The Covid Collective research platform was launched in October 2020, and initially brought together the expertise of eight core partner organisations, coordinated by the Institute of Development Studies. The Collective rapidly evolved into a continuously developing platform for new research to build upon, and for wider, evidence-based engagement with key policy- and decision- makers.

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...