The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Ghana has been working with Politics & Ideas and INASP to apply the Context Matters Framework and Mr. Ebenezer Sampong, Deputy Executive Director for Technical Services at the EPA, told Leandro Echt about the agency’s plans as…
On 11 Oct, 2018
By Emily Hayter, Vanesa Weyrauch, Leandro Echt
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Emily Hayter, Vanesa Weyrauch and Leandro Echt reflect on working with agencies in Peru and Ghana to help understand how they use evidence in policy Good use of knowledge and research is essential for well-informed policy decisions. We know there are…
On 13 Jul, 2017
By Fiona Blyth, Carmen Huckel Schneider
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[Editor’s note: This piece originally appeared on the LSE Impact Blog and is reposted under Creative Commons CC BY 3.0. Effective communication of research is often cited as being most important to gaining the attention of policymakers. This arguably underestimates the sheer…
The webinar “Knowledge into policy: Going beyond ‘Context matters’” took place on September 7. To share our framework, along with its practical implications and emerging experiences, the following interactive product was presented: www.politicsandideas.org/contextmatters We want to express our gratitude for your…
Are you interested in better understanding how context can affect and be affected by efforts to promote a better interaction between research and policy? Please join us in P&I and INASP´s upcoming free webinar Knowledge into policy: Going beyond “Context…
Are you interested in better understanding how context can affect and be affected by efforts to promote a better interaction between research and policy? Please join us in P&I and INASP´s upcoming free webinar Knowledge into policy: Going beyond “Context matters”…
On 28 Jun, 2016
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[Editor’s note: This post is part of a series focused on sharing findings from the conceptual framework developed under the study “Going beyond “Context matters”, conducted by P&I and INASP. The presented framework intends to be a lens to help…
[Editor’s note: This post was written by Paul R. Kelly, PhD Researcher in Impact, Evaluation & Service Design, Lancaster University, UK. Email: paulrichardkelly@gmail.com.] Introduction Welcome attention is now being paid to how evaluations can better engage with and contribute to policy processes, beyond dissemination…
On 16 Jul, 2015
By Vanesa Weyrauch, Leandro Echt
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[Editor’s note: This post is part a series produced by Vanesa Weyrauch and Leandro Echt from Politics&Ideas to share what we learn through the project “Going beyond ‘Context matters”, supported by the International Netowrk for the Availability of Scientific Publications…