If you are involved in research communications and uptake you may be interested in completing the following survey on R4D:

R4D: Research Communications and Uptake Web Survey

I think the results should prove of interest so please do take a few minutes to complete it if you can!

 

Kate Hawkins (Institute of Development Studies) has just submitted a very interesting blog on Research to Action (R2A) that explores some of the key themes investigated through a recent supplement of Health Research Policy and Systems called 'Strengthening the research to policy and practice interface: exploring strategies used by research organisations working on sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS'.

The blog explores three interrelated uptake issues in the context of HIV/Aids research:

• Understanding of the nature of research impact;
• Exploring how the positionality of researchers and other stakeholders influence their approach and;
• The importance of collaborations between

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It is great to see DFID getting behind the issue of research uptake via a new report that provides insights on how researchers and communication specialists can engage with decision makers and ensure that research has the impact that it should. The report, made up of a series of open access articles in Health Policy Research and Systems states,

“There is no point doing research if the findings do not get into policy and practice. DFID strongly encourages all research programmes to consider research uptake activities as an integral part of the research.” (more...)

Original post on Research to Action

I recently posted this blog on Research to Action (R2A), might be of interest to some...

If you don’t know it yet, or if you’re not sure of its significance it’s time you caught up – web 2.0 has dramatically changed the way people use and interact with the internet and the wider world, if you thought you could hide from the perils of openness and transparency  you were wrong.

The research community is not alone in underestimating and under utilising the web, but there is undoubtedly a new emerging mantra for researchers looking to improve their research and get it into use: share and engage.

A leading child psychologist once quipped “Adults would not learn to talk if they had to learn”...

This article, which you might find interesting, appeared on a new platform called Research to Action.


"Rarely do research communications travel a familiar pathway and reach end users in a linear way to influence policy and practice. We often here that researchers and research institutions frequently fail in communicating their research effectively, that policy makers and practitioners are not listening, and intermediaries are failing in their efforts to bring leading protagonists together (more)...

The original post can be found on Research to Action