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…
Why research users are central to research impact
04/07/2025
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Knowing your audience
Not everyone will find your research useful. You need to know who your audience is and what information they need in order to communicate with them effectively.
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…
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…
Communicating the climate emergency
26/02/2025
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It is not unreasonable to claim that the world is not listening to those talking about the climate emergency. If they are listening, they are…
Who will step up to fill the USAID gap?
19/02/2025
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The recent decision by President Donald Trump to freeze all foreign aid has significant and sometimes life-threatening implications for some of the poorest people in…
Effective participation is the goal: but how to get it?
10/02/2025
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Participation in development projects is a central tenet of participatory development and research. It is based on the idea that those most affected by structural…
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