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Every year On Think Tanks will open its doors to young and promising think tank leaders to co-develop a new global leadership paradigm. Join and innovate within a unique exchange space! Why...
Despite its short existence, MineduLAB has convened prestigious policy makers and academics nationally and internationally, and involved the Ministry of...
Research can have an impact. But only if we get our research to the right people, at the right time, and in a way they can relate to. Considering how vital...
The term think tank was first used during World War II to describe a safe space to plan and discuss military strategies. Over the years, the meaning of think tanks including their role...
More than 1000 people participated in close to 30 events dedicated to celebrating, learning about, and strengthening the role that evidence plays in public policymaking...
I recently had the opportunity to work on a project that involved the development of a monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) system for a project called Global...
The Research Quality Plus (RQ+) Assessment Framework is a recent contribution to the quest for improvements in the assessment of research quality. We designed the...
Suresh Raghavan is the Director of Public Affairs Centre (PAC), based in Bengaluru, India. He was interviewed by Dr. Annapoorna Ravichander, On Think Tanks' South Asian...
Soapbox is a policy communications agency based in London. Founded in 2008, their experience spans projects including publication design, branding, animation and film, and...
Samar Verma is a Senior Program Specialist of the Think Tank Initiative (TTI) for the South Asia Region. As such, he is based at the International Development Research...
Common Vision UK (CoVi) describes itself as the first visual think tank in the UK and they “explore, develop and share innovations in policy and practice using visual...
At On Think Tanks, we’ve had the opportunity to interview several women working in think tanks around the world. Here is a selection of what they have to say: Laura Zommer (part 1) Director of Communications...
Open Policy Research's founder Jaime Gonzalez-Capitel interviews Assefa Admassie, the Executive Director of the Ethiopian Economic Association and Ethiopian Economic...
My favourite kind of meeting is an ‘after action review’. It’s that meeting when you get the team back together again, once the dust has settled, and you talk about what happened,...
In this episode of OTT TV we talk with Josh Burek of the Belfer Center at Harvard about the importance of thinking through ones audience before publishing a report for policymakers.
In this episode of OTT TV, we talk with Dr Matthew Bunn at the Belfer Center at Harvard about his research into preventing nuclear terrorism.
Can innovation science support think tanks research? Ravi Gurumuthy from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) thinks so.
In this episode, we speak with Bethany Marron of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) on malnutrition research in South Sudan.
Soapbox, the policy communications agency, has produced an easy to use guide to help think tanks chose the best long-form digital platform for their needs -and capabilities. The table below accompanies an...
Every year On Think Tanks will open its doors to young and promising think tank leaders to co-develop a new global leadership paradigm. Join and innovate within a unique exchange...
On Think Tanks is looking for paper to include in a panel at the International Public Policy Association Singapore 2017 Conference. Objectives and Scientific Relevance...
The Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP) has published its 5th Issue of Aditi: a bulletin/blog dedicate to think tanks. The current issue focuses on Research Methodology.
Think tanks straddle an awkward space – they need to not only produce high quality, innovative research, but it also must be politically relevant and well communicated. Getting all of that right is a big task by...
Our first short course started on April 5th, and we are happy to have on board over fifteen participants from countries including Austria, Belgium, Canada, Indonesia, Peru, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain,...
You can still sign-up to the Rethinking Funding Models Short Course offered by the On Think Tanks School. Funding is a key concern for every think tank due to how it affects its...