Today marks the launch of How Researchers Changed the World, a new podcast that will help listeners to gain an insight into the fascinating world…
How Researchers Changed the World – new podcast!
7 May 2019
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Using online tools/ICTs
April 16 Webcast: Confronting the Disinformation Age
15 April 2019
Blog Posts
This webcast takes place Tuesday, 16 April, at 7pm PDT (02.00 GMT). You can watch it live or catch up later on SFU Public Square’s…
Reclaiming the right to privacy: An opportunity to challenge gender inequality
8 March 2019
Blog Posts
Development programming aims to be both sustainable and equitable in part by recognizing the implications of inequality in its many forms, whether by gender, ethnicity,…
Pay No Bribe – Shining sunlight on corruption in Sierra Leone
8 December 2018
Blog Posts
It is widely agreed in Sierra Leone that corruption is one of the main problems holding back the economy as well as limiting the government…
Want to make an app? 3 considerations for NGOs
9 November 2018
Blog Posts
Chances are you’ve already used a mobile app today: your phone’s weather alert, the game of Candy Crush you played on your commute or even…
Pitch your podcast to BBC radio
11 September 2018
Blog Posts
Have you got an original idea for a podcast? Why not pitch it to the BBC? There is a standard commissioning process for podcasts destined…
Virtual reality helps preserve a millennia-old tradition
7 September 2018
Blog Posts
It’s always a challenge to decide how and when to use new technology to change and improve the way we communicate. You have to experiment,…
Going ‘mobile first’ to reach African audiences
3 September 2018
Blog Posts
Mobile means more than being on the move, it means connecting to the next generation of African audiences. Recent data shows that 52% of the world’s website traffic…
Using art to talk science
9 August 2018
Blog Posts
In a recent article on The Conversation, Tim Caulfield, Research Director of the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta and prolific science debunker,…
Viral science video debunks bad viral science videos
17 July 2018
Blog Posts
If you work in research uptake you’ve thought about whether to invest time and money in video. Unless you embrace using new channels and communications…
And after the UNFCCC Bonn climate talks: An appetite for disruption
23 November 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….
Tracking Research and Policy Conversations in Online Spaces
23 July 2015
Papers & Reports
This evidence report from IDS attempts to address some of the challenges of monitoring by exploring opportunities presented by online and social media. In particular, it…
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