Our innovative research and advisory work addresses how politics and power shape policies, how services are delivered, and how institutions work.PublicationsEventsCommentProjectsChristian Aid Ireland’s adaptive management approachWe explore Christian Aid Ireland’s approach to adaptive programme management in governance, gender, peace building and human rights. Anti-corruption and decentralisationDeepening understandings of the links between decentralised governance and corruption in Bangladesh and Nigeria.Synthesis report and executive summaryProject pageBlog The Global Learning for Adaptive Management initiative (GLAM)GLAM is a four-year project funded by DFID and USAID to actively identify, operationalise and promote rigorous evidence-based approaches to adaptive management.Explore the project Securing safe roadsEvery year, 1.25 million people are killed in traffic collisions worldwide. Our study looks at why it's not more of a political priority.Literature reviewSynthesis report and case studiesBlogFeature website Thinking and working politically in Somalia: a case study on the Somalia Stability FundNew ODI and TWP research discusses what works in practice when taking a politically smart approach to stabilisation and conflict-prevention. Case studyBlog Doing problem-driven developmentWe look at DFID's 'Economic Policy Incubator' programme in Nepal, a good example of doing PDIA in practice.Read the reportBlog Experimentalism in international support to rule of law and justiceWhat does effective experimentalism look like? The politics of the results agenda in DFIDThis paper analyses the history of results agenda in DFID: how and why it emerged, and the influence of politics.Read the reportWatch the eventA timeline of DFID Beating the superbugs: the role of politics in antibiotic resistance The 'antibiotic apocalypse' is not inevitable, if we're politically smart. The politics of growth: transformative ideas in economicsHow do you achieve inclusive and sustainable economic growth? ThemesAdaptive development, and doing development differentlyService deliveryConflict, violence and securityJustice and rule of lawInclusion, inequality and the politics of institutional changeMigration and displacement Our TeamMarta ForestiPrincipal Research Fellow, Director of the Human Mobility InitiativeMareike SchomerusSenior Research Fellow, Head of Programme, Research Director SLRCPilar DomingoSenior Research FellowTim KelsallSenior Research FellowAlina Rocha MenocalSenior Research FellowAnne BuffardiSenior Research FellowJessica Hagen-ZankerSenior Research FellowDina Mansour-IlleSenior Research OfficerSamuel SharpResearch OfficerErin Shephard-PriceProgramme OfficerGeorge RichardsCommunciations OfficerRichard BatleySenior Research AssociateKaren Barnes RobinsonResearch AssociateDiana CammackResearch AssociateAndy CarlResearch AssociateFreddie CarverResearch AssociateClare CastillejoResearch AssociateLisa DenneyResearch AssociateDeval DesaiResearch AssociateSean FoxResearch AssociateFrederick Golooba-MutebiResearch AssociateDaniel HarrisResearch AssociateRichard MallettResearch AssociateLeni WildDirector of Global Learning for Adaptive Management (GLAM)Ed LawsSenior Research OfficerJessica PriceProgramme Development ManagerDavid BoothSenior Research AssociateGemma HennesseyResearch OfficerHannah Postel Research AssociateMatteo VillaResearch AssociateAmy LeachSenior Communications OfficerSarah ParkerProgramme ManagerView allLatest publicationsWhat does the evidence tell us about ‘thinking and working politically’ in development assistance? Monitoring and learning for country-level portfolio decision-making and adaptation Promoting inclusive governance more effectively: lessons from the Dialogue for Stability programme How DFID can better manage complexity in development programming Making adaptive rigour work: principles and practices for strengthening MEL for adaptive management Resilience and sustainable poverty escapes in Niger: national report Thinking and working with political settlements: the case of Tanzania Migration Policy Practice 8(3): September – October 2018 Comments on International Panel of Social Progress report, Chapters 9 and 12: inequality, democracy and the rule of law A state of contradiction: Sudan’s unity goes South BlogsAoife McCulloughPoverty research in Niger: lessons via WhatsApp Ambassador David Donoghue, Marta Foresti and Helen Dempster163 states just approved the Global Compact for Migration. Now what? Samuel SharpWhat we’ve learnt doing mixed-methods behavioural research in Uganda Marta ForestiLong live multilateralism: why the Global Compact for Migration matters Marta ForestiAquarius, immigration caps and family separation: three lessons for doing migration differently Ambassador David DonoghueThe world’s first global migration agreement: a view from the negotiations Ed LawsWorking in fragile states: learning from the Somalia Stability Fund Marta ForestiWindrush: could this be the end of the ‘hostile environment’ for immigrants? Jessica Hagen-ZankerFour steps to ensure the mobility of social security for migrants Clare CummingsShifting attitudes on road safety: what I learned from Nairobi Upcoming and past events09 December 2018Innovative proposals to enhance migration for development 16 November 2018#AdaptDev workshop 3: value for money and adaptive management 24 October 2018Global Compact for Migration: from political to practical 16 July 2018#AdaptDev workshop 2: Managing the donor-implementer relationship 18 June 2018Managing development agencies: from reform to renewal 24 May 2018#AdaptDev workshop: organisational culture for learning and adaptation 23 March 2018At the crossroads: making Nairobi safer and more efficient 09 February 2018The politics of growth: transformative ideas in economics 15 January 2018Understanding refugee and migrant journeys to Europe 13 December 2017Non-state actors in governance systems: friend or foe? 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