The SCL Agency

03/03/2026

𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵. 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲.

Interested in applying to the 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 (𝗘𝗩𝟰𝗚𝗛) 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲?

Join our online information-sharing webinar to explore how EV4GH equips emerging health policy and systems researchers, decision-makers, implementers, and knowledge brokers with the skills, networks, and global exposure needed to influence health systems and policy debates.

This session will unpack what the venture offers, how the blended programme works, and what it takes to become part of a powerful global network of Emerging Voices.

📅 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟯 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
⏰ 𝟯:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠 – 𝟰:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠 (𝗚𝗠𝗧)
📍 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺 & 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸

🔗 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸: https://forms.gle/Hqgh9XUaJEQKAocK6

If you are serious about applying — this session is for you.

18/02/2026

Last year, we were out and about, across the UK and beyond, delivering hands-on, creative and fun capacity-strengthening workshops.

We’ve worked with research programmes, community groups and mixed teams who want to build skills that help them get closer to their aims, whether that’s developing participatory approaches, strengthening reflexive practice, or feeling more confident sharing their work.

Everything we do is tailored. Recent sessions have included planning your own podcast, introductions to research, participatory and co-production research, and working with power, positionality and reflexivity. Courses can be online or in person, and we regularly work with people who are trying these things for the first time.

If you’re thinking about developing your team’s capabilities and want to talk through what might be useful, get in touch with us at SCL for a chat.

12/02/2026

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗲!

🎙️👉https://bit.ly/CCS_89

As our Backlash, Resistance and the Path to Gender Justice mini-series comes to an end, we wanted to share a final reflection — and to say thank you.

The final episode (part two of the finale) brings the series to a close by moving from analysis to action. The conversation focuses on what it really takes to move beyond gender awareness towards gender-responsive and gender-transformative practice. Across the discussion, themes of power, participation, intersectionality and context come through strongly, alongside the practical choices researchers and practitioners face when working amid backlash.

One message runs through the series as a whole: gender cannot be treated as an add-on. It is embedded in everyday life, systems and crises, and engaging with it ethically requires reflexivity, collaboration and attention to power.

We’re very grateful to all of the guests who contributed their thinking, experience and time across the six episodes. These conversations were generous, challenging and deeply grounded in practice.

A particular thank you to Ishrat Jahan for being such a thoughtful co-host throughout the series, helping to guide the discussions with care and clarity. And thank you to Nazia Zebin for her support behind the scenes, especially in helping us navigate some of the practical and contextual challenges of working across Bangladesh — support that was essential to making this series possible.

If you’ve joined us partway through, all episodes are available to catch up on. The earlier episodes are all available wherever you get your podcasts, just search for ‘Connecting Citizens to Science’. And if these conversations resonate, please do share the series with colleagues and peers who are grappling with questions of gender, power and justice in their own work.

• Tackling Gender Backlash During Crises: https://bit.ly/CCS_E82
• Gender Backlash and the Erosion of Everyday Rights: https://bit.ly/CCS_83
• Allyship in Gender Justice: https://bit.ly/CCS_84
• Disability and Gender Justice: https://bit.ly/CCS_85
• Art and Activism for Gender Justice: https://bit.ly/CCS_86
• Understanding Gender as a System Part 1: https://bit.ly/CCS_88

BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health Sida - Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete CREA

11/12/2025

We’ve just released Part One of our two-part finale in the Gender Justice podcast series, Backlash, Resistance, and the Path to Gender Justice.

When we recorded this final conversation, it became clear that it covered so many areas that are relevant for people working across health, rights and development that we needed to give it more space! So this is the first of two linked episodes 😁

In Part One, we explore gender as a complex social system and look at why those dynamics become even more visible during crisis conditions. We also reflect on how gender shapes everyday life, opportunity and vulnerability, and why it cannot be treated as an add-on in research, programming or policy.

If you’re joining this series for the first time, it’s also worth exploring the earlier episodes. Across the mini-series we’ve spoken with researchers, activists and practitioners about how gender justice is shaped, challenged and negotiated in different contexts.

Listen to Part One of the finale here:
https://bit.ly/CCS_88

This Connecting Citizens to Science mini-series is produced by the SCL Agency, in collaboration with:
• Countering Backlash, Reclaiming Gender Justice (Institute of Development Studies, funded by Sida)
• Our Voices, Our Futures (CREA-supported, funded by the Embassy of the Netherlands)

Catch up on previous episodes:
• Tackling Gender Backlash During Crises: https://bit.ly/CCS_E82
• Gender Backlash and the Erosion of Everyday Rights: https://bit.ly/CCS_83
• Allyship in Gender Justice: https://bit.ly/CCS_84
• Disability and Gender Justice: https://bit.ly/CCS_85

Part Two of the finale will be released soon, where we move from understanding gender to taking action — looking at the tools, frameworks and approaches that help us work more responsibly and effectively with communities.

BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health Sida - Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete CREA

21/10/2025

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁 — 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀?

As guest Nusaiba Sultana explains, integrating activism into everyday culture can help people engage with issues they might otherwise avoid — especially around gender justice. Behavioural science also shows that subtle messages can sometimes be more effective than telling, opening space for learning and dialogue without defensiveness.

In a time of rising gender backlash and shrinking civic space, these approaches are vital for building solidarity, sustaining joy, and protecting those involved.

🎧 Listen to the full episode 👉 https://bit.ly/CCS_86

This episode is part of a six-part mini-series on gender justice, produced by the SCL Agency for the Connecting Citizens to Science podcast, in collaboration with:

• Countering Backlash, Reclaiming Gender Justice (led by Institute of Development Studies, funded by Sida - Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete)
• Our Voices, Our Futures (CREA-supported, funded by the Embassy of the Netherlands)

Check out the previous episodes here:
• Tackling Gender Backlash During Crises https://bit.ly/CCS_E82
• Gender backlash and the erosion of everyday rights https://bit.ly/CCS_83
• Allyship in Gender Justice https://bit.ly/CCS_84
• Disability and Gender Justice https://bit.ly/CCS_85

📲 We’d love to hear from groups working at the intersection of art, activism, and gender justice — how are you already bringing creativity into civic spaces? Tag your organisations and join the conversation.

Oroddho Foundation UN Women Bangladesh CARE Bangladesh UK in Bangladesh ActionAid Bangladesh BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health

25/09/2025

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴!

This week marks three years since The Stop, Collaborate and Listen Agency was founded. What started as a conversation between co-founders Sarah Glover and Dr. Kim Ozano has grown into a thriving agency that approaches research and dissemination in a way that connects people, practice and policy.

From day one, our aim has been to challenge the usual boundaries of research and knowledge sharing. We wanted to create a space where rigorous research and creative communication sit side by side, ensuring that insights don’t just live in reports but reach the people who can use them.

Over these three years, we’ve worked with incredible clients who have trusted us to capture experiences, test new approaches and share stories in accessible ways. Each project has expanded our knowledge, often in directions we didn’t expect, and we’re deeply grateful to those who have supported us through this journey.

Looking forward, the next 12 months are especially exciting. We’ll be:

• Continuing to develop our specialist understanding of the Welsh social care landscape.
• Contributing to the evidence base for international policymaking, with a particular focus on gender and equity.
• Exploring innovative and creative media projects that stretch what dissemination can look like.

To our clients, collaborators and community: thank you. Your support has helped us grow and shape the agency we are today.

And to those we haven’t yet worked with — we’d love to talk about how we can create meaningful change together in the years ahead!

11/09/2025

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀?

In our latest episode of Backlash, Resistance and the Path to Gender Justice, Ayon Debnath, Campaign Adviser for Sightsavers, shares his reflections:

“The government has not really been able to come out from the charity model. All they think about doing is just providing some social allowance for them and that is how they define their education, their job employment and social participation rights by the sake of giving some money under the social allowance.”

🎧 Listen here: https://bit.ly/CCS_85 or search Connecting Citizens to Science wherever you get your podcasts (including YouTube).
This six-part mini-series features two research programmes:

– Countering Backlash, Reclaiming Gender Justice (led by Institute of Development Studies, funded by Sida - Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete)
– Our Voices, Our Futures (a -supported programme, funded by the Embassy of the Netherlands).

We’d love to hear from those working in gender, disability, and inclusion — whether through advocacy, research, or community-led organising. What does moving beyond “charity” look like in your context?

11/06/2025

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵, 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲.

Across the world, moments of crisis, whether economic, political, or environmental, can fuel a resurgence of patriarchal power, reinforcing traditional gender norms and limiting freedoms.

This can shape access to health services, civic space, and rights for everyone. This new six-part series on Connecting Citizens to Science explores how gender backlash is unfolding across the Global South and what feminist movements are doing to resist it. Co-hosted by researchers from the Counter Backlash, Reclaiming Justice and Our Voices, Our Futures programmes, we’ll hear from researchers, activists, and community leaders in Bangladesh, Lebanon, Kenya, and beyond, sharing stories and reflections on gender justice, health, and resilience.

Listen to the first episode here: https://bit.ly/CCS_E82 , for YouTube https://youtu.be/ib-2_lF0IrU or search 'Connecting Citizens to Science wherever you get your podcasts.

In this opening episode of the mini-series, we explore how moments of crisis—from economic collapse to political instability—create fertile ground for anti-f...

13/05/2025

Our final mini-series episode in the Connecting Citizens to Science on research capacity strengthening is now live!

In this episode, we speak with inspiring clinician-researchers from the PACTS programme who share how pursuing a PhD, embedded within real-world health programmes, can strengthen clinical practice and lead to meaningful, sustainable change.

From improving sickle cell care to mentoring future health leaders, they show how research, when grounded in context, becomes a tool for systems transformation.

📌 Research isn’t separate from practice, it’s central to it. And when supported early and embedded meaningfully, it can shift how health systems work for everyone.

🎧 Listen now to hear how these clinician-researchers are learning by doing, influencing policy, and building capacity for the long term.

👉 https://bit.ly/CCS_E81

💬 Let us know what stood out to you in the comments 👇

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine - LSTM

22/04/2025

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵?

In our latest Connecting Citizens to Science podcast episode, created in partnership with the Centre for Capacity Research, Bernard Appiah (Assistant Professor at Syracuse University and media lead for the programme) shared a powerful reminder:

“𝘐𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵. 𝘖𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥...”

At SCL, we believe media professionals, journalists, producers, content creator, aren’t just there to “translate” research once it’s finished. They’re key partners in the research process itself.

That’s why in the programme, journalists and researchers were trained together. They learned how to speak each other’s language. They collaborated on how to communicate the science accurately, and in the spaces where people actually receive information—like radio, newspapers, or WhatsApp.

And importantly, media content became more than just outreach. Interviews, articles, and podcasts were treated as data, evidence of how communities understand health issues and where policies or services could be improved. That’s research capacity strengthening in action.

We also want to talk honestly about language. Terms like “narrative” or “storytelling” can be powerful, but they’re not always taken seriously in academic settings. At SCL, we use storytelling rigorously and respectfully. These are co-created, evidence-informed accounts, are no less valuable than a journal article, and often more accessible.

So, if you’re thinking about how to use podcasting, creative media, or storytelling as part of your research or communication strategy—not just to share outcomes, but to shape them—we’d love to chat.

🎧 Listen to the episode: https://bit.ly/CCS_E80

📩 Get in touch with us at the SCL Agency to find out more about integrating media into your global health work.

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine - LSTM LiverpoolSickle Cell

14/04/2025

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴?

Research capacity strengthening (RCS) is about equipping researchers, health workers, and communities to take a problem from initial question through to real-world solutions.

When RCS is embedded in implementation projects, it fosters local leadership, promotes equity, and bridges the gap between evidence and practice. In our new three-part mini-series, we explore how the PACTS project has woven RCS into patient-centred sickle cell disease management across sub-Saharan Africa.

Listen to how RCS drives better patient care, supports knowledge translation and uptake and why it matters for global health.

Here's the full episode (or download where you get your podcasts): 𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘣𝘪𝘵.𝘭𝘺/𝘊𝘊𝘚_𝘌79

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine - LSTM