Long-term Europe – Africa(LEAWEF)Multilateral Research Programme Matchmaking

7 Nov 2024

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Malin Olofsson

Senior Knowledge Broker

The Broker

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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I am a senior knowledge broker at The Broker

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The Broker

The Broker

NGO

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Broker is a non-profit organisation with a mission to strengthen knowledge use for more just and sustainable societies We focus on strengthening impact pathways for research uptake, knowledge co-creation & utilization by: Support to stakeholder engagement (research-policy-civil society-private sector) Capacity building of research consortia and target groups Research communication and stakeholder workshops Quick-scan, synthesis, policy brief development Advise and support on knowledge brokering for advocacy with local partners Expertise Co-develop accessible targeted research & knowledge products to reach policymakers and other audiences Effective workshop design and facilitation, including multi-stakeholder interaction Development and facilitation of learning journeys and communities of practices Relevant projects from our portfolio: Knowledge brokering for advocacy (2023-2024) In this project, we explore how to co-create, use and share diverse forms of knowledge to make advocacy more effective and equitable for greater epistemic justice and climate justice. By focusing on different stakeholders and their experiences in Kenya, Brazil and Indonesia, the project aims to uncover best practices, challenges and opportunities for the effective use of knowledge for advocacy from a Global South perspective. SDG Interactions (2021-2026) The research program on ‘SDG Interactions and Policy Interventions in Developing Countries’ aims to explore the interdependencies between Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their influence on policy interventions. The Broker carries out a ‘Knowledge Brokering and Synthesis’ project aiming to synthesize and disseminate the research results to policymakers, development workers, academics, and other stakeholders. INCLUDE knowledge platform (2012-2026) Dutch-African platform that promotes evidence-based policymaking on inclusive development in Africa through research, knowledge sharing and policy dialogue.
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About me

Malin Olofsson is a senior knowledge broker at The Broker. She is passionate about facilitating processes that ensure research contributes towards transformative policy development in the area of food, land and agriculture. She holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam in the field of International Development, and a master’s degree from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague, where she majored in Agricultural, Food and Environmental studies. Her research interests span the political economy and ecology of agrarian change in Africa. In addition to her research experience, she has extensive experience as a development practitioner in Africa, in the area of workers’ rights, smallholder farmer cooperative development, certification, value chains and small business development. At The Broker she hopes to integrate her research and practical experience to facilitate innovative ways of thinking and collaborating to accelerate collective actions towards building more just, sustainable, and healthy futures.

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Skills

  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Research communication
  • stakeholder workshops
  • knowledge brokering for advocacy
  • facilitating knowledge co-creation
  • capacity building of research consortia

Interests

  • Critical agrarian studies
  • agrarian transformations
  • agrarian political economy
  • Agroecology
  • Social movements
  • Indigenous and local knowledge
  • agrarian political ecology