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Clara Richards
Aug 16, 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...
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Clara Richards
Aug 11, 20165 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...
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Clara Richards
Aug 7, 20161 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...
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Clara Richards
Aug 4, 20165 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,...
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Clara Richards
Aug 2, 20162 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...
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Clara Richards
Jul 28, 20163 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...
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Clara Richards
Jul 19, 20164 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...
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Clara Richards
Jul 14, 20165 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...
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Clara Richards
Jul 12, 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...
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Clara Richards
Jul 7, 20164 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...
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Clara Richards
Jul 5, 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...
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Clara Richards
Jun 30, 20163 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...
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Clara Richards
Jun 28, 20166 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...
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Clara Richards
Jun 22, 20165 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...
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Clara Richards
Jun 1, 20163 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...
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Clara Richards
May 18, 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...
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Maria Balarin
May 12, 20165 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)....
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Zenda Ofir
Apr 6, 20163 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...
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Julie Brittain
Mar 30, 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...
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Leandro Echt and Vanesa Weyrauch
Mar 22, 20165 min read
Our focus for context: governmental institutions
[Editor’s note: This post is part a series produced by Vanesa Weyrauch and Leandro Echt from Politics&Ideas to share what we learn...
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