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Free webinar: Beyond content delivery: How to make online learning truly participatory

Over the last 10 years INASP’s online learning has enabled over twenty thousand professionals across East Asia, Africa, and Latin America to...

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UNV Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Officer, UNICEF: Ethiopia – Deadline 29 March

Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Officer, UNICEF Deadline: 29 March, 2023 Term: 6 months (with possibility of extension) Salary: UN Volunteer position Start...

Impact Practitioners quote "the timing of impact assessment will influence the assessment outcome and the likely conclusions arising from the assessments made"

How research influences policy: case studies from Australia

This 11-page academic paper written by a team of Australian researchers aims to better understand how research influences policy. The authors study...

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Communications and knowledge management officer- Biosciences, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) – Deadline 17 March

Communications and knowledge management officer – Biosciences, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Deadline: 17 March, 2023 Term:  3-year contract Location: Nairobi, Kenya...

Research use in social sciences and three lessons for improving it

This 29-page academic paper by four Australian scientists looks at research use from the perspective of academics working in social sciences. The...

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Strategic communication

Non-traditional Livelihood Skilling for Women in Achieving Women’s Economic Empowerment

22/02/2023

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A recent study, “Beyond the Norm: Scope of Non-traditional Livelihood Skilling for Women in Achieving Women’s Economic Empowerment”, aims to understand the importance of skilling…

Isobel Fisher

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Media and Communication Officer (PlayMatters), Kasulu, Tanzania

20/02/2023

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Media and Communication Officer (PlayMatters), Kasulu, Tanzania Location: Kasulu, Tanzania Term: Full time Education: Degree in Education or Psychology from a recognized University or  Institution Other:…

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Program and Policy Change framework: new tool for evaluating research for development

16/02/2023

Impact Practitioners quote "The PPC framework reveals results not captured by traditional research metrics, provides a way to quantify impact, and provides data to guide program learning and adaptation." Blog Posts

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…

Karolina Bohacova

Open access

LIC and LMIC authors now published with free Open Access in “Nature” and Nature research journals

15/02/2023

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Primary research from authors from over 70 countries classified by the World Bank as low-income (LIC) or lower-middle-income economies (LMICs) accepted for publication in either…

Isobel Fisher

Engaging policy audiences

Mawazo Fellowship Programme: Call for Aplications!

13/02/2023

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Mawazo Fellowship Programme, Mawazo Institute Deadline: 11.59 pm EAT, 12 March, 2023 Location: Non-residential Term: 2023-2024 programme Other: Be a woman (woman/women includes cisgender women and transgender…

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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…

Karolina Bohacova

Making your research accessible

Upcoming Online Event – The importance of youth-led solutions to drive global impact

08/02/2023

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The World Bank Group Youth Summit (Monday, February 13, 8:00 – 9:00 am EST) aims to engage youth on the most pressing topics facing their…

Isobel Fisher

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Communications Officer, United Nations Environment Programme: Paris – Deadline 16 March

06/02/2023

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Communications Officer, United Nations Environment Programme Deadline: 16 March, 2023 Location: Paris, France Term: 1 year with opportunity for extension Department: United Nations Environment Programme Other: Fluency…

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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…

Karolina Bohacova

Presenting your research

Creating Presentations with ease

01/02/2023

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Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. You can use it to create social media content, infographics, and even presentations. A variety of different…

Isobel Fisher

Engaging the public

European Union Prize for Citizen Science

31/01/2023

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European Union Prize for Citizen Science, Ars Electronica Deadline: March 13, 2023 Location: Linz / Austria Awards Ceromony: September 2023 Announcement and Press Conference: June 2023 Other: Open…

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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…

Karolina Bohacova

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