Back in October, Professor Kathryn Oliver delivered an insightful lecture on one of the big questions in our field. Individuals, organisations, and states spend significant…
Kathryn Oliver on rethinking evidence use
11/12/2025
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Monitoring and evaluation
It’s not easy to measure the impact of development research in bringing about positive change. It’s even harder to show how communications efforts, and expenditure, helps to achieve both research objectives, and development outcomes. This section aims to offer key resources and insights to help support better monitoring and evaluation of research uptake activities.
Reshaping Africa’s evidence ecosystem
21/11/2025
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Elevate Evidence Hub (EEH) is a South Africa-based, women-led, Pan-African knowledge translation platform dedicated to turning high-quality evidence into practical change for equitable development. It…
R2A Recommends: ALNAP’s updated OECD criteria for humanitarian evaluation
29/10/2025
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‘The humanitarian system is facing a period of significant uncertainty. […] In this environment, learning is more important than ever.’ Juliet Parker, Director, ALNAP How…
A citizen’s blueprint for a better future
05/09/2025
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What happens when everyday citizens—not politicians or economists—are asked how a wealthy nation should shape the future for its people, the planet, and generations to…
Have we stopped caring about the climate?
30/05/2025
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The climate crisis continues to escalate, bringing increasingly severe impacts felt across the globe. However, a 2024 report analysing data from eight countries shows that…
Seeing the Future? Predictability in Research Impact
18/04/2025
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For anyone involved in research, the question of impact is central. Proving that our research has had an impact on broader society is hard enough;…
Knowledge brokers: what are they and what do they do?
26/03/2025
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There are many titles and phrases for anyone who works in information, communication, and knowledge brokering in the world of evidence. The roles are as…
Writing TORs for an evaluation
12/03/2025
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The very useful Peregrine e-discussion group (previously the Pelican Initiative) run by the Better Evaluation group, is a source of rich discussion. Its members share…
Join a community interested in digital tools for MERL
05/03/2025
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There are a confusing number of acronyms used by the community that is interested in keeping tabs on progress being made (in research, development, activism),…
How to navigate things going wrong in a campaign
20/12/2024
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When running campaigns, expect the unexpected. Campaigns are complex and unpredictable, making careful planning and a steady hand necessary to navigating unforeseen challenges. I certainly…
Tackling Child Labour: The CLARISSA Programme
13/12/2024
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Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) was a transformative five-year initiative aimed at addressing some of the most severe forms of child…
Reflecting on the Global Evidence Summit 2024: A week of Engaging and Learning
25/11/2024
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Africa’s increasingly strong presence and contribution to the evidence-based decision-making field was clearly reflected at the Global Evidence Summit held recently in Prague. Nkululeko Tshabalala,…
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