The flaws in the ranking
I was going to let it go this year. But after a quick read I found so many mistakes that it became a challenge not to write this at all. OTT and many others have been critical of the ranking...
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Core funding unexpected (positives)
Core funding from foreign aid funders for think tanks in developing countries does not seem like a revolutionary idea - but it is. Think about it: a funder provides long term funding for an...
New ideological battlegrounds for think tanks
Sarah Lucas, from the Hewlett Foundation, told the audience at the Think Tank Initiative's Exchange in Bangkok that we must talk about and be part of something that is bigger than...
Core funding unexpected (negatives)
The Think Tank Initiative's Exchange in Bangkok has been a well deserved celebration of the contribution the initiative and its approach to supporting think tanks has made to the sector. It...
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...
Talking evidence in Latin America: right on time?
The 3rd Latin American Evidence Week is over. It involved more than 80 events involving 15 countries and more that 3,000 participants among researchers, policymakers, journalists, activists,...
Biased policy professionals and what to do about them
We know that policy professionals are biased. Every one is, after all. Sheheryar Banuri, Stefan Dercon and Varun Gauri have conducted a study on the biases of policy...
Where next for evidence and policy in post-Brexit Britain – according to British academics?
A series of speakers (and authors) at an academic event in June 2017 attempted to address "role of and responses to experts and expertise in the changing political...
Ministers reflect: Ricardo Labó, former deputy minister for mining
This interview has been edited from Ricardo Labó's representation at an event which brought together three Peruvian deputy ministers to reflect on their time in office....
Strategic support to Centro Regional de Estudios de Energía (Cernergía)
Project Brief The Centro Regional de Estudios de Energía (Cernergía) is a Colombian think tank created in 2018. OTT supports Cernergía in: The design of a...
Training on research communication for the University Nottingham
Project brief OTT Consulting is supporting two different target audiences at the University of Nottingham: its research beacons and a wider set of researchers and staff...
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...