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AEN May 2022 Newsletter

2022-05-20 advocates informs learns news

Happy Africa Month! In this month's AEN newsletter, read about expanding engaged research and evidence-use around the world, and receive lessons on how digital technologies can help researchers better engage with policymakers and practitioners from the International Network for Advancing Science and Policy. The AEN continues to showcase and celebrate our evidence champions, immerse in reading the three recently published Africa Evidence Leadership Award (AELA 2022) winner blogs.

Read all this and so much more in the May edition of the AEN newsletter!

 

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