TheImpactInitiative

The Impact Initiative has now closed. Thanks to all the grantholders, research funders & partners for making the programme possible. Publications & resources are available from the IDS OpenDocs digital repository: bit.ly/3dYXE0n @REAL_Centre @IDS_UK @ESRC @FCDOGovUK

Final @The_Impact_Init blog! "In Covid times, what can we learn from the Impact Initiative?" Reflections from @ESRC and @FCDOGovUK on lessons from @The_Impact_Init & the benefits of a collective approach to research uptake. bit.ly/3wr55F1 @IDS_UK @REAL_Centre

NEW BLOG: Putting the collective impact of global development research into perspective – What we learned from six years of the @The_Impact_Init with @IDS_UK Enhancing the impact of #education #research #impact @LSEImpactBlog #ResearchImpact blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

Highlights the achievements of the @FCDOGovUK @ESRC Raising Learning Outcomes in Education Systems Research Programme and the impact pathways that have supported educational development outcomes #ImpactLessons @The_Impact_Init - bit.ly/3fvIphN @IDS_UK @REAL_Centre

As the UK international development research community finds itself facing a funding crisis due to #UKAidCuts @Bloggs74 argues this is a key moment to argue for a new approach that values broader bodies of knowledge. #ImpactLessons @The_Impact_Init - bit.ly/3sxD8tR

📣As the UK international development research community finds itself facing a funding crisis due to #UKAidCuts @Bloggs74 argues this is a key moment to argue for a new approach that values broader bodies of knowledge. #ImpactLessons @The_Impact_Init 👉ids.ac.uk/opinions/the-c…

'Evidencing Impact Across a Diverse Portfolio of Research' provides #ImpactLessons on how diverse dimensions of impact can be recognised & articulated - the value of micro-impacts bit.ly/2O0gRWg @FCDOGovUK @ESRC @IDS_UK @REAL_Centre Image: Jorge Martin

'An Approach to Synthesising Research Around Policy Agendas' provides #ImpactLessons on o identifying research projects that combine to provide coherent messages for decision makers bit.ly/3kmIaGg @FCDOGovUK @ESRC @IDS_UK @REAL_Centre Image: Jorge Martin

'A Network-based Approach to Brokering Research Evidence for Impact' provides #ImpactLessons on creating connections & building networks between researchers & with policy audiences - bit.ly/3kmHf8M @FCDOGovUK @ESRC @IDS_UK @REAL_Centre Image: Jorge Martin

'Assessing Alternative Pathways to Maximising the Impact of Development Research' provides #ImpactLessons on pathways to #researched impact in international development settings - bit.ly/37It8Wc @FCDOGovUK @ESRC @IDS_UK @REAL_Centre Image: Jorge Martin

'The Power of the Collective and Global Knowledge Brokering' provides #ImpactLessons on brokering evidence across large social science #research programmes in international development settings bit.ly/3bBOdmu @FCDOGovUK @ESRC @IDS_UK @REAL_Centre Image: Jorge Martin

Celebrating six years of @The_Impact_Init - thanks to the researchers & partners & research funders that have made this initiative possible - #ImpactLessons for global development research @FCDOGovUK @ESRC @IDS_UK @REAL_Centre Short film (1.13): youtu.be/Q6sCNWMHghU

'Maximising the Impact of Global Development Research: A New Approach to Knowledge Brokering' provides #ImpactLessons an approaches for brokering evidence across large research investments @The_Impact_Init - bit.ly/3dJ0XdK @FCDOGovUK @ESRC @IDS_UK @REAL_Centre

Research funders urged to take a collective approach to support impact ids.ac.uk/?p=68505 via @IDS_UK

Celebrating six years of @The_Impact_Init - thanks to the researchers & partners & research funders that have made this initiative possible - #ImpactLessons for global development research @FCDOGovUK @ESRC @IDS_UK @REAL_Centre Short film (1.13): youtu.be/Q6sCNWMHghU

'Maximising the Impact of Global Development Research: A New Approach to Knowledge Brokering' provides #ImpactLessons an approaches for brokering evidence across large research investments @The_Impact_Init - bit.ly/3dJ0XdK @FCDOGovUK @ESRC @IDS_UK @REAL_Centre

'Pensioner Poverty' provides #ImpactLessons showing that in many settings, universal cash transfers and social pension programmes are providing much-needed financial support to older people - bit.ly/2qREeFK @FCDOGovUK @ESRC @IDS_UK @REAL_Centre @IDS_UK @REAL_Centre

'Water Security' provides #ImpactLessons about the realities facing people for whom water insecurity is a daily threat - read paper in full at bit.ly/2ki6HBU @FCDOGovUK @ESRC @IDS_UK @REAL_Centre

'Urban Community Resilience' provides #ImpactLessons on what makes cities inclusive, safe, resilient & sustainable when migration/urbanisation processes are intensifying globally bit.ly/2O4ZVK7 @FCDOGovUK @ESRC @IDS_UK @REAL_Centre Photo: © Martin Roemers/Panos Pictures

'Rethinking Impact: Applying the Gender Lens' provides #ImpactLessons from #research focusing on addressing gender inequality & also projects where gender dynamics emerged during the course of the work bit.ly/2JuyQOt @FCDOGovUK @ESRC @IDS_UK @REAL_Centre