the Societal Impact of Science (AESIS Network) is an international, open community for any professional demonstrating the impact of…

Isobel Fisher

Strategic communication

Communications and knowledge management officer- Biosciences, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) – Deadline 17 March

13/03/2023

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Communications and knowledge management officer – Biosciences, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Deadline: 17 March, 2023 Term:  3-year contract Location: Nairobi, Kenya Other: Only open…

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Research use in social sciences and three lessons for improving it

09/03/2023

Blog Posts

This 29-page academic paper by four Australian scientists looks at research use from the perspective of academics working in social sciences. The authors study factors…

Karolina Bohacova

Using digital tools

Useful applications of ChatGPT in knowledge work – KM4Dev online Knowledge Cafe – 14 March, 2.00pm GMT

08/03/2023

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KM4Dev is a global networked community of international development practitioners who are interested in knowledge management and knowledge-sharing issues and approaches, and who seek to…

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Strategic communication

Humanitarian Advocacy Advisor: CAFOD, London or remote – Deadline: 15 March

06/03/2023

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Humanitarian Advocacy Advisor Deadline: 15 March, 2023 Term: 35 hours, full-time Salary: £35,703 – £37,210 (London weighting); £32,019 – £33,526 (without London weighting); or National…

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Overview of indicators for assessing research impact 

02/03/2023

Impact Practitioners quote: "Research productivity and impact are complex; therefore relying on one measure or factor to evaluate your research performance is problematic and very likely to provide a distorted picture." Blog Posts

This 27-page taxonomy by Canadian scientists Amanda Cooper and Samantha Shewchuk presents an overview of more than 400 indicators for social sciences and humanities. The…

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Evidence into policy

How do we map the evidence system?

01/03/2023

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Many organisations have mapped, visualised, and conceptualised the research and policy landscape. For example, the EU’s Joint Research Centre mapped the science-policy system, the Foundation…

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Internal Communications Manager, Malaria Consortium: London – Deadline 6 March

27/02/2023

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Internal Communications Manager, Malaria Consortium Location: London, UK Deadline: 6 March, 2023 Term: Full time Salary:£44,859 gross per annum Other: Candidates must have right to work in…

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Beginner’s guide to creating, capturing and measuring research impact 

23/02/2023

Impact Practitioners quote on banner "Research could provide solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing our world today. But it can only contribute to those solutions if researchers strive to follow through on their research and create an impact with it. " Blog Posts

This 17-page Research Impact e-book by Taylor and Francis Author Services is a great starter guide for understanding what research impact is, how it is…

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