IDS is thrilled to announce that we will be attending the Global Evidence Summit (GES) as a programme partner for the first time this year.
This quadrennial event is a unique platform designed to facilitate collaboration and partnership across various sectors, with the shared goal of driving evidence-informed policy and turning research into action.
GES offers a valuable opportunity to connect with researchers from other academic fields, expanding our collective knowledge and initiating new multi-sectoral partnerships that will help propel efforts toward global sustainable development.
Using Evidence. Improving Lives.
This year’s theme for the GES is ‘Using Evidence. Improving Lives’, which resonates deeply with our mission, and emphasises the critical role of evidence-informed policy to improve people’s lives across the world.
We are looking forward to participating in a dialogic exchange of ideas about evidence synthesis, translation and implementation, and sharing our learnings on knowledge translation and evidence-informed policy with a wider audience, underscoring our growing prominence in this vital area.
James Georgalakis, Director of Evidence and Impact at IDS, will be presenting work on the power cube, knowledge translation in the Global South, as well as sharing insights on how facilitated learning programmes like the IDS-hosted K4D programme have influenced UK government decision making.
Samantha Reddin, Communications and Impact Manager, will be sharing learnings from the Child Labour Action Research in South and Southeast Asia (CLARISSA) programme, on how global platforms, like the programme’s interactive hard labour website, can shed light on the worst forms of child labour.
Nasreen Jessani, Head of the Knowledge, Impact and Policy Cluster at IDS, will be presenting learnings from research, including research on non-communicable disease policy and practice, knowledge translation in times of crises, and the value and utilisation of issue briefs as knowledge translation and advocacy tools.
Nasreen will also be chairing a plenary session, with panellists Devaki Nambiar, Ladislav Dusek, Laura Boeira, Okwen Patrick, entitled ‘Advocating for greater evidence communication and use of evidence’.
We will also have a stand in the main hall of the conference, where you can come and meet us, find out more about our research and evidence services, and discuss potential ways of working together.
You can view the full timetable for all events at the GES here. Please find all details of our presentations, poster sessions and events below (IDS staff members in attendance are highlighted in bold).
IDS events at the GES
Tuesday 10 September
11:00-12:30 | Varied Aspects of Evidence Translation & Implementation
Stories from the Ground: How Integrated Knowledge Translation Affected Non-communicable Disease Policy and Practice in 5 African Countries
Nasreen Jessani & Anke Rohwer
Wednesday 11 September
12:30-14:00 | Wednesday Poster Session
Knowledge Translation in Times of Crises: An Evaluation of an Academic-Government Partnership to Advance South African COVID-19 Practice Guidelines
Nasreen Jessani, Bey Marrie Schmidt, Taryn Young, Tamara Kredo & Trudy Leong
Thursday 12 September
9:00-10:30 | Advocating for greater evidence communication & use of evidence
Panel: Devaki Nambiar, Ladislav Dusek, Laura Boeira, Okwen Patrick. Chaired by Nasreen Jessani.
12:30-14:00 | Thursday Poster Session
Evidence to Action: The Value and Utilization of Issue Briefs as a Knowledge Translation and Advocacy Tool
Nasreen Jessani, Anke Rohwer, Lynn Hendricks & Hannah Simba
Friday 13 September
9:00-10:30 | Strategies for Knowledge Translation and Implementation 5
Listen to the Kids! Using Global Platforms to Propel Stories of the Worst Forms of Child Labour into the Spotlight.
Samantha Reddin
Integrated Knowledge Translation for NCD policy in South Africa: Using an Implementation Science Approach
Peter Delobelle, Nasreen Jessani, Anke Rohwer & Bey Marrie Schmidt
Understanding and Strengthening Knowledge Translation Platforms (KTPs): A Scoping Review
Nasreen Jessani, Bey Marrie Schmidt, Sara Cooper, Lilian Mayieka, Chanelle Molupo
11:00-12:00 | Educational Initiatives and Programs
Influencing Decision-makers with Evidence from Researchers, Mentors and Networks: The Experience of Embedded Knowledge Translation Training for Operations Research
Nasreen Jessani, Rob Terry, Jacklyne Ashubwe-Jalemba & Ravi Ram
11:00-12:00 | Knowledge Sharing and Transfer across Policy Domains
From Water Security to Gender and Tax: How Facilitated Learning Influenced UK Government Decision-making
James Georgalakis, Jo Howard, and Ben O’Donovan-Iland
11:00-12:00 | Strategies for Knowledge Translation and Implementation 6
Knowledge Translation in the Global South: Bridging Different Ways of Knowing for Equitable Development
James Georgalakis
12:00-13:30 | Friday poster session
Whose Knowledge Counts: Using the PowerCube to Explore Visible, Hidden and Invisible Power Affecting the Production and Use of Evidence
James Georgalakis
Tuesday 10 – Friday 13 September
Stand – Main Hall
We will also have a stand in main hall for the duration of the summit, where you can come and find out more about our research specialisms and short courses on offer.
How to attend
The Global Evidence Summit 2024 is taking place in Prague from 10th-13th September. The final deadline to register attendance is 3rd September 2024, and you can register here.
Follow all our activities at the GES, as well as latest learnings and events from other attending organisations by following the hashtag #GES2024.
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