By ACE team Image credit: Experiential What is the question we are thinking about? In the workplace, we often find ourselves navigating hierarchies of management, and interacting with other people. Undoubtedly, being a collaborator in the modern workplace is an essential skillset. At the same time, teams are not always created with cohesion in mind. [...]
By ACE team Photo credit: Shutterstock What is the question we are thinking about? Stress is a natural physical and mental reaction to life experiences. But taken too far, all life’s stresses can impact on our mental health and sense of well being. We’ve all felt it. Anything from everyday responsibilities like work and family [...]
By Promise Nduku Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) attends the synthesisers meeting, held in Cape Town at the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) on the 15th of June 2018. This meeting featured presentations from four organisations involved in evidence synthesis in South Africa and open discussions on potential synergies [...]
What is the question we are thinking about? One Sunday evening, as I was browsing through the local newspaper, a story caught my eye. No more homework for learners in some schools, the headline shouted from the page. As a caregiver to a young child, this headline got me thinking and googling. I found [...]
By Laurenz Langer[1] The theory of evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) is beautiful, elegant, and convincing. But, while really helpful to guide thinking on EIDM, so far has proven rather unhelpful to guide the practice of using evidence, in particular its institutionalisation. I will offer here three key issues with the current theory of EIDM that I believe [...]
[This post was originally published by the University of Johannesburg on April 19, 2018.] The Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) is delighted to welcome two new members of staff – Prof Sandy Oliver from University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom and Prof John Lavis from McMaster University in Canada [...]
By ACE team We all regularly have questions that come up in our everyday lives that we don’t necessarily have answers for, such as should you vaccinate your baby, does school homework really enhance your children’s learning, how can you eat healthier, why should you recycle waste, or does using less water really make [...]
By Laurenz Langer and Natalie Tannous The newly-launched Africa Centre for Evidence exists to encourage the production of policy-relevant research. Without deliberate effort, research may fail to meet decision-makers’ needs or simply gather dust on the shelves of university libraries. A strong and capable state is central to the socio-economic development of any nation. [...]
By Mary Opondo, Researcher at the Africa Centre for Evidence The official launch of the Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) took place at the University of Johannesburg, on 9th October 2017. Despite the rain and thunderstorms, the guests strolled in with excitement at what the Centre had to offer with regards to promoting the use [...]
By Ruth Stewart, Director of the Africa Centre for Evidence This final blog in my series on networks and evidence provides an overview of all I have covered and looks forward to what next. I started by sharing with you why I’ve been thinking about all of this for such a long time now. [...]
