This 29-page guidance note put together by the Vera Institute of Justice describes when and how to use indicators, what to measure and how to…
How to develop input, activity, output, outcome and impact indicators
23/03/2023
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How research influences policy: case studies from Australia
16/03/2023
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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…
Research use in social sciences and three lessons for improving it
09/03/2023
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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…
Overview of indicators for assessing research impact
02/03/2023
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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…
Beginner’s guide to creating, capturing and measuring research impact
23/02/2023
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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…
Program and Policy Change framework: new tool for evaluating research for development
16/02/2023
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This 13-page academic paper presents the Program and Policy Change (PPC) framework, a new tool for measuring the use and impact of research in low-and…
Toolkit for communications monitoring, evaluation and learning
09/02/2023
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This 24-page toolkit developed by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is about communications monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL). It presents a framework to think about…
Putting research users into the centre of uptake strategy: lessons from the EEG programme
02/02/2023
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This 23-page report produced by the Applied Research Programme on Energy and Economic Growth (EEG) presents the EEG’s research uptake strategy. To inform its strategies…
How to standardise quantitative indicators of impact
26/01/2023
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This 40-page guide by RAND Europe, an NGO policy research organisation, presents recommendations for standardising quantitative indicators of impact. Originally produced in 2018 for case…
Guide to networking and improving your policy impact
19/01/2023
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This 136-page handbook by Argentinian nonprofit organisation CIPPEC is about networking for policy influence. It provides readers with lots of practical tips and guidelines on…
Seven recommendations for better engagement between academics and policymakers
12/01/2023
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This 15-page academic paper published in the Policy Design and Practice journal analyses the activities of over 300 organizations investing in research-policy engagement, draws insights…
What do researchers think about societal impact?
05/01/2023
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This 20-page academic paper by Benedikt Fecher and Marcel Hebing studies what researchers think about achieving societal impact. To find out how researchers approach societal…
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