It might feel like we are living in strange times. One where rhetoric and storytelling are often used by our political leaders in place of…
Trouble in paradise? The shaky relationship between evidence and policy
15/09/2017
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The Global Guide to Research Impact
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.
15/09/2017
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It might feel like we are living in strange times. One where rhetoric and storytelling are often used by our political leaders in place of…
14/08/2017
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We have turned the ‘Cup of tea with’ webinar series into a playlist of shorter podcasts, available now to listen to for free on Research…
10/08/2017
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Mapping the C4D Landscape: key findings from the 2016/17 C4D Network Mapping Study On 27 July we held the second episode of the Research Uptake…
07/08/2017
I recently attended the Capacity Building Workshop for the What Works to End Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) programme in South Africa, for which…
25/07/2017
The Collaborative Adaption Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) research programme co-funded by IDRC and DFID has developed a new Research into Use guide. The guide…
20/07/2017
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How do we manage the delicate balance between ‘technical’ and ‘social’ in translating evidence to action? On the 29 June we held the inaugural Research…
13/07/2017
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‘Mapping the C4D Landscape’: Key findings from the 2016/17 C4D Network Mapping Study In the second of the Research Uptake Roundtable webinars hosted by Research…
11/07/2017
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Research to Action recently held its first webinar series. The 30-minute webinars aimed to unpack a particular aspect of research uptake over a cup of…
10/07/2017
Webinars are a great way to gather people around a particular theme or topic, to share findings and discuss them with a wider and engaged…
03/07/2017
The motivation to write my book, Gender, Power and Knowledge for Development (read the introduction online here) has come out of 17 years of trying…
22/06/2017
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I lead the Research Uptake and Communications Unit in my organisation, the Health Research and Social Development Forum (HERD). I always find it useful and…
07/06/2017
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Join Duncan Green and the RSA for a free webinar on ‘How Change Happens’, Thursday, 8 June, 2017, 1-2pm (BST) How can we effect real…
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