Monday, September 29, 2014

Robust development research would like to meet interested policymaker | Global Development Professionals Network | Guardian Professional

Robust development research would like to meet interested policymaker | Global Development Professionals Network | Guardian Professional:

"Nobody's going to read that tome of a report - the key is to make it accessible, in a simple, clear and brief manner.

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A quick web search on the phrase 'research uptake' produces a plethora of links to projects, titles and analytical pieces about impact – but not a great deal, in fact nothing, about the essence of the thing.

Add to that the fact that people who work in this area don't often communicate very well about what it is they do, and you have a tricky situation – a lot of expectation about putting research uptake into practice but not much information about how this should be done."



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