How many of you have a friend/boss/mother-in-law who jumps in with solutions before really understanding your problem? If so, I’m sure you’ll agree that it…
What problem are you trying to solve?
05/07/2011
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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)…
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…
What shapes the influence evidence has on policy? The role of politics in research utilisation
12/06/2011
Papers & Reports
What shapes the influence evidence has on policy? The key lesson that emerges from this paper is the primacy of politics in shaping how evidence…
Reality comes first: Planning for policy influence
20/04/2011
Blog Posts
Good quality research can easily get overlooked by policymakers, even after receiving widespread acclaim. The path to influencing policy is often shrouded in mystery and…
Sound expectations: From impact evaluations to policy change
14/03/2011
Papers & Reports
Vanesa Weyrauch and Gala Diaz Langou have developed a conceptual framework to identify factors that help or hinder impact evaluation and analyze how they influence…
How research feeds into parliaments across the World
30/11/2010
Blog Posts
In the UK, there is a sophisticated research department within Whitehall which is on hand to inform British policymaking. Not all governments have this facility at their beck and call.
Weaving Global Networks: Handbook for Policy Influence
15/11/2010
Templates & Toolkits
There is ample recognition of the non-linear nature of policymaking. It is a complex heterogenic process that rejects sequential markers posed by traditional textbooks. Through…
How can we support the use of systematic reviews in policymaking?
09/07/2010
Journal Articles
The article, How Can We Support the Use of Systematic Reviews in Policymaking? Talks about how the landscape has changed for policy makers, why systematic…
My policymaker doesn’t understand me…
18/09/2009
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Isn’t it always the way? Just when you think that you’re getting along like a house on fire, speaking the same language, enjoying a meeting…
Brevity – the soul of communication?
03/04/2009
Blog Posts
One of the key challenges that all researchers face is how to get policymakers to take note of their findings. No two policymakers are quite…
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