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The power of convening: unveiling the role of UKCDR
In the complex reality of international development, where challenges are multifaceted, funding faces constraints, and solutions require a broad combination of expertise, the...
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Assessing the non-academic impact of UK-funded research: REF2021 through the lens of international development
UKCDR’s new report, ‘The landscape of UK development research impact: An analysis of REF2021 impact case studies’, investigates the type of development research being undertaken in UK higher education institutions (HEIs) and the impact this research has. Reflecting critically on understandings and assessments of impact, the report presents a new framework of six research enablers to support best practice in the research for development community.
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The landscape of development research impact: An analysis of REF2021 impact case studies
This report provides a snapshot of international development research undertaken by UK HEIs in the REF2021 period (2013-2020). Based on the REF2021 definition of non-academic impact, it gives an overview of the types of impact research has in LMICs and globally and how this differs across disciplines and topics.
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Realising the impact of UK international development research: A collection of REF2021 impact stories
This booklet showcases ten case studies submitted to the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF2021). This booklet showcases ten case studies submitted to the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF2021). It highlights the impact of UK international development research by showing the connections between what type of real-life impact is achieved and how research is conducted.
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Driving sustainable urban waste policy and practice in India: Transdisciplinary research for an alternative waste management approach
This case study belongs to the collection, ‘Realising the impact of UK international development research: A collection of REF2021 impact stories‘. While the case study is...
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Children Born of War: Empowering advocacy, enhancing wellbeing and changing their experiences in the present and the future
This case study belongs to the collection, ‘Realising the impact of UK international development research: A collection of REF2021 impact stories‘. While the case study...
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Closing the global mental health gap: Integrating mental healthcare into primary care in Low- and Middle-income Countries
This case study belongs to the collection, ‘Realising the impact of UK international development research: A collection of REF2021 impact stories‘. While the case study is...
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Performing Development: Progressing the UN SDGs in territories subject to multiple stress factors through collaborative arts-based research projects
This case study belongs to the collection, ‘Realising the impact of UK international development research: A collection of REF2021 impact stories‘. While the case study is...
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Mapping malaria transmission: Using hydromorphology to inform public health strategies in Africa
This case study belongs to the collection, ‘Realising the impact of UK international development research: A collection of REF2021 impact stories‘. While the case study is...
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Amplifying Indigenous knowledge in South America: Participatory video and community owned solutions to increase representation within environmental management and governance
This case study belongs to the collection, ‘Realising the impact of UK international development research: A collection of REF2021 impact stories‘. While the case study is...