The Global Guide to Research Impact
07/05/2018
As a Research Uptake professional I’m fascinated by the power of social media, especially using Twitter to communicate interesting discussions, observations, and insights surrounding research…
23/02/2018
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Head, Communications and Knowledge Management (CKM) to manage and lead ILRI’s communications and knowledge management…
23/11/2017
Blog Posts
Will you take a walk with me? I’d like to tell you what I learned in Bonn at the UNFCCC COP a few days ago….
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…
26/05/2017
Blog Posts
R2A is always keen to crowdsource solutions to problems that individuals, programmes, and organisations face when communicating development research. A thorny issue that many encounter…
27/04/2017
Blog Posts
Around the world, there are growing concerns about powerful funders’ potential ability to use think tanks and other non-profit groups to manipulate democratic debates, policy…
24/04/2017
Blog Posts
The recent 2017 BOND Conference explored the future of development funding and policy, and how the ever-changing geopolitical system might disrupt and iterate how the…
20/04/2017
Blog Posts
Background Knowledge brokers are increasingly advocated as a solution for bridging the gap between science and decision-making. However, despite growing rhetoric regarding the potential benefits…
23/03/2017
Blog Posts
I’m a sporadic presence on Twitter, with a pretty low number of followers. Yet the other day I had my biggest engagement yet – and…
09/03/2017
Blog Posts
The last two decades have seen a resurgence of documentary in cinema. By nature, documentaries have the potential to change the world, rather than just…
02/11/2016
Key Resources
Just when I was about to start searching from some photos, up pops a a very handy LinkedIn post from Heather Mansfield of non-profit…
21/04/2015
Templates & Toolkits
5 toolkits addressing different aspects and tools on research communication for policy influence
Paula Fray
Shubha Jayaram
Sue Martin
Maria Balarin
James Harvey
Emily Hayter
Susan Koshy
Ronald Munatsi
Ajoy Datta
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