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IDS Practice Papers In Brief
Practice Papers In Brief are produced by the Impact and Learning Team (ILT) at IDS, with contributions from both team members and partners.
The In Briefs aim to share our experiences and learning around ideas we are exploring in the context of our work on knowledge brokers and information intermediaries.
The knowledge broker and information intermediary sector comprises those who seek to improve flows of knowledge between actors in decision making and change processes in order to generate better development outcomes. We have found that these intermediaries act in a range of ways: enabling access to information; helping people to make sense of it; facilitating connections that enable knowledge to be shared between stakeholders.
Our experiences contribute to the body of knowledge, and are not intended to be read as offering incontestable insights or providing perfect models. For this reason, the In Brief papers should not be read in isolation, and should be seen as complementary to other work conducted on related issues of capacity development, knowledge management, and policy influence, including other ILT publications.
Publications
Learning about How to Communicate ‘Learning’ from and Within a Multi-sited Organisation
IDS Practice Paper In Brief Issue: 7This paper draws on a study conducted on capturing innovation and lessons from across a ‘multi-sited’ organisation.
Learning about ‘Learning Styles’ in Getting Research into Policy Use and Practice?
IDS Practice Paper In Brief Issue: 6Can the lessons from the adult education sector on learning styles and preferences add anything to our understanding of how our work might reach decision makers?
Learning about the role of Culture in Research Policy Intermediary Work
IDS Practice Paper In Brief Issue: 5Can being a ‘cultural investigator’ add key insights to our understanding of how intermediary work might reach decision makers?
Learning about New Technologies and the Changing Evidence Base for Social Science Research and Decision Making in International Development
IDS Practice Paper In Brief Issue: 4New technologies are opening up exciting possibilities for the intermediary sector to produce, share and remix information and change the evidence base for research and collective action.
Learning about an Alternative Approach to Strategic Discussions
IDS Practice Paper In Brief Issue: 2This paper looks at the use of graphic facilitation to support strategic discussions
Learning about Analysing Networks to Support Development Work?
IDS Practice Paper In Brief Issue: 1Exploring the use of network analysis to understand our own, our partners' and the intermediary sector's networks.