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We are Flint (a communications consultancy) have launched the results of a UK survey aimed at understanding how think tanks are viewed by the general public. The report...
In 2017, we launched the OTT working paper series, in partnership with the University of Bath and Universidad del Pacífico. The series aims to encourage research on evidence-based policy...
The credibility of a think tank rests not only on their own actions (and how their stakeholder’s view them), but also on how the sector is perceived. Reports of lack of...
Abstract This paper explores the concept of credibility and its importance for think tanks. Credibility is paramount to a think tank as having it qualifies think tanks...
La razón de ser de los centros de investigación es investigar para informar políticas públicas. Pero, para lograrlo, deben ser percibidos como fuentes creíbles...
The raison d’être of a policy research centres is to carry out research to inform policy and practice. To achieve that, they need to be perceived as credible...
The Open Think Tank Directory is a collaborative initiative by On Think Tanks that aims to collect information about think tanks and related organisations from all...
Think tanks are facing a credibility crisis. But it is bigger and broader than they think, affecting scientific research more broadly. There is also a growing lack of trust towards...
Sourcing and managing private funding is becoming more important for think tanks. Some have already developed healthy and long-standing relationships with the private sector, while others are...