Blog Post
How to “leave no one behind”
How can we ensure everyone benefits from technology? (Image: Theophilos Papadopoulos) Fifteen years is a long time in the world of technology. Futurologists predict that by...
77 search results found
Report on UK-France workshop
UKCDS, in conjunction with the UK Science and Innovation Network, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, the Royal Society and France’s Institut de recherche pour le...
News article
AMR Review calls for a $2 billion Innovation Fund
The Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Review panel, funded by HM Government and the Wellcome Trust though operating with full independence, has published its third...
News article
Improving water security in developing countries
The Improving Water Security for Poor People (IWSP Research) project is being run by researchers at the University of Oxford, supported by £15 million from DFID. The...
News article
Tackling disaster risk in African cities
A new research programme has been announced that will aim to reduce disaster risk in urban sub-Saharan Africa. Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK) is a three-year...
News article
Report: How technology can drive development
Two recent reports from development-minded institutions demonstrate how research and innovation can help achieve global development outcomes. The Shell...
Report
Health Research Capacity Strengthening: A UKCDR Mapping
This report by UKCDR maps 300 health research capacity strengthening schemes in LMICS. It explores funders’ activities at the three levels of the innovation system: the individual, the institution, and the environment/ecosystem, and it investigates the geographical scope and breakdown of activities across thematic area (infectious disease, NCDs, etc.).
Research Uptake Exploratory Workshop
On 16 December UKCDS hosted an exploratory workshop to discuss what funders can do to encourage more research uptake. The event was co-organised with NWO/WOTRO (the development...
Blog Post
Who, what, where?
**The full report is now available to view here** The term ‘capacity strengthening’ may once have been a fresh new buzzword to describe technical assistance activities,...
Blog Post
Supporting countries make their own science
Image: USAID Today saw the launch of the latest ESSENCE Group report – “Seven principles for strengthening research capacity in low- and middle-income countries:...