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…
Why study the research environment?
07/03/2016
Blog Posts
RSS
Framing challenges (5/7)
Demonstrating impact: planning, partners and telling stories
04/01/2016
Blog Posts
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
Blog Posts
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…
Four strategies for improving knowledge exchange among scientists and decision-makers.
18/11/2015
Blog Posts
The growing urgency and complexity of sustainability problems, from climate change and biodiversity loss to poverty and inequality, present a significant threat to many societies. …
Communicating the challenges and achievements of the Nile Basin Initiative
10/11/2015
Blog Posts
I was recently involved in an assignment that involved communicating the ‘Nile Story’ for the World Bank. Communicating the challenges and achievements of the numerous…
Theory of Change
26/09/2015
Key Resources
Creating and evaluating a Theory of Change (ToC) is a prerequisite for most large international development research projects with government funding. Here at R2A we…
Using training as an approach for building the capacity of health policymakers in evidence-informed policymaking
05/08/2015
Blog Posts
The use of research evidence in decision-making by policymakers in the health sector is critical for enabling the formulation and implementation of the most effective…
Building impact over time: experiences from Zimbabwe
01/07/2015
Blog Posts
Ian Scoones, Director ESRC STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex – Second prize winner of the ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize for Outstanding…
The Future of Knowledge Sharing in a Digital Age: Exploring Impacts and Policy Implications for Development
03/06/2015
Papers & Reports
This evidence report from IDS looks at the possible ways in which digital technologies might contribute to or damage development agendas, and how development practitioners…
IDRC puts southern-led climate research at the heart of the World Water Congress
12/05/2015
News & Opportunities
Existing pressures on water resources- rising populations, increased waste production, pollution and agricultural demand- have reached crisis point. Currently one in ten of the world’s…
How good are you at research uptake? New tool helps assess capacity.
05/05/2015
Blog Posts
Whose capacity? Developing capacity of decision makers and knowledge brokers to use and demand research has been recognised as strategy to support research uptake. However,…
Impact Diaries: the Evernote way
13/04/2015
Blog Posts
A few years ago, I’d freely admit that writing up evaluation reports of advocacy projects was the least favourite part of my job. It wasn’t…
Paula Fray
Shubha Jayaram
Sue Martin
Maria Balarin
James Harvey
Emily Hayter
Susan Koshy
Ronald Munatsi
Ajoy Datta
Social Media