The Global Guide to Research Impact
14/11/2011
News & Opportunities
A new programme that aims to enhance development research and its uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa was launched earlier this month.The Development Research Uptake in Sub-Saharan…
27/10/2011
Guides & Tutorials
That’s the most important idea in this manual. Many people assume that the main purpose of writing is to convey information.
But effective writing does more than that. Behind the ‘information’ or ‘facts’, there is always something else that writers ar…
23/10/2011
Papers & Reports
One of the first important points when defining socio-economic impact is the distinction between „dissemination‟ and „impact‟. One of its main conclusions, that while disseminating to a wide range of audiences is positive, impact has to be evidenced by the application of the research outcomes by the user or community.
23/10/2011
Papers & Reports
There has been a great deal of interest in recent years in supporting evidence-informed policymaking in developing countries. In particular, there have been efforts to…
18/10/2011
Blog Posts
When developing online research resource portals, databases and community groups it is often difficult to assess how people will be using a platform as it…
17/10/2011
Blog Posts
Being influential requires you to be clear who you are trying to influence! As basic as this sounds, it is often the reason why researchers…
27/09/2011
Papers & Reports
An independent review of the Relay programme took place between October 2010 and February 2011 and included field visits to five programme focus countries – Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia…
22/09/2011
Blog Posts
“Many of the answers to major development challenges are already known,” states DFID in its Working Paper on Research Communication, “but the information is inaccessible,…
13/09/2011
Blog Posts
Data and statistics are a powerful way to communicate development research. Solid figures can add weight and sustenance to research findings and through organisations such…
12/09/2011
Papers & Reports
Promoting Research Uptake: New media versus traditional media is a recently published DFID paper from the IPS Africa Changing Lives: Making Research Real Forum held…
08/09/2011
Blog Posts
Responding to George Monbiot’s recent article in the UK’s Guardian on the exorbitant costs some academic publishers charge for access to research, Globethics.net raise an…
05/09/2011
News
The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) supports the production, access and dissemination of research information in developing and emerging countries. Our…
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