Please find below the link for the report from the recent Uptake Workshop hosted by the Australian aid programme AusAid and the UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (UKCDS) in London at the end of 2010. The workshop involved 80 international participants and provided an opportunity for interesting discussion on research communication and uptake and the role of knowledge intermediaries.

You can access the report at the following link: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/PDF/Outputs/Communication/AusAID-DFID-UKCDS-workshop-report-FINAL.pdf

You may also be interested in reading the background paper from the workshop.

Other presentations, videos, blogs and related materials can be found at http://www.researchtoaction.org/donor-meeting/.

• 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 researchers and communication professionals.

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

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