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Knowledge brokering to enhance the impact of academic research on public policy
Canadian academic research in all disciplines is among the best in the world but Canada is not extracting full social and economic value...
Clara Richards
Dec 9, 20142 min read
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The role of evidence in policy making: “I use more information from those for whom I have a ce
[Editor’s Note: This interview is part of a wider series of talks with current and former officials, politicians and researchers from...
Leandro Echt
Nov 14, 20146 min read
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Communication off the map: three principles for policy influence in emerging democracies
[Editor’s note: This post originally appeared at Research to Action. It was written by Nicholas Benequista, a researcher with an interest...
Clara Richards
Aug 19, 20143 min read
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Selecting diverse ways to reach audiences: a strategically ongoing effort
In this previous post about how think tanks are segmenting communications to reach diverse audiences we shared some findings of this...
Clara Richards
Aug 14, 20143 min read
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Researcher policymaker: A missing bridge?
It’s quite amazing the amount of time and effort that southern researchers invest to research their ideas and present them to the world,...
Clara Richards
Aug 12, 20142 min read
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The challenge of communicating with different actors: is segmentation a good investment for think ta
Think tanks are increasingly asking themselves how they can fine tune their communications so as to interact more effectively with the...
Clara Richards
Aug 5, 20144 min read
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Getting policy makers to hear community voices
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Rebecca Pointer, Information and Communication Officer at the Institute for Poverty, Land and...
Clara Richards
Jul 29, 20144 min read
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Are “South-South” interactions geographically restricted?
Southern researchers experience particular barriers to having their knowledge influence global debates on development. Publishing in...
Clara Richards
Jul 1, 20141 min read
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Open letter, a communication strategy to influence policy decision makers
The purpose of this communication tool is to establish channels of communication with decision power instances, both at the state level...
Clara Richards
Jun 5, 20143 min read
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Good communications is not enough to get evidence into policy
[Editor’s Note: This post was written by Clara Richards, programme manager at INASP, and was originally published at INASP’s blog] I...
Clara Richards
May 29, 20144 min read
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Defining a research agenda. Balancing internal and external influences
[Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared at INASP’s newsletter 2012. It is also available in Spanish at VIPPAL.] The definition of a...
Clara Richards
May 26, 20143 min read
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How to link theory and practice for relevant research
[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series devoted to tools and frameworks for researchers to plan better projects right from the...
Clara Richards
May 20, 20142 min read
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The need for expertise: how Civil Society Organisations engage with the Regulatory State
This post is based on a commentary by Kathryn Hochstetler that assesses the ways in which members of civil society “often shadow and...
Clara Richards
May 16, 20143 min read
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Do like Adam Smith: Ride the train with your policymaker (as often as possible)
Some of the arguably most fundamental, longest-lasting changes in the world economy resulted from the policy influencing efforts of an...
Clara Richards
Apr 15, 20143 min read
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Should we start building a ‘networked communications’ culture?
We are ready to re-frame the way we think and talk about how communications can contribute for research to inform public policies. We...
Clara Richards
Mar 19, 20143 min read
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Evidence Based Policy + Citizen Participation: can they be combined?
[Editor’s note: This post was written by René Cardoso Baltazar (@rcardosob), strategic advisor to the International Foundation for the...
Clara Richards
Feb 27, 20144 min read
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