RAPID welcomes the opportunity to work with students on relevant postgraduate projects. We present the student projects here in the form of extended essays. They are based on a limited number of interviews with staff in the agencies concerned, and have been carried out under university deadlines. As such they provide brief and interesting insights into topics that are relevant to research-policy linkages. The opinions are those of the authors, and the organisations concerned have given permission for the material to be published.

Click on the links below to read about the following projects:

• Cross-case Analysis: UK-based Civil Society Organisations and the Research/Policy Link, by Catarina Andrade, Setsu Kanto, Luckshmi Sivalingam and Stacey Swimer (LSE). This report examines three case studies where UK-based CSOs used research to influence development policy processes. More…
  
  
• Communication of Research for Poverty Reduction: Benchmark Survey of Communication Strategies in Development Research Organisations, by Carla Lacerda, Hari Ram and Kate Wood (LSE). A review of the communication practices of four development think tanks and research institutes in the United Kingdom. More…
  
  
• Campaigns, Evidence and Policy Influence: Lessons from International NGOs, by Catherine Pitt, Carolin Loehr and Alankar Malviya. This paper examines a range of issues relating to campaigns and policy influence, but focuses particularly on how and when research-based evidence is used. More…