High-quality research is critical to help us deliver our strategy and programmes in the countries where we work.
Our research
Sightsavers conducts research in eye health, neglected tropical diseases, education and social inclusion.
The main aim of our research is to generate evidence that our programme teams can use to continue improving lives in Africa and Asia.
Our in-house research team is comprised of more than 30 people based around the world, with skills ranging from epidemiology and economics to community-based participatory research. Our research activities also involve many more people across the organisation.
Collaboration with a broad range of research partners and funders is key to developing research capacity both within Sightsavers and among our partners, and we continue to strive to extend our networks in the countries where we work.
In 2017, Sightsavers was awarded Independent Research Organisation (IRO) status, making us one of the only international non-governmental organisations to hold this status in the UK.
Watch the video below to find out what makes our research unique.
Our research centre
Our research website showcases Sightsavers’ research studies along with peer-reviewed journal articles and evidence gap maps.
Our research website
Why we conduct research
Generate evidence
We conduct high quality research to address global gaps in knowledge and improve how we operate.
Inform programmes
We feed evidence back into our programme design, to make sure they help people in the best possible way.
Build partnerships
Our research helps us to build effective partnerships so we can generate and use evidence effectively.
Share our findings
Finally, we make sure our research findings are shared effectively, both within and outside the organisation.
Explore our research studies and publications
Visit the research websiteOur latest research news
Making schools safer for children with disabilities
Dr Steven Kaindaneh and Dr Julia de Kadt explain how our new research puts children with disabilities at the centre of efforts to combat gender-based violence.
Sightsavers, December 2024
Sightsavers researcher awarded prestigious fellowship
The Injaz fellowship will support Martins Imhansoloeva's research and PhD project on river blindness, a common infectious cause of sight loss.
September 2024
How our research could help more than 50 million women
Sightsavers researchers are working to understand how we can care for women with female genital schistosomiasis, a devastating disease that affects millions of women in Africa.
Omosefe Osinoiki, June 2024
