Regular readers of this website do not need to be told that evidence is important. It is essential in shaping both our understanding of the…
What international crisis coverage reveals about the aid system
23/07/2025
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Making your research accessible
If research can’t be found, or is not easily understood by target audiences it simply does not travel, falling at the first hurdle in the process of trying to bring about change.
The Future of Evidence: UNICEF’s Blueprint for Smarter Research
11/07/2025
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For anyone involved in leveraging research to make a meaningful impact, the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti has long been a beacon, shaping global…
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…
Whose knowledge counts in development research?
27/06/2025
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Who truly shapes the global academic landscape? In this academic article, Sarah Cummings and Paul Hoebink pull back the curtain on a significant imbalance in…
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) –…
Have we stopped caring about the climate?
30/05/2025
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The climate crisis continues to escalate, bringing increasingly severe impacts felt across the globe. However, a 2024 report analysing data from eight countries shows that…
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…
Seeing the Future? Predictability in Research Impact
18/04/2025
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For anyone involved in research, the question of impact is central. Proving that our research has had an impact on broader society is hard enough;…
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…
Join a community interested in digital tools for MERL
05/03/2025
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There are a confusing number of acronyms used by the community that is interested in keeping tabs on progress being made (in research, development, activism),…
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