Enduring Results Study 3.0 Entry #1550 29 Mar 2021 5:29 pm Jeffrey A Goecker 19 comments Enduring Results Study 3.0, led by USAID, CRS, and Accenture Development Partnership, is one of the LASER PULSE research studies under Private Sector Engagement buy-in. This study is the third in the series of Enduring Results Studies (ERS), which collect and disseminate evidence on the drivers...
Developing Locally Relevant Measures of Commitment Entry #1549 29 Mar 2021 5:25 pm Jeffrey A Goecker 20 comments A recently-concluded LASER PULSE project, funded by USAID, can offer you insights into measuring local level capacity and commitment. In this research project, Texas A&M (led by Sylvie Hamie and Khalil Dirani) and University of Notre Dame (led by Tushi Baul and Lila Khatiwada) researchers...
LASER PULSE Uganda Project Catalyzing Change in Social Emotional Learning Through Remote Train-the-Trainer Model Entry #1548 29 Mar 2021 5:05 pm Jeffrey A Goecker 8 comments A new LASER PULSE project to develop and test an early childhood evidence-based intervention for social emotional learning in Uganda has begun to implement a train-the-trainer scale-up model. Due to travel constrictions, the team conducted trainings via teleconference with Nakaseke Primary...
LASER PULSE East Africa Award Undertakes Co-design Approach Toward Partnership Entry #1547 29 Mar 2021 4:58 pm Jeffrey A Goecker 12 comments In the Exploring Blockchain Technology to Improve Food Security Through African Indigenous Vegetables project in Western Kenya, we have prioritized a co-design process between the research and research translation partners from the proposal development stage. Egerton University (research),...
Stakeholder Analysis at LASER PULSE Entry #1546 29 Mar 2021 4:54 pm Jeffrey A Goecker 1 comments A key component of LASER PULSE’s Embedded Research Translation model is the collaboration of researchers and practitioners in development research projects. LASER PULSE defines Embedded Research Translation as an iterative codesign process among academics, practitioners and other...
Share Your Research Translation Examples With the Network Entry #1545 29 Mar 2021 4:49 pm Jeffrey A Goecker 1 comments Do you have an experience, project, or best practice on research translation your fellow LASER PULSE Network members should be aware of? Contact us at laserpulse@purdue.edu to see if we can feature your work in a subsequent newsletter.
POKET - An out of the box tool for researchers to deploy their own crowdsourcing engagements. Entry #1544 29 Mar 2021 4:41 pm Jeffrey A Goecker 3 comments POKET is an out of the box tool for researchers to deploy their own crowdsourcing engagements. The focus is on projects that can benefit from self-reported data, high-frequency data capture, citizen-generated data, participatory mapping or community-driven insights. POKET retrofits their suite...
