The Global Guide to Research Impact
03/10/2025
How can young people transform the way development projects are designed and delivered? The Cookbook for Youth-Led Accountability, developed by the Development Alternative, offers a…
01/10/2025
Communicating effectively – especially in simple, inclusive English – is not about ‘dumbing down’ research. It’s about removing unnecessary barriers so that knowledge can travel…
05/09/2025
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What happens when everyday citizens—not politicians or economists—are asked how a wealthy nation should shape the future for its people, the planet, and generations to…
23/07/2025
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Regular readers of this website do not need to be told that evidence is important. It is essential in shaping both our understanding of the…
04/07/2025
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If you want your research to make a difference, you need to think about who will use it. The Research Impact Academy has recently published…
20/06/2025
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As the funding landscape tightens, organisations in the Third Sector – that is organizations that are neither government (public sector) nor business (private sector) –…
23/04/2025
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How do we reach and engage young people – with research, with advice, with training? We know that the answer is going to lie partly…
26/03/2025
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There are many titles and phrases for anyone who works in information, communication, and knowledge brokering in the world of evidence. The roles are as…
21/03/2025
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Research to Action (R2A) was set up back in 2010 because there was a lack of ‘free to use’ information and advice for the global…
19/03/2025
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The independent, climate-focused investigative newsroom The Colonist Report scored an investigative success using AI recently, according to the Reuters Institute website. The newsroom used commonly-used…
26/02/2025
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It is not unreasonable to claim that the world is not listening to those talking about the climate emergency. If they are listening, they are…
10/02/2025
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Participation in development projects is a central tenet of participatory development and research. It is based on the idea that those most affected by structural…
03/02/2025
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This paper by Fayemi et al. asks us to look at the topic of global health ethics in a different way. It argues that conventional…
13/01/2025
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Climate change puts communities around the world at increasing risk of catastrophic climate disasters. Last year, the floods caused by Storm Daniel wiped out entire…
09/12/2024
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TikTok is a constantly evolving social media platform. It’s targeted towards Generation Z with 16–24-year-olds making up over 60% of the viewers – and 56%…
04/12/2024
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With the business model for media becomning increasingly fragile, how can small, independent media survive? In all parts of the world, but especially the Global…
11/10/2024
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The Youth Employment Evidence and Insights Hub (YEEIH) is a new initiative led by the Pan-African Collective for Evidence (PACE) with the support of the…
03/10/2024
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This 10-page article offers some insights from policy studies and case studies of Oxfam campaigns to promote the uptake of research evidence in policy. Oxfam…
02/09/2024
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This 28-page report by the Institute for Government (IfG) sets out how universities, research councils and funding councils can improve the way they support policy…
30/08/2024
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SheDecides is a diverse global political movement fighting for a world where every woman, girl, and young person has autonomy over their body, life and…
23/08/2024
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“If you’re going to come up with solutions to the problems of Africa don’t come up with policies and programmes that don’t include the voices…
25/07/2024
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This 16-slide presentation by Sir Peter Gluckman, the chair for the International Network of Government Science Advice (INGSA) is all about successfully using evidence to…
11/07/2024
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In this 46-page article by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, the focus is on connecting research to practical use in education, and finding ways to bridge the gap…
27/06/2024
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This six-page systematic review brief by the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) seeks to determine whether engaging citizens in the planning, management and oversight…
06/06/2024
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This blog post written by Dr Philly Iglehart details seven key takeaways about impact case studies, drawing on Plymouth Marjon University’s experience of preparing impact…
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…
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…
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,…
23/02/2023
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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…
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…
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…
08/12/2022
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This 11-page report by the development consultancy IMC presents the notes taken from the research uptake strategy for the High Volume Transport Applied Research Programme…
✨ This week #R2ARecommends a powerful new guide from ALNAP — updating how we evaluate what really matters in humanitarian action. 🌍
The guide refreshes definitions, clears up old ambiguities, and introduces new priority themes — making evaluation frameworks more relevant, inclusive, and climate-aware for today’s humanitarian challenges. 💪🏽
As always check out our linktree to read the full article 🔗
#HumanitarianEvaluation #ALNAP #OECDDAC #LocallyLedAction #PeopleCentredEvaluation #AccountabilityToAffectedPeople #SustainableHumanitarianAction #EvidenceForAction #GlobalDevelopment #R2ARecommends #EvaluationMatters #HumanitarianLearning
✨ New in R2A’s Youth Inclusion & Engagement Dialogue space ✨
We’re spotlighting A Recipe for Change: The Cookbook for Youth-Led Accountability from Development Alternative. 🌍📖
This resource brings together stories, tools, and approaches created by young people who are leading the way in holding institutions accountable. It’s about youth driving change with creativity, strategy, and lived experience. 💡✊
Explore more in our Dialogue space and check out other resources on Youth Inclusion in Development research.
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#YouthEngagement #YouthLeadership #Accountability #InclusiveDevelopment #GlobalYouthVoices #ResearchToAction
✨ Big questions to start the week...
🌍 What if the blueprint for our future was shaped by citizens, not just politicians?
In Norway, 56 everyday people came together in a unique democratic experiment to ask:
How can our national wealth serve the world, our people, and future generations?
From this, the Citizens’ Assembly for Norway’s Future was born 💡
Their vision includes:
✅ A Future Generations Commissioner to protect tomorrow
✅ Direct public voting on big national decisions
✅ Institutions that truly earn our trust
This is about reimagining democracy — and building a fairer, more sustainable future for all.
💭 What role should citizens play in shaping the future?
Read more and get inspired via our linktree 🔗
or here: https://www.researchtoaction.org/2025/09/a-citizens-blueprint-for-a-better-future/
#CitizensAssembly #FutureGenerations #DemocracyInAction #PublicParticipation #CollectiveFuture #Sustainability #TrustInInstitutions #CivicEngagement #LongTermThinking #BetterFuture
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