We hold events throughout the year, both independently and jointly with UKCDR members. We also promote events on behalf of our members that are of interest to the research for international development sector.
Join UKCDR and IDRC on 21 September 2023 to discuss how learning from the past and planning for the future can help the research for development community achieve the SDGs.
Join UKCDR for our Annual Stakeholder Event (2023) on amplifying the impact of global development research.
UKCDR and GloPID-R are pleased to announce our upcoming COVID CIRCLE virtual dialogue. This event is free and open to the public. This dialogue will contribute to a wider,...
Join us for our half-day conference, ‘Beyond the Pandemic: The Impact of the COVID-19 Research Response in Low- and Middle-Income Countries’, 13 December 2022.
We are pleased to announce this upcoming virtual event hosted by the UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) and ESSENCE on Health, ‘The role of funders in enabling equitable research collaboration for development’, at the Science Summit at United National General Assembly 77 (UNGA77) on the 26th September.
This event will explore new understandings of research engagement during the pandemic in LMIC settings. This will have implications for the funding of research and research engagement strategies during the current crisis, and the recovery phase and for building future heath emergency resilience.
With the recent cuts in ODA funding for international development research, it is now more important than ever to understand barriers to equitable partnerships and use the lessons learned over the past few years to move from principles to practice. With a focus on UK - Africa partnerships, the event will be an opportunity to listen and share perspectives and experiences on: The role of research and innovation in international development Global partnerships from an African and UK universities perspective How research partnerships have evolved over the past five years How research partnerships are perceived and how we can we approach them in a mutually respectful way How we define impact and how is it embedded in research
This dialogue will facilitate discussion on what global funders have learnt from funding COVID-19 research, with a specific focus on low-and middle-income countries. These lessons provide an opportunity to inform future funding and research practice in epidemics and pandemics.
Watch the event recording here. This meeting brought together global research funders, with the community of researchers to discuss Covid-19 research in low- and middle-income countries. Topics included Clinical research; Health systems & indirect impacts of COVID-19; Transmission; and One Health.