Enhancing Research Culture: International Development for Impact

This is for University of Portsmouth staff only and will be delivered online by Professor Mark Reed of Fast Track Impact.

This course is targeted at researchers working in areas relevant to international development. Whether you are experienced or new to working in these contexts, this workshop will give you the opportunity to think about how you can do research that delivers Official Development Assistance (ODA) and lasting impacts. The course consists of three sessions:

Session 1: Planning for Impact

• Discussion: diverse, equitable and transdisciplinary research
• An empathic approach to impact
• Exercise: types of impact
• Exercise: Identifying who might be interested in, benefit from or facilitate/block your research
• Partnership building tool
• Planning for impact: introduction to Fast Track Impact template and Theory of Change

Session 2: Increase your success rates and integrate impact into your proposal

• Presentation and discussion: Increasing your success rate
• Small group exercise: what do you like/dislike about how these two teams integrated impact into their proposals?
• Masterclass: integrating impact into international development research proposals

Session 3: Designing and facilitating meetings/workshops with partners and stakeholders

• Designing and facilitating partnership meetings and workshops with stakeholders that are easy to facilitate, efficient and enjoyable.

This is an online event. Joining details will be sent to you after you have registered.