Back in October, Professor Kathryn Oliver delivered an insightful lecture on one of the big questions in our field. Individuals, organisations, and states spend significant…
Kathryn Oliver on rethinking evidence use
11/12/2025
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Evidence is everybody’s story
05/12/2025
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In a world drowning in data, the promise of ‘evidence-based practice’ often feels distant. For many, evidence remains something that is done to them, not…
Knowledge brokers: what are they and what do they do?
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…
The global information ecosystem is under threat
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…
How to design a research uptake plan
23/05/2024
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This 13-page guide by Malaria Consortium is about developing and monitoring research uptake plans. Research uptake is the use of research evidence by researchers, policymakers,…
How to Drive Impact: Insights from the RDI Network
11/04/2024
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This presentation from the Research for Development Impact (RDI) Network offers valuable yet succinct insights from their Evidence to Impact study for those involved in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Nine lessons for successful research uptake from ‘What Works’ programme
22/12/2022
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This 12-page academic paper reflects on research uptake approaches used by the multi-country What Works to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls Programme (What Works)…
The importance of partnerships for achieving impact
15/12/2022
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This 16-page academic paper written by Sarah Morton focuses on the role of research partnerships in creating impact. It describes three case studies in which…
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