The Global Guide to Research Impact
12/12/2011
Audio & Video
There have been a number of posts on Research to Action about researchers and journalists working together to communicate development research. Practical tips on how…
30/11/2011
Blog Posts
In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in international development circles in protecting and using indigenous knowledge. Countries such as Kenya and…
29/11/2011
Audio & Video
I recently co-facilitated a Policy Brief Writing workshop for the Global Development Network (GDNet) and the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) in Nairobi, Kenya. This…
15/11/2011
Blog Posts
Blogs, wikis, social networking sites and other web 2.0 tools have the potential to transform research collaboration and knowledge-sharing and are often included in research…
14/11/2011
Programme Manager Development Research Uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa (DRUSSA) £34,491 – £41,478 The DRUSSA programme aims to help 24 African universities develop in-house capacity in…
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…
Paula Fray
Shubha Jayaram
Sue Martin
Maria Balarin
James Harvey
Emily Hayter
Susan Koshy
Ronald Munatsi
Ajoy Datta
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