Items tagged:
Social learning
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Using learning partnerships to support change
IIED facilitiates a number of learning partnerships as a way of generating dialogue, encouraging joint learning and agreeing approaches for positive development outcomes
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Using social learning to address climate uncertainties
Uncertainty about the speed and impacts of climate change makes it difficult to design and implement policies that are resilient to long-term climate shocks and stresses. Institutional processes based on social learning offer a flexible approach that can help to address uncertainty and complexity, and enable effective climate responses
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It's the process, stupid
Social learning can be effective in tackling 'wicked' problems such as climate change. And research shows there are better results when strong processes are at the centre of these approaches
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Monitoring and evaluation, and impact evaluation methods
IIED's work in monitoring, evaluation and learning aims to provide the right type of information at the right time to the right people. Our goal is to learn about what works for whom, under what circumstances, how and why
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Decision making in an uncertain climate
A recent IIED study looked at how the process of decision making can help address challenges created by the uncertainties of future climate change. Our research highlighted the benefits of moving from technocratic solutions to a process-based political approach
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Fieldnotes from two cities in India: learning about social learning and climate uncertainty
How can urban planners deal with the unpredictable future impacts of climate change? IIED researchers visited two Indian cities to see how a learning-based approach can help
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Do you have the power to influence your own life?
IIED is keen to open up dialogue across the mining sector, including the voices of the marginalised. Here, Liz Carlile explores the importance of having a voice
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Paper outlines framework to monitor and evaluate social learning approaches
A framework on how to monitor and evaluate social learning approaches while identifying in which contexts social learning works best, and where it is not useful, is now available
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Social learning event features case studies from around the world
A social learning event held in June featured case studies from across the world. Participants agreed to further strengthen and more thoroughly evaluate the social learning aspects of their work
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Which factors are key for successful social learning?
A workshop organised by IIED helped put the final touches on a forthcoming monitoring and evaluation framework, summarising key factors that influence social learning processes
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How do we best create long-term impact that matters to smallholder farmers?
We need a plan. A plan that will guide us towards achieving real impact for smallholders around the world
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Paving the way for social learning in the climate change context
Social learning has been identified as an approach that has the potential to improve the quality of stakeholder participation in and uptake of research
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Making it real: social learning in practice
Our review of the literature and in-depth interviews confirmed five top tips for success in putting social learning into practice.
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New ways to communicate climate change and adaptation - is it time for something “loopy”?
We know that real change takes place when we learn by doing, and as development specialists we are all very good at telling people what to do. But as researchers and practitioners engaged in a shared learning process for change we still have a very long way to go.
