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18 May 2013
Framing the Discourse
Open access Part II: Driving new ways to measure impact

In Part I of his blog on Open Access, Jonathan Harle looked at open access and its implications for research uptake. Here, he takes the discourse further and looks at how open access drives developments in the ways the “impact” of research can be measured.

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Open access Part I: What's in it for Research Uptake?

I spent a week in November at two valuable conferences on a critical issue for researchers across the globe -- open access. The two events were BioMed Central`s Open Access Africa, held at the University of Cape Town, and the Berlin10 open access conference, held at the University of Stellenbosch.

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Research uptake: The kid isn`t all that new on the block

Linda CilliersWhat exactly is research uptake? A lot has been said and written about the concept, much of it by academics, and still it confounds people, even those whose everyday work is tied up with it. Late last year, we featured a series of blogs written by Jeff Knezovich about obstacles to research uptake, the first of which sets out what is meant when we talk about research uptake, explaining also how the concept has evolved over the years. The name may be relatively new,

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Getting the frame right and looking beyond evidence-based policymaking

Two central themes dominated a recent symposium held by the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS). The Poverty of Politics Research and Pro-Poor Policymaking symposium was held in November at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa.

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The challenges of Research Uptake Part IV: Individual barriers

This is the fourth and final blog in the series on the challenges faced by practitioners of Research Uptake. In Part I we explored the concept of Research Uptake, in Part II, we examined challenges that exist at systemic level and in in Part III, we looked at institutional barriers to Research Uptake. This blog deals with individual barriers to Research Uptake. Please let us have your comments.

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