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I was going to let it go this year. But after a quick read I found so many mistakes that it became a challenge not to write this at all. OTT and many others have been critical of the ranking...
By cleverly investing in their legitimacy, think tanks can firmly position themselves in their unique narrow sphere bordering all other opinion makers, and engage in...
2018 was an intense year. On a personal level, I moved countries and became freelance, so that probably has a lot to do with it. But I don’t think it was simply...
In this post we provide twelve suggestions on what you might do to support policymakers to improve their use of evidence. Do you work within or beyond formal constraints identified by the...
You’ve got a better idea of the context which shapes policymakers use’ of evidence and selected an issue to work on. So, what next? Here’s some advice on how you...
Core funding from foreign aid funders for think tanks in developing countries does not seem like a revolutionary idea - but it is. Think about it: a funder provides long term funding for 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 Damien King is the Executive Director at the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), as well as one...
Part 1 of 2: On Research, Communications and Credibility Damien King is the Executive Director at the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), as well as one of its...
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.
Between 2016 and 2018, OTT supported the Latin American network of think tanks, ILAIPP, to strengthen the sustainability capacity of the network and of its members. The project involved of: Direct support to...
Raymond Struyk, author of Improving Think Tank Management, writes about the importance of think tanks' post-project engagement to measure their impact and influence. To be effective a...
Raymond Struyk, author of Improving Think Tank Management, writes about Professional Development Grants to address high staff turnover and low productivity: In contrast to monetary...
Raymond Struyk, author of Improving Think Tank Management, writes about how well-managed think tanks can avoid a steady drum-beat of project cost overruns, and five key ingredients that...
In February 2018, we held the second On Think Tanks Conference in London. Attendants included think tank leaders and thinktankers, policy entrepreneurs working in the field of evidence informed policymaking,...
Fundraising remains a challenge for most organisations, and the need to explore innovative ways to remain sustainable and competitive is imperative. In this digital age, organisations are...
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...