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April 16 Webcast: Confronting the Disinformation Age
15/04/2019
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Reclaiming the right to privacy: An opportunity to challenge gender inequality
08/03/2019
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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
08/12/2018
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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
09/11/2018
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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
11/09/2018
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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
07/09/2018
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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
03/09/2018
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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
09/08/2018
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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
17/07/2018
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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
23/11/2017
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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
23/07/2015
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
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…
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