The Global Guide to Research Impact
28/01/2013
Blog Posts
In this article, James Harvey examines the relationship between influence and impact and how the questions that arise have implications for current thinking on monitoring and evaluation.
12/06/2012
Papers & Reports
This Background Note describes a case study of one attempt to assess the impact of a knowledge product: The Vietnam Development Report 2010 (VDR 2010)….
21/05/2012
Templates & Toolkits
This handbook of data collection tools is intended to serve as a companion to A Guide to Measuring Advocacy and Policy. Organizational Research Services (ORS)…
02/05/2012
Guides & Tutorials
We came across this easy to follow outline of benchmarking provided by CTA’s Smart Toolkit. It begins with a useful outline of what benchmarking is:…
02/05/2012
Guides & Tutorials
What is an ‘after action review’ (AAR)? An ‘after action review’ provides a means of reflecting on the ‘success’ of a task or project which…
01/05/2012
Guides & Tutorials
The RAPID Outcome Assessment (ROA) is a learning methodology to assess and map the contribution of a project’s actions on a particular change in policy…
01/05/2012
Guides & Tutorials
What are impact logs? All projects receive feedback of some sort. Whether it is formal, informal, or comments and anecdotes, all feedback can help to…
01/03/2012
Audio & Video
One of the activities we are focusing on in this phase of the R4D project is to convene a series of peer exchange meetings to…
21/01/2012
Templates & Toolkits
The main purpose of this handbook is to facilitate the investment process of a public research institute (PRI) in developing a system of monitoring and…
23/10/2011
Papers & Reports
One of the first important points when defining socio-economic impact is the distinction between „dissemination‟ and „impact‟. One of its main conclusions, that while disseminating to a wide range of audiences is positive, impact has to be evidenced by the application of the research outcomes by the user or community.
18/10/2011
Blog Posts
When developing online research resource portals, databases and community groups it is often difficult to assess how people will be using a platform as it…
12/08/2011
Blog Posts
Measuring research’s impact is notoriously difficult as its effects on policy are hard to substantiate and partly due to the dominance of peer review as…
Paula Fray
Shubha Jayaram
Sue Martin
Maria Balarin
James Harvey
Emily Hayter
Susan Koshy
Ronald Munatsi
Ajoy Datta
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