New relationships accelerate impact. We connect social scientists and practitioners working to understand and solve complex social problems.
We offer three services:
1) an interactive workshop on how to build diverse working relationships
2) a hands-on matchmaking service
3) an online platform for self-matchmaking
Interested in our matchmaking services and/or our relationship-building workshops? Read here for how they work. On this page we're also sharing what we're learning about building successful researcher-practitioner relationships and expanding the use of research evidence via a series of one-page briefs.
February 2019 in Cebu, Philippines:
Rare invited us to lead our "How to be Helpful: Building Relationships for Social Impact" workshop as part of their Global Fish Forever Summit. This summit included 50+ staff members from Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Here's what Claudia (one of the summit's organizers) shared afterwards:
“Adam was a great addition to our Fish Forever Summit in the Philippines! In preparation for the event, he took the time to understand our program implementation staff, welcoming ideas on how to make his presentation relevant to the opportunities and challenges they face in establishing voluntary collaborative relationships. He was engaging, informative and fun, built off participant’s experiences and provided ample space for practice and questions. We’re excited to apply our new skills in workshops, site visits, meetings, remote and in-person mentoring and many more interactions across our diverse stakeholder networks.”
In February 2019 we were invited to lead our workshop on the behavioral science of relationship-building, How to be Helpful: Building Relationships for Social Impact, as part of Rare's Fish Forever Summit in Cebu, Philippines.
In February 2019 we were invited to speak about the process of building successful academic-practitioner research collaborations at the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). This was part of SSRC's Anxieties of Democracy program.
In January 2019 we were invited to lead our workshop on the behavioral science of relationship-building, How to be Helpful: Building Relationships for Social Impact, as part of the GI-ACE Inception Workshop in London.
In January 2019 we were invited to lead How to be Helpful: Building Relationships for Social Impact, our workshop on the behavioral science of relationship-building, at the Climate Advocacy Lab's Research + Experimentation workshop in Washington DC.
In December 2018 r4i's Adam Levine presented as part of a symposium entitled "New Directions in Academic-Practitioner Research Collaborations" at the University of Barcelona (slides here!).
In December 2018 r4i's Jake Bowers and Adam Levine took part in a meeting at Georgetown University to develop best practices for academic-researcher research partnerships. The meeting was co-hosted by EGAP (Evidence in Governance and Politics) and the MIT GOV/LAB.
In October 2018 r4i's Adam Levine presented our matchmaking methodology and what we've learned so far about how to build successful researcher-practitioner relationships (slides here!).
In April 2018 r4i's Adam Levine presented at Booz Allen Hamilton's Innovation Center in Washington DC.
Founded in 2017 by ADAM SETH LEVINE, DONALD P. GREEN, and JAKE BOWERS.