Bruce Currie-Alder is Regional Director, based in Cairo, with Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC). His work examines the governance of public research funding and scientific cooperation with developing countries. His previous experience includes facilitating corporate strategy, contributing to Canada's foreign policy, and work in the Mexican oil industry. He recently co-edited International Development: ideas, experience and prospects (Oxford 2014) which traces the evolution of thinking about international development over the past 60 years. Currie-Alder holds a Master's in Natural Resource Management from Simon Fraser University and a PhD in Public Policy from Carleton University.

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• 1. Expecting more: changing governance of public research ; 2. Research funders: adapting to government expectations ; 3. United Kingdom: between Haldane and Rothschild ; 4. Canada: Hopper's vision of empowerment ; 5. Australia: Crawford's legacy of partnership ; 6. Changing context: public management and research governance ; 7. Looking back: program theory and grantmaking practice ; 8. Looking forward: from foreign aid to global challenges ; 9. Conclusion: the quest for research impact

Bruce Currie-Alder is Regional Director, based in Cairo, with Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC). His work examines the governance of public research funding and scientific cooperation with developing countries. His previous experience includes facilitating corporate strategy, contributing to Canada's foreign policy, and work in the Mexican oil industry. He recently co-edited International Development: ideas, experience and prospects (Oxford 2014) which traces the evolution of thinking about international development over the past 60 years. Currie-Alder holds a Master's in Natural Resource Management from Simon Fraser University and a PhD in Public Policy from Carleton University.

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• 1. Expecting more: changing governance of public research ; 2. Research funders: adapting to government expectations ; 3. United Kingdom: between Haldane and Rothschild ; 4. Canada: Hopper's vision of empowerment ; 5. Australia: Crawford's legacy of partnership ; 6. Changing context: public management and research governance ; 7. Looking back: program theory and grantmaking practice ; 8. Looking forward: from foreign aid to global challenges ; 9. Conclusion: the quest for research impact

Bruce Currie-Alder is Regional Director, based in Cairo, with Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC). His work examines the governance of public research funding and scientific cooperation with developing countries. His previous experience includes facilitating corporate strategy, contributing to Canada's foreign policy, and work in the Mexican oil industry. He recently co-edited International Development: ideas, experience and prospects (Oxford 2014) which traces the evolution of thinking about international development over the past 60 years. Currie-Alder holds a Master's in Natural Resource Management from Simon Fraser University and a PhD in Public Policy from Carleton University.

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• 1. Expecting more: changing governance of public research ; 2. Research funders: adapting to government expectations ; 3. United Kingdom: between Haldane and Rothschild ; 4. Canada: Hopper's vision of empowerment ; 5. Australia: Crawford's legacy of partnership ; 6. Changing context: public management and research governance ; 7. Looking back: program theory and grantmaking practice ; 8. Looking forward: from foreign aid to global challenges ; 9. Conclusion: the quest for research impact