Department
Research and Publications
Plans and coordinates the institutional research agenda, supports researchers, and produces journals, working papers, and policy briefs.
The Department of Research and Publications develops RIO Center's research agenda and supports students, lecturers, and professional researchers throughout the research lifecycle — from proposal review and methodology design through data analysis, reporting, and publication. It also runs the RIO Research Clinic and maintains the Center's research repository.
Responsibilities
What this department is accountable for
- Planning and coordinating research activities
- Developing the institutional research agenda
- Supporting students and professional researchers
- Organizing the RIO Research Clinic
- Reviewing research proposals
- Supporting data collection and data analysis
- Preparing research reports
- Producing journals and working papers
- Developing policy briefs
- Organizing research conferences and seminars
- Promoting research ethics
- Establishing and managing a research repository
Services
What it offers
- Research proposal development
- Questionnaire design
- Research methodology support
- Quantitative and qualitative data analysis
- Academic writing support
- Editing and proofreading
- Research supervision support
- Baseline and endline studies
- Monitoring and evaluation studies
- Needs assessments
- Feasibility studies
- Institutional and sector research