Making Policy Better Series: Good Policy, Bad Politics
A week ago I reported on an event co-organised by NESTA and the Institute for Government on evidence in policymaking. The second event in the series has taken place last...
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Not evidence but arguments: translating evidence into policy in Ecuador
Orazio Bellettini and Andrea Ordonez, from Grupo FARO, have published a paper on translating evidence into policy in Ecuador drawing from two policy debates: Fighting...
What is the role of the intelligence services? And think tanks?
Prospect Magazine has published a fantastic article by Gregory F. Treverton (director of the Rand Corporation’s Center for global Risk and Security) on the role of the...
Ideology trumps facts -but facts still matter
Brian Merchant's account of D.R. Tucker's (a U.S. conservative author and radio talk show host) conversion from skeptic to campaigner of climate change policies offers some interesting...
When evidence will not make a difference: motivated reasoning
Chris Mooney's article (The Science of Why We Don't Believe Science) on motivated reasoning must strike a chord with the onthinktanks' audience. Reasoning is actually...
Battle of Ideas Festival -evidence versus argument
I'd like to share this inspiring text with you -that I hope will move you to copy this very interesting initiative the 2011 event has been announced. The message is from Clair Fox, Director...
A ‘punchy’ think tank debate
Some time ago I reported on the Battle of Ideas organised in London where a number of think tanks went at each other on key policy issues. The programme for this year is now out. Another...