[Editor’s note: this post announces the call for applications for an online course targeted to policymakers in Latin America on the use of knowledge in policy. Check the Terms of Reference. Nota del editor: este artículo anuncia la convocatoria a aplicaciones…
[Editor’s note: This post is the fifth of a series produced by Vanesa Weyrauch and Leandro Echt from Politics&Ideas to share what we learn through the development and conduction of an online course targeted to policymakers in Latin America on…
On 24 Oct, 2014
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This is the second post of a series focusing on how we can better incorporate the complexity paradigm as a key framework to tackle the challenges and questions shared by many of us interested in the interaction between research and…
[Editor’s note: This post is the first of a series produced by Vanesa Weyrauch and Leandro Echt from Politics&Ideas to share what we learn through the development and conduction of an online course targeted to policymakers in Latin America on…
[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series devoted to tools and frameworks for researchers to plan better projects right from the start.] Researchers who seek to influence policies face the challenge to link theory and practice daily. However,…
[Editor’s Note: This post has been written by Wenny Ho, researcher and facilitator based in the Netherlands. This post is based on her article titled “Evidence creation through Knowledge Integration“.] Increasing the variety of perspectives has proven to deliver more…
On 25 Nov, 2013 By Adolfo Garcé
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[Editor’s note: This post presents Adolfo Garcé’s paper ‘Political-Knowledge Regimes‘. It follows a previous post that gives an overview of the concept of knowledge regimes] Knowledge Regimes (KM), a concept developed by Campbell and Pedersen, is a main step forward in…
On 30 Oct, 2013 By Andrea Ordóñez
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[Editor’s note: This reflection is based on our paper “Defining problems or providing solutions? The role of ideas in policy debates”. It is part of a series of posts on Ideas and Evidence Based Policy.] One level of ideas is…
On 7 Oct, 2013 By Enrique Mendizabal
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A lot is said about the communication of research. Over the last few years there have been significant changes in the ways that funders view communications and the role it plays within research centres and projects. DFID, for example, has…
On 12 Sep, 2013 By Vanesa Weyrauch
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Spaces for engagement started with a deep conviction on the need to encourage local production of relevant knowledge on the link between research and policy. In fact, when the programme started most of the knowledge on the link between research…