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It’s barbeque season in the UK, meaning think tankers get to experience the unique joy of watching people question their career choice through a mouth full of...
There is an ongoing, comparatively quiet evolution in the business world, especially among tech firms, large consultancies and major international law firms, to...
This is article is challenge statement. It is meant to elicit a reaction. Please, do join the discussion. Evidence Action recently announced that it has decided to...
In a series of previous postings on think tank business models, I argue that discussions about long-term sustainability are probably among the most urgent, and vexed,...
I’ve been having a bit of trouble with annual reports. I think I’m not the only one. In April last year, Ruth Levine, then at the Hewlett Foundation, wrote a blog post imploring think...
‘Expert or academic carries out research. Generates rigorous 40-page report. Comms officer is asked to promote said report. Launch event, press release, tweets. Maybe a video. Maybe an...
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....
Dr. Annapoorna Ravichander, editor at large for South Asia at On Think Tanks interviewed Gurucharan G, director at Public Affairs Centre (PAC) in Bengaluru, as part of the series on South...
Part 2 of 2. Funding challenges and CaPRI´s private sector model. Read part 1. Damien King is the Executive Director at the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI),...
Part 1 of 2: On Research, Communications and Credibility. Read part 2. Damien King is the Executive Director at the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), as well...
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.
Which Canadian think tanks are transparent about who funds them? Which lag behind their peers in Canada? And how do Canada’s think tanks compare to those in other countries when it comes...
On Think Tanks, la Universidad de Bath y la Universidad del Pacífico se han asociado para producir una serie de Documentos de Trabajo (Working Papers) centrados en el estudio de think tanks...
IDRC's new programme to support think tanks in Myanmar is open for applications. Eligibility This call is open to independent policy research institutions (“think tanks”), based...
In 2014 On Think Tanks embarked in a study of Latin American experiences of think tanks seeking to contribute to the electoral processes in their countries. This effort was consolidated in the publication Think Tanks...
On Think Tanks, University of Bath and Universidad del Pacífico have partnered to produce a series of Working Papers focused on the study of think tanks to give new researchers a chance to...
The Think 20 Summit GLOBAL SOLUTIONS is committed to involve the views and ideas of the next generation into global problem-solving. To do so, we encourage the most promising talents to...