Twelve ways to decide what actions to take
In this post we provide twelve suggestions on what you might do to support policymakers to improve their use of evidence. Do you work within or beyond formal constraints identified by the...
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Twelve tips to set up a team and establish relationships
You’ve got a better idea of the context which shapes policymakers use’ of evidence and selected an issue to work on. So, what next? Here’s some advice on how you...
Thirteen tips to conduct a successful evidence context study
In my last article, I wrote about what an analytical framework for an ‘evidence context' study might look. Here, I highlight thirteen lessons to hold in mind when...
Three ways to select policy issues to work on
Consultants may have to conduct evidence studies on a range of policy issues but then have to provide capacity development services in only a few. If you find yourself in this predicament,...
Five questions to understand the evidence context
To identify entry points for your work with policymakers, you’ll first need to understand the political context for the acquisition and use of evidence. Doing this requires an understanding...
Free webinar: How to design policy relevant research agendas
Doing high quality and policy relevant research is at the core of the raison d'être of think tanks and policy research organisations and, when this fails, so does the think tank. But what...
Strengthening research systems: concepts, actions and actors
There are few frameworks that explicitly conceptualise social science research systems in a ‘developing’ country context. What frameworks there are tend to focus...
The 2017 China think tank index report: methodology and think tank rankings
The building of a new type of think tanks with Chinese characteristics has made policy communities more inclusive and interactive (...) As a crucial member of any...
Free webinar: Research for impact
Duncan Green, Senior Strategic Adviser at Oxfam GB and Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics talks about Oxfam’s experience ensuring that research has the maximum chance of achieving impact on...
Learning to live with one another: lessons from an interdisciplinary research project
The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), has a budget of £1.5bn over five years and aims to (amongst other things) promote interdisciplinary research. However, as...
US think tanks continue to grow: new Transparify analysis
Think tanks in the United States continue to grow, according to 2016 numbers that now are available. The expenditure of the top 21 think tanks in the United States grew by...
From using evidence to improving judgement: lessons from disaster response in Nepal
Imagine you’re a mid-level policymaker in a government agency or a manager in an NGO. A major incident has just occurred. You have to drop everything you’re doing and...
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