More than seven years later, the team is building on the wealth of data, results, partnerships and learning created in the current second phase of IDEAS. A series of six seminars held in the summer of 2018 presented methods and results of IDEAS Phase 1 looking at the following six areas of research:

• Understanding the mechanisms through which community health workers change behaviour. This seminar was chaired by Professor Joanna Schellenberg and presented by Dr Zelee Hill.
• Do innovations enhance interactions between families and front-line health workers in Nigeria, Ethiopia and India? This seminar was chaired by Professor Anne Mills Deputy Director & Provost and presented by Dr Tanya Marchant.
• Characterising complexity in maternal and newborn health innovations in Nigeria, Ethiopia and India. This seminar was chaired by Professor Simon Cousens and presented by Ms Krystyna Makowiecka.
• Improving local health decision-making through the Data Informed Platform for Health. This seminar was chaired by Professor Kara Hanson. and presented by Dr Bilal Avan.
• How and why does scale-up happen?  This seminar was chaired by  Joanna Busza  and presented by Dr Neil Spicer. 
• Evaluation of Community-Based Newborn Care in Ethiopia. This seminar was chaired by Professor Joy Lawn and presented by
  Dr Della Berhanu & Dr Bilal Avan. 

All seminars were recorded and can still be accessed. For more information contact the IDEAS Communications Officer Noreen Seyerl