This advocacy guide by Eóin Young & Lisa Quinn (Open Society Foundations) has been shaped by a decade of experience supporting a broad range of governmental…
A Guide to Policy Advocacy in Transition Countries
25/05/2012
Guides & Tutorials
RSS
Making your research accessible (45/53)
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.
Theory of Change review commissioned by Comic Relief
23/05/2012
Audio & Video
Comic Relief have produced a very detailed report on Theory of Change written by Cathy James. The report aims to draw together Comic Relief staff…
Working Paper: The Impact of Economics Blogs
23/05/2012
Papers & Reports
This paper provides an indepth look at the rsearch ‘impact’ that can be attributed to blogging. Written by Berk Ozler and David McKenzie at the…
A report detailing the development of a university-based knowledge mobilization unit
22/05/2012
Journal Articles
This field note presents reflections from the perspective of a knowledge mobilization (KMb) practitioner after five years of developing and delivering KMb services in a…
EdQual: Developing a Communications Strategy
21/05/2012
Blog Posts
The DFID-funded EdQual RPC has provided a list of the communications strategies it developed over the course of the programme between 2005-2009 . This provides…
Podcasts are a natural fit for communication of academic ideas
21/05/2012
Blog Posts
In this post entitled “Podcasts are a natural fit for communication of academic ideas”, Mark Carrigan, a contributor to the LSE’s Impact of Social Sciences…
Maximizing The Impacts Of Your Research: A Handbook For Social Scientists
16/05/2012
Guides & Tutorials
In the past, there has been no one source of systematic advice on how to maximize the academic impacts of research in terms of citations…
How research brokers and intermediaries support evidence-based pro-poor policy and practice
16/05/2012
Papers & Reports
Co-published by the HSRC and the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) this report is an analysis of discussions and presentations that took place at the…
Getting research into policy: the role of think tanks and other mediators
15/05/2012
Blog Posts
This is an insightful post by Judy Sebba (Professor of Education and Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange in the School of Education and Social…
The value of working with think tanks and pressure groups
30/04/2012
Blog Posts
This interesting post, entitled ‘Academics must realise the value in working with think tanks and pressure groups that can re-package their research for a wider…
The role of information and knowledge intermediaries
30/04/2012
Papers & Reports
These useful links provided by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2006) discuss the role of intermediaries and the issues surrounding them, important when aiming…
What can a policy brief really achieve?
23/04/2012
This presentation was made at the The Network of Networks for Impact Evaluation (NONIE) annual meeting in Rome (April, 2012). It introduces the results of…
Paula Fray
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Sue Martin
Maria Balarin
James Harvey
Emily Hayter
Susan Koshy
Ronald Munatsi
Ajoy Datta
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