Most research does not fail because it is wrong.
It fails because nobody uses it.
Research creates value when it improves decisions, changes behaviour, strengthens systems, and helps people solve real problems.
The challenge is not only producing knowledge.
The challenge is helping knowledge travel into practice.
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Featured Session: Obafemi Awolowo University
Featured Institution: Obafemi Awolowo University
Research Without Results: Why Good Research Gets Ignored in the Real World
In May 2026, Akin Monehin delivered an intensive research training session for the Central Office of Research at Obafemi Awolowo University. The session explored why rigorous research often fails to influence decisions and introduced practical tools for improving visibility, adoption, implementation, and impact.
Institution: Obafemi Awolowo University
Host: Prof. Akanni Akinyemi, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research, Innovation & Development)
Session Type: Intensive Research Training
Topic: Research Without Results
Date: May 2026
Speaker: Akin Monehin
Media Coverage
Published reflections from the OAU research-to-practice engagement.
Why Good Research Gets Ignored
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The Question Most Research Never Answers
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Turning a Thesis Into an Executive Brief
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Core Frameworks
Practical tools for moving research from insight to impact.
Research-to-Reality Model™
Research → Insight → Attention → Decision → Action → Results
A simple model showing the journey research must travel before it creates practical value.
Decision Lens™
What decision does this improve?
A practical question that helps researchers connect their work to policy, business, operational, or social decisions.
ABCDE Framework™
Anchor in a real problem.
Begin with the decision.
Communicate beyond academia.
Design for reality.
Engage beyond publication.
A practical framework for making research harder to ignore.
Research Impact Scorecard™
A self-assessment tool for evaluating whether research is urgent, decision-relevant, understandable, implementable, and stakeholder-connected.
Watch the Featured Session
A practical lecture on why good research gets ignored and how to make it harder to ignore.
In this session, Akin explains why research often breaks down between insight, attention, decision, action, and results. He introduces practical frameworks researchers can use to increase the likelihood that their work influences real-world outcomes.
DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION SLIDESResearch-to-Practice Insights
Short reflections from the keynote on research impact, adoption, and implementation.
Featured Resource
Research-to-Practice Playbook™
A practical guide bringing together the key ideas, frameworks, tools, and methods from the Research-to-Practice Lab™.
Designed for researchers, doctoral students, faculty members, executive educators, policymakers, and practitioners seeking greater real-world impact.
DOWNLOAD PLAYBOOKResearch-to-Practice Documentary
A 10-minute documentary on why research impact matters and how universities can help knowledge move into practice.
This forthcoming documentary will feature faculty reflections, practitioner insights, and field commentary from the Obafemi Awolowo University engagement. It will explore how researchers, universities, and industry leaders can close the gap between academic insight and real-world application.
COMING SOONFrameworks & Practical Tools
A practical toolkit for moving research from insight to impact.
Templates
Executive Research Brief Template
Policy Brief Template
Research Translation Canvas
Checklists
Research Adoption Checklist
Impact Readiness Assessment
Recommendation Reality Test
Teaching Resources
Classroom Discussion Guide
Workshop Reflection Questions
Research-to-Practice Facilitation Notes
For Researchers
Make your research easier to understand, easier to apply, and harder to ignore.
This Lab provides practical tools for researchers who want their work to travel beyond journals, conferences, and thesis shelves into decisions, systems, policies, organisations, and communities.
Turn research into decisions
Write recommendations that survive reality
Communicate findings beyond academia
For Universities and Business Schools
Supporting research impact, executive education, and practitioner-facing academic engagement.
Akin works with universities, business schools, research centres, and academic leaders to help researchers strengthen the practical relevance, communication, and adoption potential of their work.
Guest Lectures
Research-to-Practice Workshops
Research-to-Practice Masterclasses
Executive Education Sessions
Industry Translation Clinics
Practitioner-Researcher Case Co-Development
Research Impact Reviews
Corporate-University Collaboration
For Organisations Seeking Better Decisions
Turning insight, research, and strategy into action.
Many organisations already have reports, data, strategy documents, and research findings. What they often lack is adoption. Akin helps leadership teams translate insight into decisions, operating rhythms, accountability, and measurable execution.
Strategy Execution
Transformation Adoption
Policy Implementation
Performance Improvement
Behaviour Change
Research Commercialisation
Institutions and Communities Exposed to Akin Monehin's Frameworks
Obafemi Awolowo University
Chicago Booth
Kellogg
UT Dallas
Lagos Business School
Toulouse School of Management
Nigerian University of Technology and Management
Let’s Bridge Research and Practice
For universities, business schools, research centres, policymakers, and organisations seeking to turn insight into action, the Research-to-Practice Lab™ provides a practical platform for lectures, workshops, executive education, advisory support, and applied research translation.
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