Research to Action

The Global Guide to Research Impact

Navigation

  • Home

  • How To ▾

    This list of how to’s provides an essential guide for a number of key communication and engagement activities that will help make your research travel.

    • Building Capacity
    • Policy Briefs
    • Research Impact
    • Theory of Change
    • Uptake Strategy
  • Topics ▾

    • AEN Evidence 23
    • Eye on 2022
    • Impact Practitioners
    • Knowing your audience ▸
      • Building a strategy
      • Engaging policy audiences ▸
        • EBPDN
        • Targeting policy actors
        • Targeting practitioners
      • Stakeholder mapping
      • Strategic communication ▸
        • Building a brand
        • Engaging the public
      • Working with the media
    • Making your research accessible ▸
      • Framing challenges
      • Knowledge translation
      • Learning in context
      • Open access
      • Presenting your research
      • Using digital tools ▸
        • Using multi media
        • Using online tools/ICTs
        • Using social media
      • Using intermediaries
    • Monitoring and evaluation ▸
      • Applying M&E methods
      • Evidence into policy
      • Measuring success
    • Uncategorized
  • Dialogue Spaces ▾

    • Youth Inclusion and Engagement Space
    • AEN Evidence
    • GDN: Doing Research
    • Manchester Policy Week 2015
    • TTI Exchange 2015
    • Strengthening Institutions to Improve Public Expenditure Accountability (GDN PEM Project)
    • DFID/AusAid Research Communication and Uptake Workshop
    • 3ie Policy Influence and Monitoring (PIM) project
    • Policy Engagement and Communications (PEC) Programme
  • Reading Lists

  • Impact Practitioners

    • Impact Practitioners overview
    • Capacity Building
    • Communication and Engagement
    • Frameworks
    • Indicators
    • Learning
    • Monitoring and Evaluation
    • Policy Impact
    • Strategy
    • Theoretical
    • Utilisation

Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Vimeo

Looking back, peering forward: our 2025 journey

As 2025 draws to a close, we’d like to take a moment to pause and look back on the past year at...

Why development research needs a new publishing paradigm

The promise of open access once offered a path toward equity in development research. However, as highlighted in a recent INASP policy...

Kathryn Oliver on rethinking evidence use

Back in October, Professor Kathryn Oliver delivered an insightful lecture on one of the big questions in our field. Individuals, organisations, and...

Job Opportunity: Director at the Africa Evidence Network (AEN)

More than a decade ago, a group of people passionate about generating and using evidence in Africa, for Africa, got together over...

Evidence is everybody’s story

In a world drowning in data, the promise of ‘evidence-based practice’ often feels distant. For many, evidence remains something that is done...

  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Next

Strategic communication

Campaign Adviser: Changing Markets Foundation – Deadline: 9 March

26/02/2020

Campaign Adviser Deadline: Close of Business, 9 March, 2020 Location: London, UK Salary: £37,000 – £41,000, depending on experience Changing Markets is looking for an…

Research to Action

Monitoring and evaluation

Advocacy Evaluation Resources – a giant list

20/02/2020

Intelligent Measurement, a blog run by Richard Gaunt in London and Glenn O’Neil in Geneva, has just posted a great long list of pdfs covering…

Research to Action

Making your research accessible

Senior Publications Officer: Malaria Consortium – Deadline 1 March

18/02/2020

Senior Publications Officer Deadline: 1 March, 2020 Location: London, UK Term: 35 hours per week, permanent contract Salary: £30,155 per annum Malaria Consortium is recruiting…

Research to Action

Making your research accessible

Wageningen’s resources and tools for academic researchers

28/01/2020

In 2016 Wageningen University and 10 research institutes reorganised to collaborate more organically and rebranded themselves as ‘Wageningen University & Research‘. This collaboration enables closer…

Kimberly Clarke

Strategic communication

Knowledge and Learning Consultant: Itad – Deadline 7 February

27/01/2020

Knowledge and Learning Consultant Deadline: 7 February, 2020, noon Interviews: week starting 24 February Location: Brighton & Hove, East Sussex UK Term: Full time Salary:…

Research to Action

Strategic communication

The million-dollar question: How do I know my comms is working?

10/12/2019

How can you tell if your communications activity is adding strategic value and not just adding to the noise? Liz Carlile has four key questions…

Liz Carlile

Strategic communication

Peru Advocacy Coordinator: Forest Peoples Program – Deadline 23 December

09/12/2019

Blog Posts

Peru Advocacy Coordination: Forest Peoples Program Deadline: 23 December, 2019, 5pm Peru time Interviews: mid-January, in Lima Location: Lima, Peru (plus some remote working) Term:…

Research to Action

Strategic communication

Research Uptake Manager: LSHTM – Deadline 28 November

21/11/2019

Blog Posts

Research Uptake Manager – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Department of Population Health Deadline: Thursday 28 November 2019 Location: London Term: Full time…

Research to Action Admin

Strategic communication

Communications and Campaigns Officer: Action for Global Health Network UK – Deadline 5 November

31/10/2019

Communications and Campaigns Officer, Action for Global Health Network UK Deadline: Midnight, Tuesday 5 November 2019 Interviews: Friday, 8 November 2019 Location: London, UK Term:…

Research to Action

EBPDN

EBPDN: Refreshing recommended resources

31/10/2019

Blog Posts

The Evidence-based Policy in Development Network (ebpdn) was a 7-year DFID-funded programme that aimed to establish a worldwide community of practice for think tanks, policy…

Research to Action

Making your research accessible

Lessons from building a research programme website: Part 2

24/10/2019

In Part 2 of ‘Lessons from building a programme website (Read Part 1 first!), web developer Dru Riches-Magnier offers advice on what to consider when…

Dru Riches-Magnier

Nilam McGrath

Making your research accessible

Senior Communications Officer: ODI – Deadline 27 October

23/10/2019

Senior Communications Officer Deadline: 27 October, 2019 Interviews: 4 November, 2019 Location: London Term: Fixed-term (until 30 March 2021) Salary: £34,988 – £40,573 per annum…

Research to Action

  • Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • …
  • 86
  • Next

Contribute Write a blog post, post a job or event, recommend a resource

Partner with Us Are you an institution looking to increase your impact?

Most Recent Posts

  • Looking back, peering forward: our 2025 journey
  • Why development research needs a new publishing paradigm
  • Kathryn Oliver on rethinking evidence use
  • Job Opportunity: Director at the Africa Evidence Network (AEN)
  • Evidence is everybody’s story

As 2025 comes to a close, we’re pausing to reflect at Research to Action (R2A) ✨

This year, 27,000+ readers from 188 countries joined us in exploring how research can better inform action — reading, sharing, and asking thoughtful questions along the way 🌍📚

Despite a challenging year for international development, our community leaned into conversations about:
📊 Impact and learning
🔄 Knowledge brokering & evidence use
🤖 AI and the future of research

What inspired us most was how you engaged — with curiosity, care, and a commitment to making evidence matter.

✨ Looking ahead, we remain focused on creating space for reflection, learning, and meaningful exchange — together.

Thank you for being part of the journey. Here’s to another year of curiosity and impact 💛

🔗 Link in bio to read our full reflection

#ResearchToAction #EvidenceInPractice #ResearchImpact #KnowledgeSharing #EndOfYearReflection #GlobalCommunity

In our latest blog Inés Arangüena breaks down the Researcher Impact Framework (RIF) — a super practical way to show the real-world impact behind research, not just the publication count.

✨ Why it’s worth a read:
💡 Clearly explain the difference your work makes
📚 Connect outcomes to real evidence + activity
🤝 Highlight impact through collaboration, knowledge sharing & community
📊 Use metrics that actually matter (not just journal impact factors!)

If you’re a researcher, communicator, or anyone trying to share the story behind your work… this framework is a game-changer.

🔗 Link in bio to read the full blog!

#ResearchImpact #KnowledgeTranslation #DataDrivenStorytelling #AcademicCommunications #ImpactNarratives Trinity College Dublin

In our latest blog Inés Arangüena breaks down the Researcher Impact Framework (RIF) — a super practical way to show the real-world impact behind research, not just the publication count.

✨ Why it’s worth a read:
💡 Clearly explain the difference your work makes
📚 Connect outcomes to real evidence + activity
🤝 Highlight impact through collaboration, knowledge sharing & community
📊 Use metrics that actually matter (not just journal impact factors!)

If you’re a researcher, communicator, or anyone trying to share the story behind your work… this framework is a game-changer.

🔗 Link in bio to read the full blog!

#ResearchImpact #KnowledgeTranslation #DataDrivenStorytelling #AcademicCommunications #ImpactNarratives Trinity College Dublin

Revisiting a 2022 article by Tebby Leepile this International Week of Science and Peace. It dives into the challenge of scaling implementation science: too big becomes unsustainable, too small makes little impact. 🌍🔬

How do we find the balance that leads to real change?

Full article in linktree just click #R2AArchive 🔗

#ScienceForPeace #InternationalWeekOfScienceAndPeace #ImplementationScience #SustainableDevelopment #ScaleUpImpact  #FromDataToImpact  #InnovationForGood

Revisiting a 2022 article by Tebby Leepile this International Week of Science and Peace. It dives into the challenge of scaling implementation science: too big becomes unsustainable, too small makes little impact. 🌍🔬

How do we find the balance that leads to real change?

Full article in linktree just click #R2AArchive 🔗

#ScienceForPeace #InternationalWeekOfScienceAndPeace #ImplementationScience #SustainableDevelopment #ScaleUpImpact #FromDataToImpact #InnovationForGood


About Us

Research To Action (R2A) is a learning platform for anyone interested in maximising the impact of research and capturing evidence of impact.

The site publishes practical resources on a range of topics including research uptake, communications, policy influence and monitoring and evaluation. It captures the experiences of practitioners and researchers working on these topics and facilitates conversations between this global community through a range of social media platforms.

R2A is produced by a small editorial team, led by CommsConsult. We welcome suggestions for and contributions to the site.

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Cookies
  • Contribute

Subscribe to our newsletter!

Our contributors

  • Paula Fray
  • Shubha Jayaram
  • Sue Martin
  • Maria Balarin
  • James Harvey
  • Emily Hayter
  • Susan Koshy
  • Ronald Munatsi
  • Ajoy Datta

Browse all authors

Friends and partners

  • AuthorAid
  • Global Development Network (GDN)
  • INASP
  • Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
  • International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)
  • ODI RAPID
  • On Think Tanks
  • Politics & Ideas
  • Research for Development (R4D)
  • Research Impact

Copyright © 2026 Research to Action. All rights reserved. Log in