How did one LSE research centre have real world impact?

Duncan Green looks at the unpredictable but fascinating ways that one of LSE’s many research centres influenced policy, practice and world views. To find out he conducted open-ended interviews with a number of researchers at the Centre for Public Authority and International Development (CPAID). He found that in addition to the quality of the research, the importance of relationship networks, highlighting findings that are surprising/unexpected, and responding to shocks and crises are all crucial to impact.