Social movements and think tanks
Project brief The Open Society Foundations (OSF) and On Think Tanks (OTT) are exploring how they can best support partnerships between think tanks and social/popular movements. To inform...
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Strengthening research systems: concepts, actions and actors
There are few frameworks that explicitly conceptualise social science research systems in a ‘developing’ country context. What frameworks there are tend to focus...
Ten lessons from facilitating strategy with think tanks and policy teams
A lot of effort goes into developing strategic plans in think tanks and government institutions as means to bring about change. However, in a previous post, I argued that...
Getting better at influencing policy is a social process: lessons from work with an international agency
More and more organisations are putting an increasing emphasis on influencing policy (and not just delivering services). Staff working for these organisations are now...
Doing research for (and not on) development: some important questions for the Global Challenges Research Fund
The research agenda for the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) (set out in its strategy) is undeniably impressive, covering a wide range of development issues. But...
Research systems research for K4D Helpdesk
Project brief OTT Consulting has produced a report for the IDS led K4D Helpdesk service on Research Systems to inform DFID policy on the subject. The study included the following...
Communication strategy for the Bernard van Leer Foundation
Project brief OTT Consulting is working with theBernard van Leer Foundation to help its team develop a new communication strategy and put it in practice in 2019. The...
OTT-TTI Fellowship Programme
Project brief OTT Consulting is working with the Think Tank Initiative to deliver the 2018-2019 OTT-TTI Fellowship Programme. The programme aims to support new emerging think tanks...
Learning to live with one another: lessons from an interdisciplinary research project
The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), has a budget of £1.5bn over five years and aims to (amongst other things) promote interdisciplinary research. However, as...
It’s people, not papers, who matter: how policymakers acquire knowledge in Indonesia
Funders around the world have provided considerable support to (non-governmental) think tanks, assuming they are well placed to influence government policy by, amongst...
From using evidence to improving judgement: lessons from disaster response in Nepal
Imagine you’re a mid-level policymaker in a government agency or a manager in an NGO. A major incident has just occurred. You have to drop everything you’re doing and...
Complexity and paradox: lessons from Indonesia
The Greek Philosopher Heraclitus once said that “the only thing that is constant is change”. And the international development industry is certainly obsessed with instigating it (and not...
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