With academics under pressure to show ‘impact’ in their research, and NGOs under pressure to rigorously evidence their work, partnerships between the two groups have…
Rethinking Research Partnerships
26/01/2018
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Knowledge and Education in Cities: Preparing the next billion without leaving anyone behind
25/01/2018
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2018 marks the first year that the Asia-Pacific region has more urban than rural residents. It’s a monumental turning point, and one that is rapidly…
ASSAR–R2A Climate Month: Time’s Up
04/12/2017
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Time’s up for doing things a little bit differently. We need to get real about what is needed in order to respond to the uneven…
Announcing ASSAR’s Guest Blog Series: Climate Month
02/11/2017
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We are excited to announce that November will be ‘Climate Month’ on Research to Action. The Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) research programme…
Trouble in paradise? The shaky relationship between evidence and policy
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…
Research and knowledge systems in difficult places part 3: Somalia and Somaliland
20/10/2016
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This is part three of Jon Harle’s series presenting learning about doing research and using evidence in “difficult places”. With new papers on South Sudan…
Why study the research environment: a webinar summary
22/06/2016
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How to maintain freedom and non-bias in research findings; how to stimulate both local funding of southern research and appetite for its findings; and whether…
GDN Doing Research Webinar: Why the research environment matters.
13/05/2016
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Wednesday, 18th May, 2016 2pm-3pm (BST); 6am-7am (PDT); 6.30pm-7.30pm (IST); 8am-9am (CDT); The GDN Doing Research project team are pleased to announce the first of…
Research and knowledge systems in difficult places – part 1
11/05/2016
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In the first of a series of blog posts based on recent analysis into the research and knowledge systems in fragile or conflict states, Jon…
Why study the research environment?
07/03/2016
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It is a striking fact that in the top global university rankings developing countries’ universities are notable by their near absence. Out of the 500…
Demonstrating impact: planning, partners and telling stories
04/01/2016
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Authors: Agnes Becker, Annie Holmes, Becky Wolfe At the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine we have a proud history of improving health worldwide….
Policy Week: How Much Evidence is ‘enough’ prior to policy implementation?
20/11/2015
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Research to Action attended an event held by the New Researcher Network at the University of Manchester’s Policy Week designed to investigate how much evidence…
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