Are you interested in how research contributes to sustainable development? If you are, come join us at the UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) where…
Head of Operations & Executive Assistant: UKCDR
19 November 2018
Blog Posts
Posts Tagged 'research impact'
Just starting out in research communications?
14 November 2018
Blog Posts
Just getting started in research communications? There is so much good advice around from fellow communications practitioners that there’s no need to reinvent the wheel….
Getting to grips with the politics of research collaboration
7 November 2018
Blog Posts
There’s a common story in development research. It goes like this. If academics from the global North, researchers from the global South, and CSOs participate…
Four critical organisational features that impact policy and practice
24 October 2018
Blog Posts
Research organisations are changing the make-up of their teams in order to increase the likelihood of their research having an impact on policy and practice….
R2A: Polling our audience
10 October 2018
Blog Posts
Research to Action has crowdsourced answers to questions relating to research communications and impact. In the spirit of sharing to continually improve strategies and outcomes, here…
Research Impact Manager, Elrha
28 September 2018
Blog Posts
Research Impact Manager, Elrha £36,000-£41,000 Fixed Term: 2 Years Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK Are you passionate about the role research and evidence plays in the…
R2A Social Media consultant
23 September 2018
Blog Posts
Are you a social media specialist with a passion for improving research communications? A self-starter, able to work remotely with a small multi-country team? Do…
People matter, not papers: Watching policymakers acquire knowledge in Indonesia
17 September 2018
Blog Posts
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…
Referencing sources – making it work for non-academic audiences
14 August 2018
Blog Posts
Referencing our sources of evidence when writing for academic audiences is common practice. Yet, for the average reader of research outside academia, references are often…
Four personality traits ECRs can foster to help impact policy and practice
23 July 2018
Blog Posts
Researchers seeking to translate their work into ‘impact’ – that is, any of the range of positive, tangible influences on society possible through research –…
Using outcome mapping to get research into use in East and Southern Africa
20 July 2018
Blog Posts
I recently published a learning report which documents my organisation’s experience using outcome mapping to plan, monitor, and evaluate research uptake. I work for the…
Tailored communications and researcher capacity building will help refugees
2 July 2018
News & Opportunities
The final round of formal consultations to establish the Global Compact on Refugees, led by UNHCR, is underway in Geneva. The objective is to improve…
Paula Fray
Shubha Jayaram
Sue Martin
Maria Balarin
James Harvey
Emily Hayter
Susan Koshy
Ronald Munatsi
Ajoy Datta
Social Media