Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research

Research Uptake: a rapid introductionINCLUDE platform meeting-Nairobi, May 2015

NWO-WOTRO Science for Global Development

NWO-WOTRO

Research funder

Core values

inclusive development, with a concern for equity, social justice

and sustainability

the drive to mobilise the best science for development

Focus on co-creation in research

inter- and transdisciplinary research

partnerships: public-private, North-South

Knowledge Platforms & NWO-WOTRO

intermediairy organisation

research programmes in four knowledge platforms

Knowledge Platform INCLUDE & NWO-WOTRO

Knowledge Platform INCLUDE

•making available existing knowledge

•brokering demand-supply

•agenda setting

NWO-WOTRO

•relevance and quality proposals

•guarantee independence selection

•project management and M&E

Joint effort

• research uptake

Research uptake: a joint effort

INCLUDEKnowledge Platform

Call development

Selectionproposals

Agenda setting

Results used:

Impact on Inclusive develop-

ment

NWO-WOTRO

Research Projects

What is research uptake?

Today it’s Research Uptake

“Research uptake includes all activities that facilitate and contribute to the use of research evidence by policy-makers, practitioners and other development actors” (DFID Research Uptake Guide 2013)

We used to talk about Research dissemination

What does effective research uptake look like?

There is no simple blueprint

Four main strands

Stakeholder engagement

Communication Monitoring & Evaluation

DFID Research uptake guide 2013

Stakeholder engagement

Based upon DFID Research Uptake Guide 2013

• Get to know your context• Identify the relevant stakeholders - use INCLUDE• Engage and keep engaged with these stakeholders• Where, with whom and what you can get leverage?

Communication

• Create and share the knowledge base• Peer reviewed articles-quality check• Share knowledge and insights with stakeholders and include

feedback and adapt your research• Translate and package results for specific audiences

Based upon DFID Research Uptake Guide 2013

Capacity development

• Assessing the capacity to effectively engage:– internal= within team: e.g.communication, managing

knowledge– stakeholders ((dis)incentives, interests)

• Capacity building:– getting trained (team)– providing training– seeking support

(e.g. to faciltate)

Based upon DFID Research Uptake Guide 2013

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Include the (evidence of the) use of research findings in your M&E frame (Impact pathway)

• Strategy to learn from research uptake activities

Based upon DFID Research Uptake Guide 2013

Useful strategy tools

Thank you!

For more information:

ODI-RAPID: http://roma.odi.org/

DFID: research-uptake-guidance

Geoff Barnard: Top ten tips in research communication

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Han van Dijk, research uptake manager @ NWO - WOTRO