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Have we stopped caring about the climate?

The climate crisis continues to escalate, bringing increasingly severe impacts felt across the globe. However, a 2024 report analysing data from eight...

What would a better international emergency aid system look like?

Amidst the chaos of a world on fire – metaphorically and literally – it is worth looking for ways to contribute to...

Does text messaging reach and engage young people?

How do we reach and engage young people – with research, with advice, with training? We know that the answer is going...

Seeing the Future? Predictability in Research Impact

For anyone involved in research, the question of impact is central. Proving that our research has had an impact on broader society...

Knowledge brokers: what are they and what do they do?

There are many titles and phrases for anyone who works in information, communication, and knowledge brokering in the world of evidence. The...

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Building a strategy

ASIES: Social Network Strategy

11/08/2014

Guides & Tutorials

Developing a social network strategy is key to understanding and more effectively engaging with key audiences and making better use of social media tools. In this post, Latin American think tank ASIES shares a guide they produced to help them manage their social networks more strategically.

Carmen Ortiz

Featured

ASIES: Communicating with diverse audiences

11/08/2014

Papers & Reports

In a brief study, Vanesa Weyrauch discusses the recent review Latin American think tank ASIES conducted of their marketing strategy and reflects on engagement and communication tactics of other southern think tanks.

Vanesa Weyrauch

Building a strategy

TTI PEC Programme in Latin America and South Asia

06/08/2014

Blog Posts

The Think Tank Initiative’s Policy Engagement and Communications programme will be showcasing a series of deliverables produced by Latin American and South Asian think tanks and program facilitators during the program.

Siobhan Duvigneau

Evidence into policy

Communication off the map: three principles for policy influence in emerging democracies

29/07/2014

Blog Posts

When working on policy influence in Africa, it is easy to encounter situations for which there is no guidebook available. The mentors hired as part of the TTI PEC programmme confronted this stark reality.

Nick Benequista

Making your research accessible

Listening to the South: What GDNet has learned about Southern researchers, their challenges and their needs

21/07/2014

Blog Posts

GDNet and its partners reflect on what they have learned about supporting Southern researchers to contribute and debate research in development thinking, policy and practice.

Cheryl Brown

Featured

Making Connections: What GDNet has learned about using social media to raise the profile of Southern research

21/07/2014

Blog Posts

Members of the GDNet team share experiences of using social media to engage with Southern researchers and support uptake of their research.

Zeinab Sabet

Engaging the public

TTI PEC virtual write shop: Producing newsletters that people read

18/07/2014

Blog Posts

The Think Tank Initiative’s Policy Engagement and Communications Program is hosting a Virtual Write Shop on newsletters during the week of July 21, 2014. Vicentia…

Henna Mahmood

Featured

What can we learn from the Think Tank Initiatives stories of influence series? – The approach (Part 1 of 2)

17/07/2014

Blog Posts

The Think Tank Initiative have recently published 48 stories of influence to document the changes their work is supporting. This blog (1of2) reflects on the approach used to develop these and other stories of influence.

Andrew Clappison

Featured

The role of information partners in policy influence among think tanks: Lessons from STIPRO

15/07/2014

Blog Posts

Costantine Shirati, Communications Officer at the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research Organization (Tanzania) shares reflections on the role of information partners in supporting policy influence.

Costantine Shirati

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Costantine Shirati on STIPRO’s challenges and achievements in Tanzania

15/07/2014

Blog Posts

Originally a national chapter of the African Technology Policy Studies Network, ATPS-Tanzania is now registered independently in Tanzania as the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy…

Costantine Shirati

Featured

Q&A: Kudzai Makombe on Social Media (Regional Director, IPS Africa)

08/07/2014

Blog Posts

Betty Paton talks to the Regional Director of the Inter-Press Service (IPS) Africa, Kudzai Makombe, on her thoughts about the rise of social media and the smartphone across the continent.

Betty Paton

Featured

Sola Oluwadare of AfriHeritage – “I have three pieces of advice to other think tanks”

07/07/2014

Blog Posts

In this spotlight interview, Sola Oluwadare, Communications Manager at the AfriHeritage Institution in Nigeria, shares his experience with the TTI PEC project and his views on the changing communications landscape.

Shubha Jayaram

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In 2013, Pete Cranston asked:
"How can research data better support development?"

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✅ Make data usable
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📸 Another throwback from the #R2AArchive…

In 2013, Pete Cranston asked:
"How can research data better support development?"

His answer?
✅ Make data usable
✅ Keep it accessible
✅ Ensure it's relevant

🔑 It’s not just about collecting data—it’s about turning it into action.

Link in Bio!!
#DataToAction #ResearchMatters #DevelopmentGoals #R4D #InspoFromTheArchive

🌀 Have we stopped caring about the climate?

Crisis fatigue. Shrinking attention spans. Endless global emergencies.

🌍 Climate change is slipping off the radar — even as the urgency grows.

In her latest blog, Inés Arangüena comnsiders new research from the Reuters Institute and explores how we can re-ignite public connection to the climate crisis — emotionally and politically.

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🌀 Have we stopped caring about the climate?

Crisis fatigue. Shrinking attention spans. Endless global emergencies.

🌍 Climate change is slipping off the radar — even as the urgency grows.

In her latest blog, Inés Arangüena comnsiders new research from the Reuters Institute and explores how we can re-ignite public connection to the climate crisis — emotionally and politically.

📖 Read the full piece via 🔗 Link in bio

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #CrisisFatigue #ScienceCommunication #ClimateAction #Sustainability #InesArangüena #ResearchToAction #ClimateAwareness #StayEngaged

🌍 Amidst a world in crisis, it's still possible — and powerful — to be part of building something better.

Want to help rethink how humanitarian aid works? 🌱 Join the global #HumanitarianRethink consultation and be part of shaping a more inclusive, effective, and far-reaching system.

🗣️ Add your voice.
🔗 Link in bio or visit:
researchtoaction.org/2025/05/what-would-a-better-international-emergency-aid-system-look-like

#RebuildingBetter #HumanitarianAid #R2ARecommends #GlobalVoices #AidReform #MakeChange #CrisisResponse #HumanityInAction

🌍 Amidst a world in crisis, it's still possible — and powerful — to be part of building something better.

Want to help rethink how humanitarian aid works? 🌱 Join the global #HumanitarianRethink consultation and be part of shaping a more inclusive, effective, and far-reaching system.

🗣️ Add your voice.
🔗 Link in bio or visit:
researchtoaction.org/2025/05/what-would-a-better-international-emergency-aid-system-look-like

#RebuildingBetter #HumanitarianAid #R2ARecommends #GlobalVoices #AidReform #MakeChange #CrisisResponse #HumanityInAction


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