For anyone involved in leveraging research to make a meaningful impact, the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti has long been a beacon, shaping global…
The Future of Evidence: UNICEF’s Blueprint for Smarter Research
11/07/2025
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Why research users are central to research impact
04/07/2025
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If you want your research to make a difference, you need to think about who will use it. The Research Impact Academy has recently published…
Whose knowledge counts in development research?
27/06/2025
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Who truly shapes the global academic landscape? In this academic article, Sarah Cummings and Paul Hoebink pull back the curtain on a significant imbalance in…
How can research support volunteering?
20/06/2025
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As the funding landscape tightens, organisations in the Third Sector – that is organizations that are neither government (public sector) nor business (private sector) –…
Have we stopped caring about the climate?
30/05/2025
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The climate crisis continues to escalate, bringing increasingly severe impacts felt across the globe. However, a 2024 report analysing data from eight countries shows that…
What would a better international emergency aid system look like?
08/05/2025
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Amidst the chaos of a world on fire – metaphorically and literally – it is worth looking for ways to contribute to the rebuilding of…
Does text messaging reach and engage young people?
23/04/2025
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How do we reach and engage young people – with research, with advice, with training? We know that the answer is going to lie partly…
Seeing the Future? Predictability in Research Impact
18/04/2025
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For anyone involved in research, the question of impact is central. Proving that our research has had an impact on broader society is hard enough;…
Knowledge brokers: what are they and what do they do?
26/03/2025
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There are many titles and phrases for anyone who works in information, communication, and knowledge brokering in the world of evidence. The roles are as…
The global information ecosystem is under threat
21/03/2025
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Research to Action (R2A) was set up back in 2010 because there was a lack of ‘free to use’ information and advice for the global…
AI at work in one small Nigerian newsroom
19/03/2025
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The independent, climate-focused investigative newsroom The Colonist Report scored an investigative success using AI recently, according to the Reuters Institute website. The newsroom used commonly-used…
Writing TORs for an evaluation
12/03/2025
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The very useful Peregrine e-discussion group (previously the Pelican Initiative) run by the Better Evaluation group, is a source of rich discussion. Its members share…
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