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….
R4D: Research Uptake and Communications Web Survey
01/09/2011
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The Global Guide to Research Impact
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….
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…
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…
18/07/2011
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I’m delighted that after a long period of rumination SHHEP have published a Supplement of Health Research Policy and Systems which gives a rich picture…
05/07/2011
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How many of you have a friend/boss/mother-in-law who jumps in with solutions before really understanding your problem? If so, I’m sure you’ll agree that it…
24/06/2011
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It is increasingly well recognised that Web 2.0 has dramatically changed the way that development research results are being both assembled and disseminated. A recent…
21/06/2011
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We came across this blog post ‘What Does Theory of Change Look Like?’ on ‘From Poverty to Power’ written by the Head of Oxfam Research…
13/06/2011
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As mentioned in the post KM Impact Challenge: Some examples for research communications, InsightShare and IIED worked together recently in an action research project called…
06/06/2011
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Tips from Marina Joubert on how to switch from writing for science to writing about it — and reach a much wider audience.
As a scientist, you'll have mastered technical language and the impersonal style of scientific journals. But most people f…
06/06/2011
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If you don’t know it yet, or if you’re not sure of its significance it’s time you caught up – web 2.0 has dramatically changed…
28/05/2011
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Ever wondered what role Wikipedia should play in research communication? This post entitled ‘Academics, in New Move, Begin to Work With Wikipedia’ from The Chronicle…
17/05/2011
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We have developed the following list of resources for those researchers and organisations looking to develop a ‘theory of change’ for their work. As we…
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