In the Summer of 2005, I can remember watching a report during the evening news on the state run national broadcaster in Zambia on the…
Lacking in ‘capacity’? Why workshopping isn’t always the (whole) answer!
14/12/2011
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Positionality and skills of research actors crucial in research-policy interface
14/12/2011
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In June a really valuable special supplement was published in the open access journal Health Research Policy and Systems. Contributors to this supplement, Sally Theobald…
Should we use “indigenous knowledge”… even if it’s wrong?
30/11/2011
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In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in international development circles in protecting and using indigenous knowledge. Countries such as Kenya and…
Why aren’t web 2.0 tools being used more for research collaboration?
15/11/2011
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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…
Improving the flow of your information: Website usability testing
18/10/2011
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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…
GDN/PEM Asia Research Communications Workshop
17/10/2011
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Being influential requires you to be clear who you are trying to influence! As basic as this sounds, it is often the reason why researchers…
Is the only good knowledge, new knowledge?
22/09/2011
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“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,…
Presenting Complex Data Visually: Using web-based tools to make your development data travel
13/09/2011
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Data and statistics are a powerful way to communicate development research. Solid figures can add weight and sustenance to research findings and through organisations such…
The challenges of promoting southern knowledge
08/09/2011
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Responding to George Monbiot’s recent article in the UK’s Guardian on the exorbitant costs some academic publishers charge for access to research, Globethics.net raise an…
R4D: Research Uptake and Communications Web Survey
01/09/2011
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R4D has long been committed to seeing development research have an ‘impact’ on policy and practice, and as a consequence help deliver positive development outcomes….
Citations, Citations, Citations: Three ways to Track Research and Measure Impact
12/08/2011
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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…
Getting health research into policy and practice: Approaches, opinions and incentives
12/08/2011
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Most researchers and communication specialists who work on international health are passionate about their work and about making a difference and improving health and health…
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