The Global Guide to Research Impact
11/02/2013
Blog Posts
This post looks at the power of case studies as a tool for communicating with different stakeholders, and is a timely overview given the Increasing number of practitioners and researchers being asked to develop case studies as part of project evaluation.
28/01/2013
Blog Posts
In this article, James Harvey examines the relationship between influence and impact and how the questions that arise have implications for current thinking on monitoring and evaluation.
26/01/2013
Guides & Tutorials
IDRC have put together this useful guide entitled “How to write a policy brief”. It covers pretty much everything you need to think about when developing a new brief, from framing the problem and defining the structure, to developing actionable recommendations.
25/01/2013
Blog Posts
Open data on the web makes it possible to take information on research from many sources, and to generate ‘mash-ups’ that make it available in different places, on different platforms, and in ways that support action and impact.
17/01/2013
Blog Posts
The word on the street is that ‘evidence informed’ policy is going to be big in 2013. R2A spoke to Antonio Capillo, part of the evidence informed policy making team at INASP, and asked him to recommend some blogs on the subject.
15/01/2013
Blog Posts
For those of you who are new to Open Access or would like understand it further Research to Action has put together a list of useful places on the web where you can find out more.
10/01/2013
Guides & Tutorials
There has been a lot of talk and discussion around the use of film and video throughout the last year and it is becoming an…
07/01/2013
News
Here is a selection of resources that you seemed to enjoy the most over the course of 2012. Thank you to all our friends and partners that have contributed and allowed us to share these resources.
02/01/2013
News
2012 was a busy year for all our bloggers on R2A. Here is a selection of posts that proved the most popular over the course of the year. A big thanks to all those people that contributed, your insights and thoughts always prove popular.
19/12/2012
News
DFID is seeking proposals for a range of innovative programmes that aim to build capacity of decision-makers in low and middle income countries to use research evidence and rigorous data to inform their decision-making.
11/12/2012
Blog Posts
Cartoons have been used in political satire a lot. However, with new media, cartoon animations are increasingly being used to inform, educate, influence, and bring to public domain issues of significance.
22/11/2012
Papers & Reports
This paper explores the assumptions underlying ‘evidence based’ approaches to poverty reduction impact assessment, and argues that the discourse of Evidence-Based Policy (EBP) does not always offer good guidance.
🌀 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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🌍 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.
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🌀 Can we predict research impact?
Not exactly — but we can think more clearly about what’s likely, what’s possible, and what’s out of our hands.
This week on @researchtoaction, we’re recommending a thoughtful resource:
📄 “Seeing the Future: Predictability in Research Impact”
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A useful read for researchers, funders & knowledge brokers thinking about how research makes a difference in the real world.
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