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Conceptual framework for how public institutions generate and use knowledge / Macro-context
[Editor’s note: This post is part a series produced by Vanesa Weyrauch and Leandro Echt from Politics&Ideas to present the conceptual...
Clara Richards
Aug 23, 20164 min read


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...
Clara Richards
Aug 16, 20164 min read


Dialogue over dissemination: Unlocking the potential of knowledge exchange through creative collabor
As academics, much of our commonsensical understanding of knowledge exchange and impact activities rests upon the assumption that we need...
Clara Richards
Aug 11, 20165 min read


Context Matters: a framework to support knowledge into policy
In 2016, Politics & Ideas published the study “Going beyond ‘Context matters’”, a framework to help government organizations improve...
Clara Richards
Aug 7, 20161 min read


The power of reflection when building your research agenda
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Tanja Jakobi, Media analyst and researcher at CENTAR Public Policy Research Centre,...
Clara Richards
Aug 4, 20165 min read


So, how do we start from context?
[Editor’s note: This post is part a series produced by Vanesa Weyrauch and Leandro Echt from Politics&Ideas to present the conceptual...
Clara Richards
Aug 2, 20162 min read


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...
Clara Richards
Jul 28, 20163 min read


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...
Clara Richards
Jul 19, 20164 min read


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...
Clara Richards
Jul 14, 20165 min read


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...
Clara Richards
Jul 12, 20165 min read


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...
Clara Richards
Jul 7, 20164 min read


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...
Clara Richards
Jul 5, 20164 min read


What are the principles of policy relevant research?
[Editor’s note: This post is the second of a series produced by Andrea Ordóñez and Leandro Echt from Politics & Ideas to share what we...
Clara Richards
Jun 30, 20163 min read


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...
Clara Richards
Jun 28, 20166 min read


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...
Clara Richards
Jun 22, 20165 min read


Going beyond “Context matters”: our conceptual framework is ready waiting for you!
Our study on how context matters is finally here to share! After several months of reading, interviewing people and systematizing...
Clara Richards
Jun 1, 20163 min read


Context: why focus on public institutions and on politics?
As we have already shared in some previous posts, P&I jointly with INASP are about to publish a study called “Going beyond context...
Clara Richards
May 18, 20163 min read


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)....
Maria Balarin
May 12, 20165 min read


GOOD evaluation engages with POWER
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Zenda Ofir, South African scientist, independent international evaluator, and knowledge...
Zenda Ofir
Apr 6, 20163 min read


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...
Julie Brittain
Mar 30, 20163 min read
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