Research for Impact
This course is about the Research for Impact approach – a set of principles and practices that will help you to make your research more impactful. Traditionally, the goals and outcomes of research projects were to contribute knowledge and communicate this knowledge through academic publications and journal articles. But If we truly want our research to have an impact, we need to do research differently. Research that influences change in policy, practice, behaviour, and attitudes.
On this six-week journey, Jesse DeMaria-Kinney and Mark New share their experience of the Adaptation at Scale for Semi-arid Regions (ASSAR) Project, where they developed and refined the Research for Impact approach. They are joined by researchers and practitioners who followed this approach in their research. Together you will explore the five elements of the Research for Impact approach, i.e. Theory of Change; Stakeholder Engagement and Strategic Partnerships, Strategic Communication, Capacity Development; and Influencing. You will also get opportunities to hear from researchers and practitioners on the ground who followed this approach and hopefully become inspired and equipped to incorporate these principles into your own research projects.
What you’ll learn:
- Understand the interwoven elements of Research for Impact in the context of development and adaptation research.
- Identify the suite of activities involved in Research for Impact to influence change in policy, practice, behaviour, and attitudes.
- Appraise opportunities and challenges in your research plan through a Research for Impact lens.
This course is available in 25 languages: English (Original), Deutsch (Auto), हिन्दी (ऑटो), پښتو (خودکار), Русский (авто), Svenska (auto), 한국어 (자동), O‘zbek (avtomatik), Ελληνικά (αυτόματο), Português (Brasil) (auto), Italiano (auto), Français (aut.), Magyar (automata), Español (auto), 中文（简体） (自动), العربية (آلي), ไทย (อัตโนมัติ), Українська (авто), 日本語 (オート), Bahasa Indonesia (otomatis), Polski (automatyczny), دری (خودکار), Nederlands (auto), Türkçe (otomatik), Қазақша (автоматтық)
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THEMES: Capacity Strengthening
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