Laurenz Langer
Biographic Data
| ID | 1400178 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laurenz Langer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laurenz |
| FAMILY NAME | Langer |
| SIGNATURE | LANGER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Johannesburg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Coastal and Terrestrial Water-Sector Interventions in Developing Countries
The changing climate severely affects global water resources, threatening water security goals. However, our understanding of the impact of key interventions, particularly in coastal zones and certain types of terrestrial water projects, is limited. This review aims to systematically assess the effectiveness of coastal and terrestrial water-sector interventions at different scales in developing countries. The goal of this systematic review is to …
Coastal and Terrestrial Water-Sector Interventions in Developing Countries
Climate change is severely affecting global water resources and threatening water security goals. However, our understanding of the impact of key interventions, particularly in coastal zones and certain terrestrial water projects, is limited. The primary objective of this systematic review is to identify, assess and synthesize evidence on the effectiveness of coastal and terrestrial water sector interventions in achieving desired outcomes at vari…
Behavioural Science Interventions in Development and Environmental Fields in Developing Countries
Human behaviour is a key driver of climate change yet rigorous empirical guidance is lacking in terms of how behavioural science can effectively support adaptation and emissions reductions in developing countries. This article presents an evidence gap map and the approach for a systematic review on the effectiveness of behavioural science interventions on environmental and development outcomes. The article consists of two parts. First, the articl…
Improving social justice in observational studies
Achieving global imperatives such as the Sustainable Development Goals (e.g., SDG 10 Reduced inequalities, SDG 3 Good health and wellbeing) requires advancing health equity in research. The implementation of the STROBE-Equity guidelines will enable a better awareness and understanding of health inequities through better reporting. We will broadly disseminate the reporting guideline with tools to enable adoption and use by journal editors, authors…
Transforming evidence for policy
For decades, researchers, knowledge brokers and policymakers have been working to increase the use of evidence in policymaking. This has spanned a wide range of approaches, from developments in evidence generation, to efforts to increase demand amongst decision-makers, and everything in between. Policymakers are central in this process, and we have well documented examples of how the policy system in some countries is increasingly embedding evide…
Reflections on mentoring experiences for evidence-informed decision-making in South Africa and Malawi
This article is based on the consensus that the availability and utilisation of research enhances policy discussions. The article reflects on the experiences within one approach: capacity building through mentoring. The UJ-BCURE programme aimed to increase the capacity of decision-makers to use evidence in decision-making via mentoring models. Mentoring is described as an interactive, facilitated process that promotes learning. The features of th…
Practical reflections on combining workshops and mentorships to build capacity in demand and use of evidence in government organisations
Decision makers’ capacity to use evidence is a key component of evidence-informed decision making (EIDM) at a policy level. This paper describes a unique combination of EIDM workshops and mentoring to build decision makers’ capacity to use evidence. It reflects how the deliberate design of sequential workshop and mentoring capacity-building activities enhanced programme effects and reports on the design features that we believe have most contribu…
Building capacity for evidence-informed decision making
To maximise the potential impact and acceptability of EIDM capacity building, there is a need for programmes to coordinate their remits within existing systems, playing both ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ roles. Through a review of the South African evidence-policy landscape and analysis of a stakeholder event that brought together EIDM role players, this paper illustrates how one capacity-building programme navigated its position within the national e…
Can mobile health training meet the challenge of ‘measuring better’
Mobile learning has seen a large uptake in use in low- and middle-income countries. This is driven by rhetorics of easy scaling, reaching the hard-to-reach and the potential for generating analytics from the applications used by learners. Healthcare training has seen a proliferation of apps aimed at improving accountability through tracking and measuring workplace learning. A view of the mobile phone as an agent of change is thus linked with a te…
Sport for development – a systematic map of evidence from Africa
This article presents a systematic map of the evidence on sport-for-development's effectiveness in Africa. Applying systematic review methodology, it identifies all rigorous evidence that evaluates African sport-for-development interventions. These impact evaluations are then mapped to provide a systematic and comprehensive examination of sport-for-development's evidence-base. This contributes the first systematic engagement with sport-for-develo…
Building capacity for evidence-informed decision making
To maximise the potential impact and acceptability of EIDM capacity building, there is a need for programmes to coordinate their remits within existing systems, playing both ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ roles. Through a review of the South African evidence-policy landscape and analysis of a stakeholder event that brought together EIDM role players, this paper illustrates how one capacity-building programme navigated its position within the national e…
Sport for development – a systematic map of evidence from Africa
This article presents a systematic map of the evidence on sport-for-development's effectiveness in Africa. Applying systematic review methodology, it identifies all rigorous evidence that evaluates African sport-for-development interventions. These impact evaluations are then mapped to provide a systematic and comprehensive examination of sport-for-development's evidence-base. This contributes the first systematic engagement with sport-for-develo…
Can mobile health training meet the challenge of ‘measuring better’
Mobile learning has seen a large uptake in use in low- and middle-income countries. This is driven by rhetorics of easy scaling, reaching the hard-to-reach and the potential for generating analytics from the applications used by learners. Healthcare training has seen a proliferation of apps aimed at improving accountability through tracking and measuring workplace learning. A view of the mobile phone as an agent of change is thus linked with a te…
Practical reflections on combining workshops and mentorships to build capacity in demand and use of evidence in government organisations
Decision makers’ capacity to use evidence is a key component of evidence-informed decision making (EIDM) at a policy level. This paper describes a unique combination of EIDM workshops and mentoring to build decision makers’ capacity to use evidence. It reflects how the deliberate design of sequential workshop and mentoring capacity-building activities enhanced programme effects and reports on the design features that we believe have most contribu…
Building capacity for evidence-informed decision making
To maximise the potential impact and acceptability of EIDM capacity building, there is a need for programmes to coordinate their remits within existing systems, playing both ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ roles. Through a review of the South African evidence-policy landscape and analysis of a stakeholder event that brought together EIDM role players, this paper illustrates how one capacity-building programme navigated its position within the national e…
Reflections on mentoring experiences for evidence-informed decision-making in South Africa and Malawi
This article is based on the consensus that the availability and utilisation of research enhances policy discussions. The article reflects on the experiences within one approach: capacity building through mentoring. The UJ-BCURE programme aimed to increase the capacity of decision-makers to use evidence in decision-making via mentoring models. Mentoring is described as an interactive, facilitated process that promotes learning. The features of th…
Transforming evidence for policy
For decades, researchers, knowledge brokers and policymakers have been working to increase the use of evidence in policymaking. This has spanned a wide range of approaches, from developments in evidence generation, to efforts to increase demand amongst decision-makers, and everything in between. Policymakers are central in this process, and we have well documented examples of how the policy system in some countries is increasingly embedding evide…
Improving social justice in observational studies
Achieving global imperatives such as the Sustainable Development Goals (e.g., SDG 10 Reduced inequalities, SDG 3 Good health and wellbeing) requires advancing health equity in research. The implementation of the STROBE-Equity guidelines will enable a better awareness and understanding of health inequities through better reporting. We will broadly disseminate the reporting guideline with tools to enable adoption and use by journal editors, authors…
Coastal and Terrestrial Water-Sector Interventions in Developing Countries
The changing climate severely affects global water resources, threatening water security goals. However, our understanding of the impact of key interventions, particularly in coastal zones and certain types of terrestrial water projects, is limited. This review aims to systematically assess the effectiveness of coastal and terrestrial water-sector interventions at different scales in developing countries. The goal of this systematic review is to …
Coastal and Terrestrial Water-Sector Interventions in Developing Countries
Climate change is severely affecting global water resources and threatening water security goals. However, our understanding of the impact of key interventions, particularly in coastal zones and certain terrestrial water projects, is limited. The primary objective of this systematic review is to identify, assess and synthesize evidence on the effectiveness of coastal and terrestrial water sector interventions in achieving desired outcomes at vari…
Behavioural Science Interventions in Development and Environmental Fields in Developing Countries
Human behaviour is a key driver of climate change yet rigorous empirical guidance is lacking in terms of how behavioural science can effectively support adaptation and emissions reductions in developing countries. This article presents an evidence gap map and the approach for a systematic review on the effectiveness of behavioural science interventions on environmental and development outcomes. The article consists of two parts. First, the articl…
Political science (7 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Capacity building (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Evaluation and Performance Assessment (3 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (3 works)