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If you build it, will they come? How researchers perceive and use web 2.0

02/03/2011

Papers & Reports

The Research Information Network’s report, If you build it, will they come? How researchers perceive and use web 2.0, investigates the use of, and attitudes towards, web 2.0 tools and services among the research community.

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A guide to monitoring and evaluating policy influence, ODI

10/02/2011

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This paper provides an overview of approaches to monitoring and evaluating policy influence

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Anupam Khanna: Research Communication is a Two-Way Process

02/02/2011

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In this short video, Dr. Anupam Khanna, Senior Advisor to the President of the Global Development Network and Principle Advisor to the National Transport Development Policy Committee in India, shares his views on communication and the policy research process.

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Kala Sridhar: Research Communication and Policy Implications

25/01/2011

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Kala Sridhar from the Public Affairs Centre, India was the joint first prize winner of the GDN Medal for Innovative Sources of Development Finance. Here, she discusses the three reasons research communication is vital.

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Louise Shaxson: The Importance of Research Communication

25/01/2011

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In this short video, Louise Shaxson from Delta Partnership discusses the importance of Research Communication.

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Evidence into policy

Tools for Evidence-Informed Policy Making

22/01/2011

Guides & Tutorials

INASP works with partners to support global research communication through innovation, networking and capacity strengthening. We focus on the needs of developing and emerging countries. The second, five-year…

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E-journals: their use, value and impact

20/12/2010

Papers & Reports

A report by the Research Information Network (RIN) has explored how researchers in the UK use electronic journals.

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African Institute for Development Policy: The challenges of communicating development research

14/12/2010

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Eliya Zulu, the director of the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP), talks about the challenges of communicating development research across Africa.

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Wren Media: Building a Network of Journalists in the Global South

14/12/2010

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Susanna Thorp from Wren Media talks about network building with researchers in the global south.

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How to survive and thrive in the ‘knowledge pond’

07/12/2010

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Geoff Barnard’s (CDKN) keynote presentation focused on how to survive and thrive in what he called the ‘Knowledge Pond’ – the community of practice associated with knowledge sharing and research communication.

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Understanding the media landscape and how to engage with it by Nalaka Gunawardene

30/11/2010

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Nalaka Gunawardene from TVE Asia Pacific describe how the media landscape has been changing substantially in recent years, He also describes how research and media could improve the way they work together.

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The challenges of communicating development research by Eliya Zulu

30/11/2010

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Eliya Zulu from the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) talks about the challenges of communicating development research across Africa

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