R4D has long been committed to seeing development research have an ‘impact’ on policy and practice, and as a consequence help deliver positive development outcomes….
R4D: Research Uptake and Communications Web Survey
01/09/2011
Blog Posts
Research to Action
Helping researchers become policy entrepreneurs: How to develop engagement strategies for evidence-based policy-making
14/08/2011
Papers & Reports
The paper condenses five years of work into six key lessons that are essential to any researcher or organisation wishing to generate evidence-based policy change.
Engaging media in communicating research on sexual and reproductive health and rights in sub-Saharan Africa: Experiences and lessons learned
23/06/2011
Journal Articles
This paper discusses APHRC’s experience in working with the media to promote reporting on health research in general, and its own research, in particular over…
What does Theory of Change look like?
21/06/2011
Blog Posts
We came across this blog post ‘What Does Theory of Change Look Like?’ on ‘From Poverty to Power’ written by the Head of Oxfam Research…
New report seeks to strengthen the research to policy and practice interface
17/06/2011
Papers & Reports
It is great to see DFID getting behind the issue of research uptake via a new report that provides insights on how researchers and communication…
Designing and implementing a communications strategy: lessons learnt from HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Programme Consortia
17/06/2011
Journal Articles
This paper reflects on the experience in developing and implementing a communications strategy of several RPC funded by DFID. RPC are collaborative international research consortia…
Challenges in linking health research to policy: a commentary on developing a multi-stakeholder response to orphans and vulnerable children in Ghana
17/06/2011
Journal Articles
In this paper, the authors, share thier own experience of researching orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) to illustrate how the Research and Development Division (RDD)…
Strange bedfellows: bridging the worlds of academia, public health and the sex industry to improve sexual health outcomes
17/06/2011
Journal Articles
The public health response to sexually transmitted infections, particularly HIV, has been and continues to be overwhelmingly focused on risk, disease and negative outcomes of…
Creating a public space and dialogue on sexuality and rights: a case study from Bangladesh
17/06/2011
Journal Articles
This article describes and analyses a research based engagement by a university school of public health in Bangladesh aimed at raising public debate on sexuality…
Playing the role of a ‘boundary organisation’: getting smarter with networking
17/06/2011
Journal Articles
This paper discusses the practices of organisations that cross the boundary between research and politics, to promote evidence-based policies and programmes. The paper reveals the…
Using research to influence sexual and reproductive health practice and implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A case-study analysis
17/06/2011
Journal Articles
Research institutions and donor organizations are giving growing attention to how research evidence is communicated to influence policy. In the area of sexual and reproductive…
The impact of HIV and AIDS research: A case study from Swaziland
17/06/2011
Journal Articles
The paper demonstrates that, although complex, and not without methodological issues, impact assessment of research can be of real value to researchers in understanding the…
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