Global research, vital for economic and social progress, remains largely inaccessible due to costly paywalls and inequitable publishing models. South Africa’s 2025 G20 leadership presents an opportunity to champion transformative, inclusive reforms in research publishing.
In this newsletter we celebrate the community’s achievements across the year, share updates and information about the work of AuthorAID – including how you can continue to support us – and tell you about plans and activities for next year.
Drawing on perspectives from partners in the AQHEd-SL project, INASP explored our experiences of being a minor partner in a Sierra Leone-led project with many partners and what we could learn about being a good partner.
This brief highlights the main elements of the capacity development system in Ghana’s Civil Service and identifies key existing issues affecting these elements.
This brief shares reflections from evidence diagnostic exercises with government agencies in Pakistan and Uganda, undertaken as part of the Strengthening Evidence Use for Development Impact (SEDI) programme.
14 case studies from around the world exploring teacher professional development programs that support, improve, and harness teaching capabilities and expertise.
Developed by INASP and Purpose & Ideas, the Context Matters Framework is a participatory tool to help detect and understand the best entry points to improve the use of knowledge in a public agency.
Realising the potential of Africa’s young people requires a step change in teaching and learning within Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). This working paper describes how putting teachers at the centre of the change process, offers the possibility for real transformation.
In 2020 INASP helped Research4Life to learn more about our users' needs and challenges by carrying out an extensive survey and evaluation of users across multiple countries and institution types.
How the approach to delivering critical thinking training in Sierra Leone's higher education has been adapted, firstly in response to initial identification of challenges and again as a result of COVID-19 lockdowns.
Using the Context Matters framework to address the policy question: How can the culture of evidence-informed decision-making in the Brazilian public sector be improved? (in English and Portuguese)
This learning brief summarises the experience of designing, conducting, and reflecting on a novel methodology for understanding the political economy of government agencies’ use of evidence.
This learning brief summarises insights from the analysis phase of the Strengthening Evidence Use for Development Impact (SEDI) programme, which was funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and implemented in Ghana, Pakistan, and Uganda.
