There are so many wonderful online tools to help communicate knowledge generated by researchers.
Some impacts of communication are so elusive: Facebook and beyond
12/06/2012
Blog Posts
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Connecting and engaging with research audiences through social media
12/06/2012
Blog Posts
Earlier in April, we met in DFID for the third R4D Peer Exchange session – a series of meetings to discuss issues related to social…
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…
Communicating beyond the academic community
16/03/2012
Audio & Video
In this short video, Josh Greenberg, Professor of Communication at Carleton University in Canada, discusses the tools, strategies and platforms he employs to communicate his…
Why aren’t web 2.0 tools being used more for research collaboration?
15/11/2011
Blog Posts
Blogs, wikis, social networking sites and other web 2.0 tools have the potential to transform research collaboration and knowledge-sharing and are often included in research…
Is the only good knowledge, new knowledge?
22/09/2011
Blog Posts
“Many of the answers to major development challenges are already known,” states DFID in its Working Paper on Research Communication, “but the information is inaccessible,…
Promoting research uptake: New media versus traditional media
12/09/2011
Papers & Reports
Promoting Research Uptake: New media versus traditional media is a recently published DFID paper from the IPS Africa Changing Lives: Making Research Real Forum held…
How to target Journalists with your research through Twitter
05/09/2011
Blog Posts
A number of studies have shown that journalists are increasingly relying on social media to source information. A widely cited study: the fourth annual Digital…
Unpacking the share and engage mantra for researchers: the case of blogging
06/06/2011
Blog Posts
If you don’t know it yet, or if you’re not sure of its significance it’s time you caught up – web 2.0 has dramatically changed…
Academics, in New Move, Begin to Work With Wikipedia
28/05/2011
Blog Posts
Ever wondered what role Wikipedia should play in research communication? This post entitled ‘Academics, in New Move, Begin to Work With Wikipedia’ from The Chronicle…
If you build it, will they come? How researchers perceive and use web 2.0
02/03/2011
Papers & Reports
The Research Information Network’s report, If you build it, will they come? How researchers perceive and use web 2.0, investigates the use of, and attitudes towards, web 2.0 tools and services among the research community.
Paula Fray
Shubha Jayaram
Sue Martin
Maria Balarin
James Harvey
Emily Hayter
Susan Koshy
Ronald Munatsi
Ajoy Datta
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