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Filter search resultsRQ+ Research Quality Plus. A Holistic Approach to Evaluating Research
This report describes a holistic approach and assessment framework for evaluating 'research' that goes beyond the traditional deliberative means (e.g., peer review) and often used analytics (e.g., bibliometrics).ResourceAction and reflection: a guide for monitoring and evaluating participatory research
This paper from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) was designed to support those involved in participatory research and development projects with monitoring and evaluation stratResourceDeveloping a research agenda for impact evaluation
Impact evaluation, like many areas of evaluation, is under-researched. Doing systematic research about evaluation takes considerable resources, and is often constrained by the availability of information about evaluation practice.BlogThe Art of Assessing the Impact of Advocacy Work
This paper explores the complex and changing nature of advocacy work, arguing that in many cases standardized forms of Monitoring & Evaluation/ Impact Analysis (M&E/IA) are likely to be inappropriate, as they will probablyResourceAssessing the impact of research on policy
The authors of this review analyse various evaluation methods (including ethnographic and quantitative approaches, focus groups, process tracing, and network mapping and analysis) to find out which ones are the most suitable to evaluate theResourceDesigning and facilitating creative conversations & learning activities
This resource is a companion to The Barefoot Guide 2: Learning Practices in Organisations and Social Change, providing a practical support guide for designing and facilitating engaging and productive conversations and learning experiences.ResourceDialogues
Dialogues refer to a range of learning conversations that go beyond knowledge transfer to include knowledge articulation and translation.MethodSix thinking hats
The Six Thinking Hats method encourages participants to cycle through six different ways of thinking, using the metaphor of wearing different conceptual “hats”.MethodMonitoring the composition and evolution of the research networks of the CGIAR research program on roots, tubers and bananas (RTB)
This Brief provides an example of how Social Network Analysis (SNA) can be used, in the context of agricultural research.Resource