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…
Reality comes first: Planning for policy influence
20/04/2011
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Knowing your audience (43/43)
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.
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…
Wren Media: Building a Network of Journalists in the Global South
14/12/2010
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Susanna Thorp from Wren Media talks about network building with researchers in the global south.
Understanding the media landscape and how to engage with it by Nalaka Gunawardene
30/11/2010
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Nalaka Gunawardene from TVE Asia Pacific describe how the media landscape has been changing substantially in recent years, He also describes how research and media could improve the way they work together.
How research feeds into parliaments across the World
30/11/2010
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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…
Developing a communications strategy
04/05/2010
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Evidence for Action is an RPC (DFID-funded research programme consortium) with partners in India, Malawi, Uganda, UK and Zambia…
Rational decision-making? It just doesn’t work that way…
24/09/2009
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The more I learn about the way people make decisions, the more I wish I’d studied psychology. We’ve evolved, but not as much as we…
My policymaker doesn’t understand me…
18/09/2009
Audio & Video
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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