HEART links @FCDOGovUK & other development actors to #health, #nutrition, #education, #socialprotection & #WASH knowledge from around the world.
IDS, Sussex Uni, Brighton, UK
Joined August 2011
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Why is politics critical for understanding #SocialAssistance in #Lebanon? 🗨️
In this video, @samizog (@TPI_lebanon), a partner of the IDS-led #BASICCrises programme, explains how we'll be researching the #political dynamics.
Watch now. 👇
youtu.be/f6L473fiGRE
#humanitarian
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ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY: Social Science in Action Workshops ❗️
Are you an organisation responding to #humanitarian or development issues?
Looking for facilitated workshops to improve how to apply #SocialScience in your work?
Apply before 17 March 2023:👉surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SXTPDCD
ALT Social Science in Action Workshops: Call for Applications
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What can you learn from the SSHAP fellowship?
In this blog, fellows @kemozoum & Mariam Boyon share "5 choses que j'ai apprises grâce à la bourse SSHAP" (5 things they learnt).
Read now in French/English:👉socialscienceinaction.org/bl…
Applications are open for the next English phase!
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS❗️
The next phase of our SSHAP Fellowship.🌍
If you're a #socialscientist or #humanitarian practitioner looking for a tailored training programme, apply before 27 March 2023.📝
Details 👉socialscienceinaction.org/bl…
#Anthrologica @FCDOGovUk @WellcomeTrust
ALT Call for Applications: SSHAP Fellowship Phase 5
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NEW GUIDE 📢
How can your organisation include a systems thinking approach?
Read our 'Systems Thinking and Practice' guide by @jimwoodhill and Juliet Millican from @IDS_UK 📑
k4d.ids.ac.uk/resource/syste…
@FCDOResearch @FCDO_RA @FCDOHumRsch @fp2p
ALT A graphic with a large purple background and and white strip at the top. The K4D and UKAid logos are present on the white stripe. Over the purple background, white text reads 'Resource Guide. Systems Thinking and Practice: A guide to concepts, principles and tools'.
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NEW BLOG from IDS-partnership #BASICCrises ❗️
How has #SocialAssistance responded to climate-related disasters in Pakistan?
Shahida Aman & @ayubjan from @upeshpakistan, and Tahir Zaman from @scmrjems (@SussexUni) discuss the complexities.💭
Read now:👉ids.ac.uk/opinions/how-has-s…
ALT Women by a river in Chitral Credit: Ground Report | Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)
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UPDATE: #Uganda has declared the end of the recent #Ebola outbreak ❗️
After only 4 months since the first case, @MinofHealthUG see this as a result of a strong response from communities & authorities.🌟
Read more from @WHOUganda:👉socialscienceinaction.org/bl…
@JaneRuth_Aceng
ALT Siah Tamba, Ebola survivor and Ebola hero Roger UNMEER/Martine Perret/Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)
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NEW #Ebola BRIEFING ❗️
Whare cross-border dynamics between #Uganda & #Tanzania are playing ou during the current disease outbreak? 💭
@Shelleylees & @markmarchant_ summarise key considerations here:👉socialscienceinaction.org/re…
#EbolaOutbreak
ALT Caption: IOM Ebola treatment unit Credit: UNMEER/Martine Perret/ Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)
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Another new briefing on #Ebola & #borders ❗️
@HughLamarque & Hannah Brown examine the cross-border dynamics between #Uganda and #Kenya in this publication.💭
Read now:👉socialscienceinaction.org/re…
ALT Caption: IOM Ebola treatment unit Credit: UNMEER/Martine Perret/ Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)
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Power struggles: #Electricity and #Colombo’s working-class poor. 💡
@meghal92 from @colombourbanlab, collaborators on the #LivingOffGrid IDS-partnership, discuss the impact of the electricity tariff increase on the #urban poor in this @TheMorningLK article.
Read more.👇
What does energy poverty look like during #lka's economic crisis that also seen a significant increase in electricity tariffs? In her 3rd article on the topic, @colombourbanlab's @meghal92 discusses the impact on working class poor HHs in Colombo. @IDS_UK
themorning.lk/articles/z1Ldd…
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Food insecurity in #Colombo. 🏙️
The #SriLanka crisis has led to precarious economic conditions & unstable #food access - esp. in cities.🥘
In this @groundviews article, @AniGoons from IDS #LivingOffGrid partner, @colombourbanlab, looks at urban #agriculture as a solution.👇
City Resilience Through Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture by Anisha Gooneratne
Read the full article here:
groundviews.org/2022/12/11/c… #lka #SriLanka #agriculture #food #SriLankaEconomicCrisis
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NEW #Ebola BRIEFING.❗️
What are the key considerations for cross-border dynamics between #SouthSudan & #Uganda during the 2022 Ebola outbreak?
Leben Moro (@UniversityJuba) & Alice Robinson (@LSE_ID) outline them here:👉socialscienceinaction.org/re…
@WHOAFRO @Internews_COVID
ALT Caption: Ebola Preparedness Mission to Yei Credit: Roger UNMISS/ Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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NEW BRIEFING on #Ebola in #Uganda. ❗️
How can Risk Communication and Community Engagement (#RCCE) be used to increase preventive behaviours and practices, care & reporting in #Kampala?
@KaawaDavid, @MSchmidtSane & @THrynick present key considerations:👉socialscienceinaction.org/re…
ALT Caption: Siah Tamba, Ebola survivor and Ebola hero Credit: Roger UNMEER/Martine Perret/ Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)
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What has 6 years of #K4D taught us about evidence & learning in development?💭
In this blog, @annabelfenton ( @IDS_UK ) outlines key lessons, as discussed in 2 recent working papers on the research helpdesk & learning journeys.
Read now:👉 ids.ac.uk/opinions/reliable-…
#ImpactOfK4D
ALT Reliable, rapid evidence and learning in development: Lessons from 6 years of K4D
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Interested in more guidance on working with #CivilSociety? Look at these 3 briefing notes:
💪Strengths & weaknesses of #INGOs
📈Evaluating efficacy when promoting #democracy
✊Methods for supporting or countering #SocialMovements
Read now:👉opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/…
@FCDOResearch
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Working with Civil Society 👐
In a learning journey held with @FCDOGovUK , experts, activists & scholars came together to discuss the complexities of #CivicEngagement.
See the series of insights from @NAfadzinu, @TheRingoProject, @intrac_uk
+ others:👉youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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Approaches to Promoting Women’s Rights from a Conservative Islamist Perspective.🙋
In this report, Iffat Idris ( @GSDRC ) explores evidence & examples of shifting #WomensRights from a global definition to a contextualised one:👉 buff.ly/3zwDo1P
@unwomenafrica
ALT A groupfrom Kalioubeya governate protest in Tahrir
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One of our SSHAP Co-Investigators and Director of #Anthrologica, @bedford_juliet, is the 2022 winner of the Marsh Award for Anthropology in the World! 🎉
Read more about the announcement from @RoyalAnthro & @MarshAwards:👉socialscienceinaction.org/bl…
#humanitarian #health
ALT SSHAP Co-Investigator Juliet Bedford wins the Marsh Award for Anthropology in the World
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RELATIONSHIPS with communities are key to successful public health interventions.🔑
This was a finding of work on #COVID19 vaccine equity in @EalingCouncil & Marseille funded by @BritishAcademy_.
Read the 5 lessons on #CommunityEngagement:👉
socialscienceinaction.org/bl…
ALT Caption: Youth Summit 2015 Credit: Jessica Lea/DFID (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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HAPPENING TOMORROW ❗️
Join us at 14:00 (UK time) in Westminster (or online) for the FINAL K4D EVENT exploring Evidence for Action in Turbulent Times with @AdilNajam, @mleach_ids, @DrChrisL, @rhona_ona & @EliyaZulu.📚
There's still time to register:👉eventbrite.co.uk/e/evidence-…
ALT Evidence for Action in Turbulent Times 21 September 2022 14:00 - 17:30