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…
Pay No Bribe – Shining sunlight on corruption in Sierra Leone
8 December 2018
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Using online tools/ICTs
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…
The Future of Knowledge Sharing in a Digital Age: Exploring Impacts and Policy Implications for Development
3 June 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…
User-testing new climate change adaptation options
26 May 2015
Blog Posts
You recognise the situation: you’re a policymaker or a Programme Manager with responsibility for designing or implementing a climate change adaptation programme. You need to…
Research Communication for Policy Influence: Key Toolkits
21 April 2015
Templates & Toolkits
5 toolkits addressing different aspects and tools on research communication for policy influence
Paula Fray
Shubha Jayaram
Sue Martin
Maria Balarin
James Harvey
Emily Hayter
Susan Koshy
Ronald Munatsi
Ajoy Datta
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