A more interdisciplinary approach can help us understand why research evidence does or doesn’t make
Researchers keen to see their findings impact on policy and practice are often told that better communication is the magic key to opening...
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Agnes Titriku
- Mar 9, 2017
- 4 min
Promoting the use of evidence in parliaments
Staff members from three parliaments (Ghana, Uganda and Zimbabwe) are participating in a Learning Exchange programme coordinated by the...
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Clara Richards
- Aug 16, 2016
- 4 min
Think-tanking in environments with low value assigned to research
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Simonida Kacarska, Research Coordinator at the European Policy Institute, Macedonia. It is the...
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Clara Richards
- Jul 28, 2016
- 3 min
Choosing to innovate on your research agenda
[Editor’s note: This post is the eighth of a series produced by Andrea Ordóñez and Leandro Echt from Politics & Ideas to share what we...
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Clara Richards
- Jul 19, 2016
- 4 min
Methodological choices to inform policy
[Editor’s note: This post is the seventh of a series produced by Andrea Ordóñez and Leandro Echt from Politics & Ideas to share what we...
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Clara Richards
- Jul 14, 2016
- 5 min
Understanding policy problems and their implications in your research decisions
[Editor’s note: This post is the sixth of a series produced by Andrea Ordóñez and Leandro Echt from Politics & Ideas to share what we...
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Clara Richards
- Jul 12, 2016
- 5 min
Drafting and validating your research agenda
[Editor’s note: This post is the fifth of a series produced by Andrea Ordóñez and Leandro Echt from Politics & Ideas to share what we...
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Clara Richards
- Jul 7, 2016
- 4 min
Why do we need to analyze our context to design a research agenda?
[Editor’s note: This post is the fourth of a series produced by Andrea Ordóñez and Leandro Echt from Politics & Ideas to share what we...
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Clara Richards
- Jul 5, 2016
- 4 min
Individual and institutional research agendas: how are they different?
[Editor’s note: This post is the third of a series produced by Andrea Ordóñez and Leandro Echt from Politics & Ideas to share what we...
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Clara Richards
- Jun 28, 2016
- 6 min
Framework to get knowledge into policy. Dimension #1: Macro-context: structural factors that draw cl
[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series focused on sharing findings from the conceptual framework developed under the study “Going...
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Clara Richards
- Jun 22, 2016
- 5 min
Crafting policy relevant research
[Editor’s note: This post is the introduction to a series produced by Andrea Ordóñez and Leandro Echt from Politics & Ideas to share...
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Maria Balarin
- May 12, 2016
- 5 min
Doing research in Bolivia Paraguay and Perú
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Maria Balarin, Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE)....
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Julie Brittain
- Mar 30, 2016
- 3 min
Openness is good but not simple
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Julie Brittain, who has recently become the Executive Director of the International Network for...
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Clara Richards
- Feb 3, 2016
- 2 min
Research knowledge is crucial to national and global development
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Julie Brittain, who has recently become the Executive Director of the International Network for...
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Clara Richards
- Oct 8, 2015
- 3 min
Insights into the state of research systems in developing countries – Part 2
In May 2015, as part of INASP’s strategy development process, we engaged an independent consultant to conduct a phone/skype survey of 39...
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Clara Richards
- Oct 6, 2015
- 3 min
Insights into the state of research systems in developing countries – Part 1
In May 2015, as part of INASP’s strategy development process, we engaged an independent consultant, Teresa Hanley, to conduct a...
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Clara Richards
- Aug 25, 2015
- 4 min
Is your funding model a good friend to your research?
[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series that looks into think tank funding models. It is based on a course that Politics & Ideas...
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Clara Richards
- Jul 28, 2015
- 5 min
Evidence-based policies: building what is really possible
A change that is becoming a reality during the first years of the 21st Century is the mass use information and communication technology...
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Clara Richards
- Jul 23, 2015
- 2 min
Using knowledge to better design and evaluate policies: the General Directorate of Social Policy Ana
Several and different efforts are being conducted around the globe to promote the use of research in policy. P&I is permanently thinking...
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Clara Richards
- Jul 21, 2015
- 4 min
Our need to talk about power & knowledge in evaluation & policy cultures
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Paul R. Kelly, PhD Researcher in Impact, Evaluation & Service Design, Lancaster University,...
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