Caroline Cassidy

RAPID - Communications Officer, Research and Policy in Development

Caroline is RAPID's Communications Research Officer and Communications Manager for the DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme. She specialises in policy engagement and research communications, and has advised on a variety of projects and trainings for organisations including IDRC, 3ie, the World Bank, Trust Africa, the South African Presidency (PSPPD), Islam Research Programme for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Vietnamese Academy of Social Science (VASS), Mekong Economic Research Network (MERN), the EC Instrument for Stability (IfS) and the Center for Inclusive Growth Nepal. She was also a Communications Officer for the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) consortium during its inception phase.

Prior to ODI, Caroline managed a fundraising and communications strategy at the international media charity tve. She also has experience in TV, radio and digital production, and has worked for companies including BBC, Silver River Productions, Channel Four and Films of Record. In addition, Caroline speaks Spanish, French and Russian.

Outputs

Is it time to ban the term 'dissemination'?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 19 August 2013

'Using the word ‘dissemination’ often implies a form of ‘lazy’ communication: like throwing a stone in a pond, there are ripples, but you are never quite sure where it is going to land and what it might do. It's time we caught up with the new era of research communications.'

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The power of film: turning your talking head video into a story

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 5 November 2012

'Unless you have a professional or semi-professional in house, or at the very least a good editor, then you are going to have to call on external help... once you have selected a professional, it’s time to sit down and give them a strong, clear brief about what you want. Be as explicit as you can.'

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The power of film: do it yourself - the talking head

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 27 September 2012

'Producing an online film could be one of the best small investments you make as part of a wider communications strategy for a think tank or organisation. But how best to do it?'

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Women carrying cartons of oil, IDP camp, Uganda

DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme

Projects - September 2012 to August 2016

ODI is leading the Evidence and Policy Group for the DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme, which seeks to generate high quality evidence on economic growth in low income countries

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3ie grantees policy influencing clinic

Event - Workshop - 16 - 18 July 2012

The workshop aims to ensure that 3ie grantees are familiarised with principles, processes and tools of evidence-informed policy influencing, research communication strategies and principles for measuring policy impact of research and can use these to build on and improve their policy engagement strategies. John Young, Caroline Cassidy and Ajoy Datta will be facilitating the workshop in collaboration with representatives from 3IE

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