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As I’ve been reading through the On Think Tanks Twitter feed and articles, I’ve been amazed by the speed and range of think tank and research response to the COVID-19...
COVID-19 is likely to be the largest challenge the world has faced since the Second World War. In the last two weeks, unemployment claims in the US have exceeded the...
COVID-19 could become to many think tanks what the asteroid was to dinosaurs: an extinction level event. It’s likely that sector funding will decrease sharply, both...
Times of crisis present critical reflection points for think tanks and think tank communities. From the Great Depression to 9/11 in the US, from the 1973 coup to the 1990s...
A couple of forewarnings: first, I am not a global health expert and these lessons are drawn solely from the experience of working on the response to the Ebola Virus...
The internet has transformed nearly every aspect of our lives, from the way we communicate with each other to the way we learn, work and participate in social and...
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a public interest research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi, India. CSE researches into, lobbies for and...
The Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC) in University of Karachi was established in 1973. The major functions of the centre are policy-oriented academic research,...
Dr. Jyoti Parikh is a founding member and a member of the governing council at Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe) a think tank based in New Delhi,...
Dr. Annapoorna Ravichander, editor at large for South Asia at On Think Tanks, interviewed Antardhwani's chief mission officers Seethalakshmi S and Rahul Nandan in December...
The #Metoo movement has gained momentum in India and has captured the minds of women across the globe thanks to digital media platforms. Feminist researcher Dr Kaitlynn...
This interview has been edited from Ricardo Labó's representation at an event which brought together three Peruvian deputy ministers to reflect on their time in office....
This ‘health check’ aims to support think tanks and research institutes to refine and improve their communications. The tool covers six key areas: strategy, capacity, systems, audiences, channels & messaging and monitoring. It recognises that communication is a complicated process involving strategy, tactics and all sorts of inputs. In other words, it is not all about outputs.
Raymond Struyk, author of Improving Think Tank Management, writes about the evolution in staff assessments for think tanks. There is an ongoing, comparatively quiet evolution in the...
Simon Maxwell, former executive director of the Overseas Development Institute, talks about future think tank leaders and how think tanks continue to evolve.
Simonida shares her thoughts on the think tank culture in the western Balkans, the growth of these organisations in the region and what it means, and the challenges they face.
Do think tanks matter? Donald talks to us about his work with think tanks over 30 years, what he finds so interesting about these organisations and how they have evolved, and their role...
Salvador habla del rol de SENACYT buscando el apoyo ciudadano a la inversión que hace el gobierno nacional a la investigación. Nos habla además de los caminos que pueden tomar los...
Salvador talks about the role of SENACYT in Panama and their support of the think tank community in the country to promote the use of evidence to inform policy.