The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is an autonomous UN agency engaging in multidisciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development.
The Online Solutions team were commissioned to design and develop a new website and supporting Content Management System (CMS) to create a central repository for the dissemination of large amounts of research information.
Fully translated into English, French and Spanish, the site acts as a resource for international policy makers, governmental agencies, researchers and academics to easily access, cross reference and order online, thousands of research papers, project details and event information as well as providing facilities to engage in online discussion forums.
The site makes extensive use of dynamic navigation systems, providing access to a wealth of associated and related content. This is achieved by a unique method of categorisation of the content within the underlying CMS. This method of classification provides for very powerful and dynamic cross-referencing of site content allowing information to be accessed in numerous ways as well as allowing the same content to be reproduced in multiple forms and formats with minimal human intervention.