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Evidence into Policy and Practice Seminars

The Evidence into Policy and Practice Series, convened by IDS, aims to facilitate the exchange of ideas and learning on the interactions between knowledge and policy and practice towards social change. An international, multi-disciplinary and cross-sector community of researchers, activists, public officials and practitioners engage with these issues through IDS’ short course ‘Engaging Evidence and Policy for Social Change’, seminars, online events, blogs, expert interviews, multi-media and publications.

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Past Event

Evidence into Policy and Practice Seminars

What role does the media have in reporting on science in uncertainty?

Through the Covid crisis, and global uncertainty, there has been a resurgence in global editorial media from newspapers to radio stations, independent broadcasters to specialist digital news sites. Counter to predictions that social media and citizen journalism would cause the collapse of news...

6 July 2021

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Evidence into Policy and Practice Seminars

The politics of evidence in global emergencies – Lessons from Covid-19

Our international panel of scientists and policy advisors will explore the role of experts and the politics of Covid knowledge in different global contexts. We ask how researchers, public health officials and policy actors can work better together during periods of acute uncertainty. Watch...

2 March 2021

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Evidence into Policy and Practice Seminars

Research uptake and impact – how do funders see its future?

Donors’ approaches to engaging evidence with policy and practice and evaluating its impact, constantly evolve. Their investments have ranged from funding international knowledge programmes, to support for project embedded research communications, to building research capacity and...

31 March 2020

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Evidence into Policy and Practice Seminars

How can NGOs and civil society organisations enhance their production and use of research?

Both governmental and non-governmental organisations sometimes struggle to engage with academia and find that within their own sectors vastly different attitudes exist around what counts as evidence and what it is meant to be used...

25 July 2019

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