On Think Tanks was founded in mid 2010. It has evolved from a blog into a global platform dedicated to study and support policy research and policy research centres, or think tanks. The members of the On Think Tanks Team and its Advisory Board are spread out across 6 continents!
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This past February, six years after the founding of the European Policy Institute and four years since I joined as full-time research coordinator, the members of the...
With policy recommendations subject to ever greater scrutiny – not only of their viability but also the credibility of their sources of expertise – many think tanks...
Women around the world are underrepresented at both leadership and management levels — less than one-third of senior and middle-management positions are held by women. As Khalida Ghaus,...
Research and communication tend to receive more attention than governance and management when it comes to the study and support of think tanks. Yet, without sound governance and management,...
Hace poco vi una presentación de Lauren Rabaino, directiva de Vox Media, que empezaba así: El argumento de Lauren es el siguiente: Nuestra audiencia está en...
I recently saw a presentation by Vox Media director Lauren Rabaino that started like this: Lauren’s argument went something like this: Our audience is on social media networks....
Simonida is a Founder and Director of the European Policy Institute in Skopje, Macedonia. She holds a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of...
Gala Díaz Langou is the Director of the Social Protection Program at the Centre for the Implementation of Public Policies promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC), in...
Aminata is an OTT Fellow. She holds a Masters’ degree in public policy from King’s College London and an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of...
The Rift Valley Institute’s tagline is making local knowledge work in the Horn of Africa. The Rift Valley Forum has over 4,000 development professionals subscribed and...
Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri is currently the Executive Director of Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI). SDPI was founded in August 1992 on the recommendation of the...
Cristina Bacalso is an OTT Fellow and Research Coordinator at Youth Policy Labs. Cristina has a wide background in policy, with nearly twelve years of experience in...
Raymond Struyk, author of Improving Think Tank Management, and Tatiana Polidi, Executive Director of the Institute for Urban Economics in Moscow, write about good practices in credential...
Raymond Struyk, author of Improving Think Tank Management, writes on the topic of archiving key products and background materials for research projects. Based on discussions with those with...
Meet the On Think Tanks team Zuleyka Ramos talks about her work with the Universidad del Pacífico in Perú , the work of the university's research centre, CIUP, and her own experience with research. *...
The School of Public Policy and Management (SPPM), Tsinghua University released the 2016 Big Data Report on Chinese Think Tanks on January 7, 2017. This report provides a ranking system on...
Meet the On Think Tanks team Enrique Mendizabal talks about On Think Tanks and its development. He also shares his thoughts on how think tanks compare across different regions, what the the think tank of...
Hay en España dos modelos predominantes de fundaciones dedicadas al pensamiento político y la difusión de ideas: las fundaciones de partidos políticos y aquellas que cuentan en sus...
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...
On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, IESE is announcing that its 5th international academic conference, on the theme “Challenges of social and economic research in times of crisis” will be held in Maputo,...