Rosalind Goodrich
Head of research communications, Communications
Strategic and project communications, brand management, writing, editing, web development, project management.
Leading on the Communications Group objective to build strategic research communication skills and best practice throughout IIED. Also responsible for the management and implementation of communications and engagement support associated with the WAVES partnership. Using the learning from in-country policy engagements such as this to inform other projects across the organisation.
Communications and management roles at the Marine Stewardship Council, the British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres, Panos, the Institute of Development Studies, Oxfam and Christian Aid. Also a range of freelance communications projects with the Panos Network and small UK-based voluntary sector organisations.
Education: BA Hons Law, University of Cambridge; MSc Global governance and public policy, University of London
Rosalind Goodrich's blog posts
From the inside out, IIED is taking measures to integrate gender equality into every aspect of our work. Rosalind Goodrich and Morgan Williams report back on institutional learning so far.
There is a risk that policymakers working on the Sustainable Development Goals see the 17 goals as 17 separate issues and fail to integrate efforts to achieve them. Rosalind Goodrich reports on a forum that looked at how natural capital accounting can encourage an integrated approach to achieving the SDGs and provide useful information for policy decisions.
Is the desire to maximise impact through embedded systems cramping our communications creativity? Rosalind Goodrich discusses whether communicators need to relax and be more experimental and entrepreneurial.
It's never too early to start planning a communications and engagement strategy, and Rosalind Goodrich argues that ideally means at the point of designing research.
How to engage a policy audience in an approach they are not familiar with – what we've learnt from our work with WAVES.
A visit to Rwanda with the WAVES programme brings up the question of whether you should communicate when it seems you have nothing substantial to say.
Being disciplined about focusing on what people need to know rather than what you want to tell them will lead to a more effective communications and engagement strategy that resonates with audiences.
The New Year encourages a revival of good intentions and resolutions to work harder at ensuring our research contributes to change.
Protecting an island paradise shouldn't come down to money, but it sometimes seems that way for those trying to ensure that development in the Seychelles is not at the cost of its rich biodiversity.
Life's too short for long, dull text – and when life itself is the topic, it is critical to get the message across in a quick, clear way.