Home > All Content > Vol 50, No 1 (2019) Exploring Research–Policy Partnerships in International Development Cover Page Edited by: James Georgalakis and Pauline Rose June 2019 Volume 50 Issue 1 This issue aims to identify how partnerships focused on the production of policy-engaged research seek to achieve societal impact and explores the challenges in these processes. The collaborations analysed span academia, civil society and government, from the grassroots to the national and global levels. By locating these examples within the broader debates on interactions between researchers and research users designed to strengthen evidence informed decision making, this publication offers concepts and practices to inform those funding, designing and undertaking development research.  The featured case studies are explored through the perspectives of both researchers and their partners in civil society and policy. They are predominantly taken from a diverse portfolio of research projects funded through the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Department for International Development (DFID) Strategic Partnership. A collaboration with the Impact Initiative, this IDS Bulletin is essential reading for all those in research organisations, development agencies and donors committed to the better use of evidence and learning for development.  Exploring Research–Policy Partnerships in International Development James Georgalakis,	Pauline Rose DOI: 10.19088/1968-2019.100 ABSTRACT FULL ISSUE PDF Foreword Diana Dalton DOI: 10.19088/1968-2019.102 ABSTRACT PDFONLINE ARTICLE Introduction: Identifying the Qualities of Research–Policy Partnerships in International Development – A New Analytical Framework James Georgalakis,	Pauline Rose DOI: 10.19088/1968-2019.103 ABSTRACT PDFONLINE ARTICLE Rethinking Research Impact through Principles for Fair and Equitable Partnerships Kate Newman,	Sowmyaa Bharadwaj,	Jude Fransman DOI: 10.19088/1968-2019.104 ABSTRACT PDFONLINE ARTICLE Pathways to Impact: Insights from Research Partnerships in Uganda and India

The conjunction between the last few decades’ public policy changes and the impact of the growth of immigration in Spain has had a transformative effect on the third sector. The government trend toward outsourcing the management of international development cooperation programs and social services has shifted much of the state’s responsibility onto the shoulders of civil society organizations. The context has subjected them to tensions and changes in the way they take action and the way they are organized. This article, based on two research projects, explores the adaptations and new forms of relationships among the main actors involved in the field of migration and development.

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PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM: MULTIDISCIPLINARY EMERGING PERSPECTIVES ON BUILDING AND MAINTAINING NETWORKS IN AGING.

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igz038.2065 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. S559-S559

Author(s):

Darina V Petrovsky ◽

Jamie N Justice

Keyword(s):

Research Policy ◽

Social Research ◽

Nursing Home Residents ◽

State Level ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Early Career ◽

Transcriptional Networks ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Early Career Researchers ◽

The Impact

Abstract This ESPO Presidential Symposium features a multidisciplinary perspective and recent scientific advances made by early career researchers from each of the GSA scientific sections. They will provide examples of how their work is addressing ways to build and maintain networks in aging and gerontological workforce. These talks will span research on the age-associated transcriptional networks (Biological Sciences, Kulkarni), enhancing care for persons with dementia using a professional healthcare network (Health Sciences, Kovaleva), ways to maintain care networks in nursing home residents (Behavioral and Social Sciences, Kennedy), exploring the impact of social isolation in older adults on the Autism Spectrum (Social Research, Policy, and Practice, Waldron) and reflections on a project that linked aging education and student involvement within the aging network at the state level (Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education, Stephenson). These talks will demonstrate the diversity of aims, strategies, methodologies, and tools employed across disciplines. In addition, these early career researchers will share how they use networks in their own disciplines to advance their science with the goal of building an independent program of research. We will conclude with a discussion on ways to identify synergies across different fields and promote strategies for successful cross-discipline collaboration.

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TRENDS OF RESEARCH OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP (ASPECT OF MODERN HISTORY)

International scientific journal Internauka Series Juridical Sciences ◽

10.25313/2520-2308-2021-10-7633 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Vasyl Ostapiak ◽

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

International Development ◽

World Politics ◽

Strategic Partnership ◽

Global Level ◽

Global Trends ◽

International Partnership ◽

Political Risks ◽

Political Economic ◽

The Impact

The article analyzes the multidimensionality of world politics, which requires global actors to search for conceptual forms of interaction to solve complex international processes, which contributes to deeper cooperation and creating special partnerships. The growing political, economic and military instability at the global level has led to the need for theoretical and practical renewal of foreign policy strategies, as well as for the development of effective mechanisms for collective cooperation. A comprehensive study of the conceptual and applied dimensions of strategic partnership, which is a special tool for aligning the foreign policy of global actors and at the same time serves as one of the effective types of international partnership, allows to take into account the growing political risks and identify ways to mitigate the effects of global destabilization on global actors, identify points of coordination for their strategic engagement and to offer programs of cooperation at the international, transregional and global level of forming partnerships. The strategic partnership of global actors at this stage is marked by the impact of global trends in international development, so the topic is examined through the transition from general to specific, taking into account the problems and processes of globalization that affect all participants in international relations, who are forced to seek optimal solutions for foreign policy issues.

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Introduction: Identifying the Qualities of Research–Policy Partnerships in International Development – A New Analytical Framework

IDS Bulletin ◽

10.19088/1968-2019.103 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

James Georgalakis ◽

Pauline Rose

Keyword(s):

International Development ◽

Research Policy ◽

Analytical Framework

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The impact agenda and critical social research in education: Hitting the target but missing the spot?

Policy Futures in Education ◽

10.1177/1478210317742214 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 169-184 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Karen Laing ◽

Laura Mazzoli Smith ◽

Liz Todd

Keyword(s):

Educational Research ◽

Case Studies ◽

Social Impact ◽

Social Research ◽

Academic Research ◽

Research Impact ◽

Research Quality ◽

Social Sciences And Humanities ◽

Impact Pathways ◽

The Impact

This paper considers whether the impact agenda that has developed over the last decade in UK universities is likely to help create the conditions in which critical educational research makes a more visible difference to society. The UK audit of university research quality (the research excellence framework (REF) now includes an assessment of impact. Impact pathways are requirements of both national and European Union research funding bodies and the Australian Research Council. Issues in the assessment of the social impact of research are explored by the European projects Evaluating the impact of EU SSH, social science humanities, research (IMPACT-EV) and ACcelerate CO-creation by setting up a Multi-actor Platform for Impact from Social Sciences and Humanities (ACCOMPLISSH). For many UK researchers the institutional focus on influencing the world outside the academy has brought welcome support and resources to engage with society and may appear to bring universities back to something approaching their original civic identity. However, evidence from across the academy suggests that impact as depicted in REF impact case studies does not accurately represent the experience either of the academic research endeavour or of impact as it may be more broadly construed. Analysis reported here of 85 highly rated impact case studies in the education unit of assessment of the 2014 REF suggests there is a risk that the REF impact process will embed a shift against qualitative and theoretically driven methodology that is often found in socially critical educational research. Impact is postured as neutral, hiding the neoliberal drive towards research models based on implementation, evaluation and policy. There is a need to create spaces in universities for rethinking of the impact agenda, perhaps looking at value or social creation instead of, or as an integral aspect of, impact.

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Making sense of altmetrics: The perceived threats and opportunities for academic identity

Science and Public Policy ◽

10.1093/scipol/scz001 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 46 (4) ◽

pp. 479-489 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Áine Regan ◽

Maeve Henchion

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Production ◽

Research Policy ◽

Research Evaluation ◽

Research Output ◽

Academic Identity ◽

Research Impact ◽

Analytical Framework ◽

Publicly Funded ◽

Making Sense ◽

Quantitative Indicators

Abstract How research impact is defined and evaluated is much-debated at research policy level. Offering one avenue for capturing societal research impact, altmetrics are proposed as quantitative indicators providing a measure of the reach and attention that a research output, such as a peer-reviewed paper, is receiving online. Eighty publicly-funded food researchers participated in an online mixed-methods engagement study. The analytical framework of sensemaking was used to explore participants’ views of altmetrics as a threat or opportunity for their perceived professional identities. The identities important to our participants included ensuring rigour and quality in knowledge production; communicating and engaging with non-academic audiences; and bringing about tangible and meaningful changes in society. While an appetite for changes to research evaluation was apparent in our study, altmetrics was perceived to introduce a number of different threats as well as opportunities to the academic identity, which will influence its potential uptake and use.

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Assessing the impact of international development policies on the process of civil society participation in urban development in the countries of the South: the case of Syria, 2005–2010

International Planning Studies ◽

10.1080/13563475.2015.1114445 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 101-116

Author(s):

Sacha Hasan ◽

Christopher McWilliams

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Urban Development ◽

International Development ◽

The South ◽

Civil Society Participation ◽

Development Policies ◽

The Impact

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The Effect of Taxation and Corruption on Firm Growth: An Empirical Investigation for Vietnam

Journal of Economics and Development ◽

10.33301/2016.18.03.01 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 5-29

Author(s):

Bich Le Thi Ngoc

Keyword(s):

International Development ◽

Firm Growth ◽

Empirical Investigation ◽

Manufacturing Firms ◽

Economic Management ◽

Tax Rate ◽

Percentage Point Increase ◽

Percentage Points ◽

Point Increase ◽

The Impact

The aim of this study is to analyze empirically the impact of taxation and corruption on the growth of manufacturing firms in Vietnam. The study employed pooled OLS estimation and then instrument variables with fixed effect for the panel data of 1377 firms in Vietnam from 2005 to 2011. These data were obtained from the survey of the Central Institute for Economic Management and the Danish International Development Agency. The results show that both taxation and corruption are negatively associated with firm growth measured by firm sales adjusted according to the GDP deflator. A one-percentage point increase in the bribery rate is linked with a reduction of 16,883 percentage points in firm revenue, over four and a half times bigger than the effect of a one-percentage point increase in the tax rate. From the findings of this research, the author recommends the Vietnam government to lessen taxation on firms and that there should be an urgent revolution in anti-corruption policies as well as bureaucratic improvement in Vietnam.

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Systematic review methodology for development: An example from microfinance

Africanus Journal of Development Studies ◽

10.25159/0304-615x/5079 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 65-77 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Carina Van Rooyen ◽

Ruth Stewart ◽

Thea De Wet

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

International Development ◽

Health Sector ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Systematic Review Methodology ◽

Development Interventions ◽

The Us ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

The Impact ◽

Evidence Based Decision Making

Big international development donors such as the UK’s Department for International Development and USAID have recently started using systematic review as a methodology to assess the effectiveness of various development interventions to help them decide what is the ‘best’ intervention to spend money on. Such an approach to evidence-based decision-making has long been practiced in the health sector in the US, UK, and elsewhere but it is relatively new in the development field. In this article we use the case of a systematic review of the impact of microfinance on the poor in sub-Saharan African to indicate how systematic review as a methodology can be used to assess the impact of specific development interventions.

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