Research for Impact

This course is about the Research for Impact approach - a set of principles and practices that will help you to make your research more impactful. Traditionally, the goals and outcomes of research projects were to contribute knowledge and communicate this knowledge through academic publications and journal articles. But If we truly want our research to have an impact, we need to do research differently. Research that influences change in policy, practice, behaviour, and attitudes. On this six-

• Understand the interconnected elements of Research for Impact in development and adaptation research
• Identify activities involved in Research for Impact to influence policy, practice, and behavior change
• Appraise opportunities and challenges in research plans through a Research for Impact perspective