The Global Guide to Research Impact
09/09/2021
Blog Posts
Evidence is a key aspect of decision-making in all development sectors, and having good evidence enables policymakers and practitioners to develop and implement effective interventions….
17/09/2018
Funders support (non-governmental) think tanks, assuming they will influence government policy by (amongst other things) producing and sharing short, punchy written outputs like policy briefs…
06/08/2018
A junior climate negotiator from Laos explains how a recent training workshop gave her the tools to navigate the complex UN climate talks and the…
30/01/2017
In his new book, The Politics of Evidence: From evidence-based polity to the good governance of evidence, Justin Parkhurst of the LSE looks at…
18/11/2016
News & Opportunities
5 December, 2016 17:30 – 19:00 GMT This public event in London is free, and is also streamed free online. Watch a recording of the…
28/10/2016
News & Opportunities
Last month, 180 delegates from twenty African countries spent three days in Pretoria, South Africa debating how evidence can be more widely used in decision-making….
11/02/2015
Audio & Video
In this short video, Aditi Kapoor, from the Public Affairs Centre, discusses how to use media for policy advocacy. The video preceded a webinar on…
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.
17/06/2014
Blog Posts
There are many (brilliant and essential) initiatives around better linking academic research and policy such as 3ie, DRUSSA and Research Impact. However it is not just research-generated ‘knowledge’ that does and should inform development policy.
09/12/2013
Blog Posts
In this post, we learn about the three golden rules for researchers when trying to inform policy, as set out by Dr. Charles Griffin
16/03/2012
Audio & Video
The Radio Convergence and Development in Africa progamme (RDCA) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) recently hosted a roundtable to discuss ‘Putting Communication for…
16/12/2011
Blog Posts
Communicating effectively is a key to increase the impact of research. This is why GDNet dedicates its Research Communications Capacity Building Programme to help researchers…
Paula Fray
Shubha Jayaram
Sue Martin
Maria Balarin
James Harvey
Emily Hayter
Susan Koshy
Ronald Munatsi
Ajoy Datta
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