We all love a good drama – be it on screen, in real life, or on the radio. In the UK, EastEnders and the Archers radio series are incredibly popular for their cliff...
During discussions amongst attendants of the On Think Tanks Conference in February 2017, funding and sustainability arose as two of the main challenges facing think tanks, the latter a direct...
We have quoted Pathways for Change: 10 theories to inform advocacy and policy change efforts, before. Sarah Stachowiak's 2013 paper offers a very clear and practical...
We can’t expect policymakers to just know what policies are best for a given context – to make better decisions, they need evidence. This is why local data and...
A common problem in the research to policy nexus is that research often “stays on the shelves” and does not have an impact outside of academia. Policymaking needs...
After two years of deep thinking and hard work, the global civil society alliance CIVICUS has launched the beta version of the CIVICUS Monitor – the first ever online tool specifically...
Fayyaz Yaseen is an On Think Tanks Fellow and Director of Accountability Lab in Pakistan. In this interview he discusses the origin of the think tank, the challenges it...
Alejandro Chafuen is president of the Atlas Network (Atlas Economic Research Foundation) which works to help create and nurture think tanks across the world. He is on...
Sanjay Kumar is currently the Director of CSDS. It is one of India’s leading institutes for research in the social sciences and humanities. Annapoorna Ravichander:...
As a warm-up to the second rating of think tanks in Spain by Observatorio de Think Tanks, Till Bruckner answers our questions about the core arguments that structure...
Ajaya Dixit is the Executive Director of ISET-Nepal a non-governmental and not-for-profit organisation and a think tank. It primarily studies and analyses developmental issues of rapidly...
Prof. Dr. Khalida Ghaus is the Managing Director of Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC) in Karachi, Pakistan. She is the former Director of the Centre of...
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...
¡No os perdáis el Manual de los gobiernos en Twitter del Gobierno de Cataluña! Twitter y el Gobierno de Cataluña han publicado conjuntamente el Manual de los gobiernos en Twitter, una guía de referencia que...
Be sure to read the Government of Catalonia’s Twitter Manual for Governments! Twitter and the Government of Catalonia have jointly published the Twitter Manual for Governments, a reference guide that provides...
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,...
The evidence-policy relationship is complex, and affected by many factors, including relationships and interpersonal networks (Haynes 2011, Lewis 2006). These networks are affected by...