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Monitoring and evaluation (2/16)
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.
Fishbowl facilitation – Highlighting tactics for evidence informed policy influence
8 March 2018
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Turns out living in a fishbowl isn’t always a bad thing. The fishbowl is an alternative facilitation technique to conventional panel discussions. It was used…
African Evidence Informed Policy Forum
28 February 2018
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There has been a huge increase in the quantity and quality of data, evidence, and analysis about African policy. But despite extensive evidence that development…
Most read posts of 2017
5 January 2018
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2017 has been a busy year for Research to Action! We facilitated two new webinar series ‘A cup of tea with…‘ and the ‘Research Uptake…
Research Uptake Roundtable: Episode 3 Summary
1 November 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 September 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…
Trouble in paradise? The shaky relationship between evidence and policy
15 September 2017
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It might feel like we are living in strange times. One where rhetoric and storytelling are often used by our political leaders in place of…
‘A cup of tea with’ podcasts published
14 August 2017
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We have turned the ‘Cup of tea with’ webinar series into a playlist of shorter podcasts, available now to listen to for free on Research…
Research Uptake Rountable: Episode 1 Summary
20 July 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…
The best of the ‘Cup of Tea’ webinar series
11 July 2017
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Research to Action recently held its first webinar series. The 30-minute webinars aimed to unpack a particular aspect of research uptake over a cup of…
Webinar summary: A cup of tea with John Young
15 June 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…
DFID updates about research communications and uptake
19 May 2017
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It has been a busy year for the international development community. The 2016 Sustainable Development Goals ushered in a greater emphasis on monitoring and evaluation,…
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