For anyone involved in leveraging research to make a meaningful impact, the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti has long been a beacon, shaping global…
The Future of Evidence: UNICEF’s Blueprint for Smarter Research
11/07/2025
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Why research users are central to research impact
04/07/2025
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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…
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) –…
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…
Imagining a world that is not adult-focused
10/01/2025
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2024 was the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It is surprising that research and intervention processes have…
Hey International Development, check out TikTok
09/12/2024
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TikTok is a constantly evolving social media platform. It’s targeted towards Generation Z with 16–24-year-olds making up over 60% of the viewers – and 56%…
Supporting Independent Media: Media Viability Accelerator
04/12/2024
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With the business model for media becomning increasingly fragile, how can small, independent media survive? In all parts of the world, but especially the Global…
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