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Many large donors have responded to the COVID-19 crisis by introducing new funds to support COVID-19 related research or sought to make existing funding more flexible....
We’ve invited authors from across different disciplines, sectors and roles to offer insights into the opportunities and challenges that new technologies present to think tanks. As ever,...
The fourth annual OTT Conference was meant to be held in Berlin from 30 March to 1 April 2020. At the end of February we consulted with our advisory board and conference...
The OTT Conference 2020 online was a response to the need to postpone our 2020 conference in Berlin. The COVID-19 crisis unraveled our plans for a 4th annual conference with only weeks to go...
The OTT Conference 2020 online was a response to the need to postpone our 2020 conference in Berlin. The COVID-19 crisis unraveled our plans for a 4th annual conference with only weeks to go...
Times of crisis present critical reflection points for think tanks and think tank communities. From the Great Depression to 9/11 in the US, from the 1973 coup to the 1990s...
A new book, Transforming Research Excellence: New Ideas from the Global South, highlights gaps and shortcomings in how the notion of ‘excellence’ is currently applied...
Project brief Delivery of an extensive directory of think tanks that focus on the topics conflict, climate change, migration and inequality. Dates December 2019 to...
Project brief Assessment of the Institute of National Affairs and the Consultative Implementation and Monitoring Council in Papua New Guinea. OTT is leading a team of international and...
Project brief Design, facilitation and reporting for the IDRC scalingXchange event in Mexico City, 23-25 March 2020. The scalingXchange event is a conference that brings together experts...
Over the last decade, several global challenges have affected national politics, economics and societies to their core. Corruption and weak institutional development have crippled Latin...
Project brief OTT Consulting is working with the Economic Justice Program at the Open Society Foundations to support the development of a new strategy. OTT's support...