How can research help address the global challenges of our times, and result in positive change in the lives of poor and marginalised communities?…
Upcoming Webinar: Research for Development Impact
19/03/2018
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Research Uptake Roundtable: Episode 3 Summary
01/11/2017
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Last month the Research to Action Roundtable series brought together a group of evaluators from the DFID-funded What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and…
Research Uptake Roundtable: Episode 3 is on its way
18/09/2017
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The R2A roundtables continue this month with ‘Evaluating research uptake, impact and communicating evaluations’ on 28 September. The DFID-funded What Works to Prevent Violence evaluation…
Research Uptake Roundtable: Episode 1 Summary
20/07/2017
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How do we manage the delicate balance between ‘technical’ and ‘social’ in translating evidence to action? On the 29 June we held the inaugural Research…
Webinar summary: A cup of tea with John Young
15/06/2017
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On Thursday, 25 May R2A held our final webinar in the ‘Cup of Tea’ series, with an interview between Megan Lloyd-Laney and John Young. If you…
LSE: Apply to be a Research and Blog Impact Officer
03/11/2016
News & Opportunities
We are seeking a Research Officer to lead on the collection of bibliometric data on the impact of LSE’s influential public-facing politics and social science…
What Works Global Summit 2016
21/09/2016
News & Opportunities
Research to Action is excited to be attending the What Works Global Summit 2016 next week in London.
Celebrating impact: Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium
03/08/2016
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With the end of a large research project there can be a certain sense of bathos. All that ambition at the beginning culminating in ……
Why study the research environment?
07/03/2016
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It is a striking fact that in the top global university rankings developing countries’ universities are notable by their near absence. Out of the 500…
What do we mean by ‘impact’?
18/02/2016
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International development is fixated with impact. But how do we know we’re all talking about the same thing? Whether we like it or not, international…
Demonstrating impact: We have the tools but do we have the right culture?
11/12/2015
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Authors: Agnes Becker, Annie Holmes, Becky Wolfe Working in academia, we are increasingly being asked to demonstrate the impact of research, either as part of…
Want an impact? Tell a good story
12/11/2015
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We’re yet to find a truly effective way of explaining the often complex and unpredictable routes by which research activity leads to real-world change. I…
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