On April 27 2022, members of UKCDR’s COVID CIRCLE Researcher Community (CCRC) came together with UK funders to discuss the impact of social sciences research on the COVID-19 pandemic response. The webinar was chaired by Dr Nina Gobat, lead of the WHO COVID-19 Social Science Technical Working Group.
In the final installment of UKCDR's Black History Month series, Dr Bintu Mansaray, a mid-career social science researcher from Sierra Leonne, shares five changes she would like to see happen in the next decade in international development research.
How can the REF support international development. © NASAJSC The Research Excellence Framework (REF) assesses the quality and impact of research in the UK, and in 2014 was...
Working at the science-policy interface is diverse and it led me to completely rethink my own research interests, methods and impact. I spent 18 months seconded to the...
A lot of targets will require a lot of work, but research can help (Image: Roger Smith) As most of our readers will probably know, this week has been a biggie for global...
The winning impact, a film of life in the Indian Himalayas (Image: Oxford University) The Economic and Social Research Council recently held the award ceremony for...
What is the impact of research carried out to support international development and humanitarian relief efforts? What are the social returns on investment from this...
This is a report of the non-academic impact of international development research conducted at UK universities. The analysis, commissioned by UKCDS, is based on the case...
UK research has contributed to the wealth and well-being of every nation in the world. This is one of the messages from a number of studies that have published their results...
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) recognised some of its researchers’ hard work at its inaugural Impact Awards. 82 applications were whittled down to one...