Update Your Profile! Entry #810 06 Dec 2019 12:26 pm Jeffrey A Goecker 0 comments Please update your profiles on LASER PULSE. By doing so, you will provide the LASER PULSE platform more functionality in the future. Your updated information will be used to connect you to other researchers and practitioners within the network in a variety of different ways. We also use...
Announcing the Research for Development (R4D) Conference in Vietnam Entry #809 06 Dec 2019 12:19 pm Jeffrey A Goecker 3 comments Between Feb. 18-20, Indiana University and the LASER PULSE Consortium will convene its third R4D Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, covering (1) Air & Water Pollution and (2) Private Sector and SME Competitiveness. This conference will help participants identify gaps in and understand best...
Why Partner to Translate Research? Entry #808 06 Dec 2019 12:15 pm Jeffrey A Goecker 1 comments We in LASER PULSE, intend to change the way research influences practice. In our experience, early and active collaborations to translate research are the most effective means to ensure that crucial and innovative research can turn into real, on-the-ground outcomes in development. When we talk...
Strengthening Nutrition Research in Laos Entry #807 06 Dec 2019 12:07 pm Jeffrey A Goecker 9 comments Children eat lunch at a school in Laos. Schools in rural areas have struggled with enrollment and consistent attendance as parents keep children home to help with household chores and agriculture work. USDA Food for Education and Catholic Relief Services provide lunches for primary school...
Research for Development (R4D) Conferences: What are they and why are they important? Entry #806 06 Dec 2019 11:44 am Jeffrey A Goecker 54 comments LASER PULSE wants to see researchers working on development problems. For example, we want to figure out how to provide jobs for young people in places around the world where youth unemployment is high. We want to make sure these young people don’t feel that they have to resort to violence...
Tusome: Early-Grade Reading Program Entry #805 06 Dec 2019 11:04 am Jeffrey A Goecker 16 comments University of Nairobi, Makerere University-ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) and Catholic Relief Services under the Long-Term Assistance and Services for Research (LASER) – Partner University-Led Solutions Engine (PULSE) program conducted a case study of the Kenya early grade reading...
