The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the nature of research – while it has increased the demand for evidence to inform decision-making, it has further disrupted both the policy-influencing and engagement activities that would usually accompany such research. This report is based on an analysis of 90 research projects supported by the Covid Collective, COVID CIRCLE...

The report provides lessons and recommended practices for all those funding and designing social science research for development and seeking to maximise its impact beyond academia.