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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The Global Guide to Research Impact
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.
17/08/2023
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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