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Ministers reflect: “there isn’t a manual”
To promote the use of evidence to inform public policies, we must strengthen the quality and relevance of research, but also understand how political decision-making works...
All have to be critical and creative consumers of research
In "Critical context: Research can guide teachers, but it cannot determine what will work in their classrooms", published in the RSA Journal, Dylan Wiliam outlines all we...
What’s new in our understanding of how evidence influences policy? A view from Latin America
It seems rather hard to come up with anything original to say in the field of evidence-informed policy – unless we consider the change from evidence-based to...
Chukwuka (Chuka) Onyekwena, Executive Director at the Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA)
On Think Tanks' met up with Chuka Onyekwena at the 5th Africa Think Tank Conference held in April in Accra. Chuka, an On Think Tanks Fellow, has developed a framework to...
Eugenia Kayitesi, Executive Director at IPAR-Rwanda
We sat down with Eugenia Kayitesi, IPAR-Rwanda's Executive Director, on the fringes of the 5th Africa Think Tank Summit held in Accra in April 2018. Eugenia follows in...
Communications as a sign of respect for knowledge
I was struck by Soapbox's work with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) to modernise their communications. As I watched the new brand design take shape in a series of short animations...
Strategies to tackle the future: the case of youth unemployment
Think tanks face enormous policy challenges. Few are as complex as youth unemployment. I was invited to speak at the 5th African Think Tank Summit in Accra, Ghana to...
Looking back at the 2018 OTT Conference
The 2018 OTT Conference was an opportunity to bring together thinktankers, think tank scholars, policy entrepreneurs and think tank funders from around the world to share experiences, present...
Is it all about credibility?
Over the years, the OTT team has become very familiar with the many dilemmas that think tanks face. I remember a lengthy conversation about independence with research institutes in...
Rethinking the business model: the case of Espacio Público
When asked, think tanks all over the world identify funding as one of their biggest concerns. In some parts of the developing world, think tanks have been witness to the...
Political and economic transition in Vietnam and its impact on think tank traditions
Abstract This paper discusses how changes in the political and economic context in Vietnam during the reform era have influenced the nature of the country’s think...