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What international crisis coverage reveals about the aid system

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:00:51 +0000

Regular readers of this website do not need to be told that evidence is important. It is essential in shaping both our understanding of the...

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The Future of Evidence: UNICEF’s Blueprint for Smarter Research

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 11:00:55 +0000

For anyone involved in leveraging research to make a meaningful impact, the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti has long been a beacon, shaping global...

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Why research users are central to research impact

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 10:00:50 +0000

If you want your research to make a difference, you need to think about who will use it. The Research Impact Academy has recently published...

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Whose knowledge counts in development research?

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 11:00:35 +0000

Who truly shapes the global academic landscape? In this academic article, Sarah Cummings and Paul Hoebink pull back the curtain on a significant imbalance in...

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How can research support volunteering?

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:00:57 +0000

As the funding landscape tightens, organisations in the Third Sector – that is organizations that are neither government (public sector) nor business (private sector) –...

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Have we stopped caring about the climate?

Fri, 30 May 2025 12:00:50 +0000

The climate crisis continues to escalate, bringing increasingly severe impacts felt across the globe. However, a 2024 report analysing data from eight countries shows that...

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What would a better international emergency aid system look like?

Thu, 08 May 2025 10:00:12 +0000

Amidst the chaos of a world on fire – metaphorically and literally – it is worth looking for ways to contribute to the rebuilding of...

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Does text messaging reach and engage young people?

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:00:10 +0000

How do we reach and engage young people – with research, with advice, with training? We know that the answer is going to lie partly...

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Seeing the Future? Predictability in Research Impact

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:00:49 +0000

For anyone involved in research, the question of impact is central. Proving that our research has had an impact on broader society is hard enough;...

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Knowledge brokers: what are they and what do they do?

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:00:48 +0000

There are many titles and phrases for anyone who works in information, communication, and knowledge brokering in the world of evidence. The roles are as...

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Comment on Q&A with… GDN President, Pierre Jacquet by Maria Smith

Tue, 24 Oct 2017 02:46:32 +0000

Thank you very much for your blog.

I enjoyed reading this article.

Comment on The impact of research on development policy and practice: An introduction to a review of the literature by Maria Smith

Sun, 15 Oct 2017 22:34:23 +0000

Thank you for the article.

Great blog that I enjoyed reading.

Comment on Impact Diaries: the Evernote way by Tess Newton Cain

Fri, 22 Sep 2017 05:36:00 +0000

Thanks for this – it looks very interesting and I will look into it further. I use Google mail rather than Outlook, is there the facility to integrate with that platform?

Comment on Communication and Consortium by Annapoorna Ravichander

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 10:47:00 +0000

Good read, I remember this piece, when I was managing the publication of Aditi bulletin when I was working at CSTEP.

Comment on What Doesn’t Work Communicating Research about ending VAWG by Annapoorna Ravichander

Sun, 13 Aug 2017 12:53:00 +0000

An interesting piece. I definitely liked the last part-What doesn’t work at an international donor-hosted lunch? Using jargons and technical terms continues be a way of communicating for certain researchers/research organisations, I believe that they fail to realize that they have an interesting audience waiting to read their work/report but walk away with no knowledge.

Comment on Assessing Research Systems in Developing Countries – 5 reasons why it matters and a teaser on how to get started by Laura ffrench-Constant

Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:53:47 +0000

In reply to Bono Sen.

Hi Bono you can find more details about the initiative on the GDN website here http://gdn.int/html/page11.php?MID=3&SID=24&SSID=84

Comment on Assessing Research Systems in Developing Countries – 5 reasons why it matters and a teaser on how to get started by Bono Sen

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 17:55:00 +0000

I’d like to know more about the Doing Research initiative and am interested in getting involved in the effort is there is opportunity. I am currently based in India and working on building capacity to conduct environmental health research that will build the evidence base and inform policy. Traditional research approaches won’t suffice. There is need for simultaneous research conduct and translation.

Comment on Six useful guides on communication strategy by ombretta baggio

Wed, 10 May 2017 20:38:00 +0000

The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement has just published a Community Engagement and Accountability Guide and Toolkit. Great resources for local actors to improve communication, listening and action http://www.ifrc.org/CEA

Comment on Six useful guides on communication strategy by Research to Action

Wed, 05 Apr 2017 14:55:32 +0000

In reply to Guido Couck.

Thanks for telling us about this guide Guido, I’ve just downloaded and am having a read! Cheers, Kimberly

Comment on Six useful guides on communication strategy by Research to Action

Wed, 05 Apr 2017 14:54:27 +0000

In reply to Roger.

Thanks Roger, I hadn’t heard of this one and I’m now checking it out. Cheers, Kimberly