Tag Archives: private sector

SURe workshop at The Broker day: private vs. public actors in development

Posted on December 10, 2019 by

  Written by Arthur Rempel and Yannicke Goris On 6 November 2019, The Broker – the Unusual Suspect’s knowledge brokering partner – hosted the Broker Day. Joined by policymakers, academics, and representatives from the private sector and civil society, The … Continue reading →

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Looking forward to the Broker Day!

Posted on September 12, 2019 by

The Unusual Suspect team are looking forward to this year’s Broker Day which will take place on 6 November 2019 (13:00–18:00) in the Hague at the Bazaar of Ideas, organized by The Broker: Connecting world’s of knowledge. The Broker is … Continue reading →

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Nairobi.Knowledge.Week

Posted on September 9, 2019 by

Sarah Cummings of the Unusual Suspect team will making the presentation Knowledge brokering with the private sector in multi-stakeholder partnership: lessons and ways forward at the forthcoming Knowledge for Development Partnership Conference on 25-26 September to be held at the … Continue reading →

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Interview with an unusual suspect

Posted on July 2, 2019 by

On 15 May 2019, an interview Unpacking the private sector with Sarah Cummings, written by Yannicke Goris and Arthur Rempel on The Broker as part of its Inclusive Economy Africa Programme.

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Most read article

Posted on March 25, 2019 by

The article published by the Unusual Suspect team in the ISI-ranked journal Information Development in October 2018 has been identified as the journal’s most read article, having been read 556 times since in the last 6 months. It can be found … Continue reading →

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The evidence base for knowledge brokering

Posted on January 10, 2019 by

In October 2018, Sarah Cummings and Edith van Ewijk published an article on Expanding the evidence base on knowledge brokering in international development which presents the preliminary results of the three projects of the Science for Using Research (SURe) programme, including … Continue reading →

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Breaking down silos in international development

Posted on October 16, 2018 by

On 15 October 2018, a new blog Breaking down silos is the first step towards fruitful policy making was published on the Broker Online by Suzanne Kiwanuka of the Unusual suspects team. In the blog, Suzanne Kiwanuka emphasizes the need … Continue reading →

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The private sector in international development policy

Posted on July 10, 2018 by

On 27 June 2018, I made a presentation in the session on What role for the private sector in challenging global inequality? at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Development Studies Association, held at the University of Manchester, UK. The session … Continue reading →

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Blog: Research results from the first six months

Posted on May 24, 2018 by

The Unusual Suspect team took part in a one-day meeting on 3 April 2018 at the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), The Hague, where we presented our results. Given that the project started on 1 September 2017, we were effectively … Continue reading →

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Blog: The missing ingredient? Adding knowledge to Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals

Posted on November 8, 2017 by

Sarah Cummings – Knowledge is a catalyst and an indispensable ingredient in all human progress and development. Despite this, as many commentators are discovering, knowledge is missing from Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals. But recent developments seem to … Continue reading →

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