This 19-page document by Ruby Sandhu-Rojon provides a comprehensive guide on selecting indicators for impact evaluation. It is digestible, easy to follow and packed with…
Selecting indicators for impact evaluation
17/08/2023
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Impact Practitioners overview
A curated repository containing a selection of resources focusing on achieving and evaluating research impact. We have classified the resources into 10 category clusters, which should make it easy to search for a specific topic.
We hope they will help you plan, improve and measure research uptake, use and impact, no matter your discipline, role or country.
How to approach and learn from research into use activities
10/08/2023
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This 6-page learning guide commissioned by the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) focuses on research into use activities and what you…
How to overcome research-policy barriers and strengthen uptake – lessons from United Nations
03/08/2023
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This 18-page conference report produced by the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies aims to…
How to design monitoring and evaluation framework for policy research
27/07/2023
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This 39-page guidance note by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is about designing a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework for policy research projects. It explains…
Evaluation of current research-policy engagement activities and why they are failing
20/07/2023
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This 23-page academic paper by a team of UK and U.S. scientists looks at research-policy engagement activities, studies their impact and draws lessons for those…
MARIA evaluation model: multidimensional method for self-assessment of research impact
06/07/2023
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This 38-page working paper by Sergio Manrique, Marta Wróblewska and Bradley Good presents the MARIA assessment model (Multidimensional Approach for Research Impact Assessment). It is…
How to map stakeholders and develop a Theory of Change – insights from Growth research programme
29/06/2023
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This 20-page guidance note written by Louise Shaxson for the DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme (DEGRP) covers stakeholder mapping and the development of a Theory of…
Barriers to and facilitators of research use in policymaking
22/06/2023
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This 12-page systematic review by Kathryn Oliver, Simon Innvar, Theo Lorenc, Jenny Woodman and James Thomas studies the factors that influence the use of evidence…
Toolkits for planning and measuring engaged research
15/06/2023
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This interactive website with toolkits and guides published by Campus Engage, a platform within the Irish Universities Association, presents advice, tips and case studies on…
SPIRIT Action Framework: Achieving better research use in four steps
08/06/2023
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This 8-page academic paper written by a group of scientists in collaboration with seven Australian and international organisations presents the SPIRIT Action Framework (Supporting Policy…
Designing research uptake strategy: four areas to consider
01/06/2023
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This 12-page guidance note, originally produced for research projects funded through Elrha, provides information on developing a research uptake strategy. The resource is based on…
Evaluating impact from research
25/05/2023
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This 14-page academic paper by a group of UK-based researchers presents a methodological framework for selecting an impact evaluation method in any academic discipline. The…
Resource pool of knowledge management indicators and best practices for using them
18/05/2023
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This 27-page workshop report by Walter Mansfield and Philipp Grunewald presents a resource pool of 100 indicators for knowledge management and knowledge brokering and summarises…
All impacts count: lessons from the Raising Learning Outcomes programme
11/05/2023
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This 10-page working paper by the Impact Initiative looks at the impacts achieved by the Raising Learning Outcomes in Education Systems Research Programme (RLO). Apart…
Reviewing indicators used in research capacity strengthening
04/05/2023
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This 12-page academic paper by a research team at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine presents a review of research capacity strengthening indicators from across…
Learn to use contribution analysis for evaluation of policy research impact
27/04/2023
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This 11-page academic paper, written by a group of Canadian scientists, reports the experience of using contribution analysis to evaluate the impacts of research on…
Systematic reviews and their impact on policy and academia
20/04/2023
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This 195-page report by Sandy Oliver, Kusha Anand and Mukdarut Bangpan looks at the impact and use of 86 systematic reviews funded by the UK’s…
RQ+ Assessment Framework: adaptable tool for evaluating research quality
13/04/2023
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This 23-page guide by Zenda Ofir, Thomas Schwandt, Colleen Duggan and Robert McLean presents the RQ+ Assessment Framework, an approach to defining and evaluating the…
Conceptualising the quality of use of research evidence
06/04/2023
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This 12-page academic paper by a team of Australian and UK researchers focuses on studying and conceptualising the quality of research evidence use. It presents…
Toolkit for planning, capturing, communicating and monitoring research impact
30/03/2023
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This interactive website by University College Dublin (UCD) presents an online toolkit for research impact. It features a number of resources and tools for planning,…
How to develop input, activity, output, outcome and impact indicators
23/03/2023
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This 29-page guidance note put together by the Vera Institute of Justice describes when and how to use indicators, what to measure and how to…
How research influences policy: case studies from Australia
16/03/2023
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This 11-page academic paper written by a team of Australian researchers aims to better understand how research influences policy. The authors study the impacts of…
Research use in social sciences and three lessons for improving it
09/03/2023
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This 29-page academic paper by four Australian scientists looks at research use from the perspective of academics working in social sciences. The authors study factors…
Overview of indicators for assessing research impact
02/03/2023
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This 27-page taxonomy by Canadian scientists Amanda Cooper and Samantha Shewchuk presents an overview of more than 400 indicators for social sciences and humanities. The…
Beginner’s guide to creating, capturing and measuring research impact
23/02/2023
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This 17-page Research Impact e-book by Taylor and Francis Author Services is a great starter guide for understanding what research impact is, how it is…
Program and Policy Change framework: new tool for evaluating research for development
16/02/2023
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This 13-page academic paper presents the Program and Policy Change (PPC) framework, a new tool for measuring the use and impact of research in low-and…
Toolkit for communications monitoring, evaluation and learning
09/02/2023
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This 24-page toolkit developed by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is about communications monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL). It presents a framework to think about…
Putting research users into the centre of uptake strategy: lessons from the EEG programme
02/02/2023
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This 23-page report produced by the Applied Research Programme on Energy and Economic Growth (EEG) presents the EEG’s research uptake strategy. To inform its strategies…
How to standardise quantitative indicators of impact
26/01/2023
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This 40-page guide by RAND Europe, an NGO policy research organisation, presents recommendations for standardising quantitative indicators of impact. Originally produced in 2018 for case…
Guide to networking and improving your policy impact
19/01/2023
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This 136-page handbook by Argentinian nonprofit organisation CIPPEC is about networking for policy influence. It provides readers with lots of practical tips and guidelines on…
Assessing research impact in three steps: case study from Ukraine
01/12/2022
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This 4-page case study written by Sarah Morton and Jennie Flemming introduces the Research Contribution Framework (RCF) for impact evaluation and applies the method to…
Reviewing advice for policy influence: The dos and don’ts
24/11/2022
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This 11-page systematic review by researchers Kathryn Oliver and Paul Cairney reviews over 80 practical resources on how to influence policymaking. The authors included academic,…
Review of impact assessment tools and four things to consider when choosing them
17/11/2022
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This 16-page narrative review published in BMC Medicine studies the strengths and limitations of different methods of measuring research impact. It provides readers with an…
Program and Policy Change framework: new tool for evaluating research for development
10/11/2022
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This 13-page academic paper presents the Program and Policy Change (PPC) framework, a new tool for measuring the use and impact of research in low-and…
Top tips for writing impactful policy briefs
03/11/2022
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This 14-page scoping review by Diana Arnautu and Christian Dagenais, two scientists at the University of Montreal, looks at the use and effectiveness of policy…
Learn to plan and monitor research impact in six steps
27/10/2022
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This 40-page toolkit produced by the Overseas Development Institute introduces a simple step-by-step guide to help you better understand and monitor research impact. The toolkit…
Ten tips for innovative and impactful research dissemination
20/10/2022
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This 12-page academic paper written by a group of European researchers presents ten tips for innovative and impactful dissemination of research findings. It will help…
All you need to know about working with Theory of Change
13/10/2022
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This 38-page guide written by Isabel Vogel for Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) research projects provides a comprehensive manual on working with a Theory…
Methods and frameworks for assessing societal impact
06/10/2022
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This 17-page academic paper by David Budtz Pedersen, Jonas Følsgaard Grønvad and Rolf Hvidtfeldt explores the current literature on research impact in social sciences and…
Beginner’s guide to communicating research for policymaking
29/09/2022
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This 56-page guide published by the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation at the European Commission gives advice on how to communicate research to policymakers. The…
R2A Impact Practitioners – Our New Initiative
28/09/2022
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Achieving and measuring research impact is a challenging task. There are a lot of resources and tools available online, but sometimes the hardest part is…
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