Think tanks and youth: moulding active and responsible citizens I Elizabeth Sidiropoulos

Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, Chief Executive of the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) in South Africa, delivers her keynote address at the OTT Conference 2024 at Fundació Bofill in Barcelona.


Elizabeth Sidiropoulos presents how SAIIA’s youth programmes have pioneered an approach that emphasises co-creation of research priorities, policy engagement and advocacy with young people on issues from sustainability and climate change to gender, and explores how such initiatives can create a greater connection between think tanks and the communities in which they exist. Read transcript.