Think tanks and other actors: reflections on creating successful collaborations to effect change
We called this year’s OTT conference ‘Think tanks and partnerships for change’. But early in the event, we began to wonder if we’d got the name...
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Think tank outreach depends on improving collaboration between communications teams and researchers
How well does your communications (comms) team collaborate with the researchers or policy experts at your think tank? Is your comms team only brought in when a paper is...
Lacking in ‘capacity’? Why workshopping isn’t always the (whole) answer!
In the Summer of 2005, I can remember watching a report during the evening news on the state run national broadcaster in Zambia on the implementation of the first...
Five lessons from working for a leading European think tank
A recent career change has triggered a reflection on over five years working for a leading European think tank. From my personal experience, here I share five of the most...
Devising, revising and evaluating strategies for funding organisations: 10 lessons from OTT’s work
with contributions from Julie LaFrance, Simon Hearn, and Enrique Mendizabal Over the last couple of years, OTT has provided services to large funders to develop,...
COVID-19 and research systems: An urgent need for fresh thinking in the Global South
It’s spring 2020 in Myanmar and the global pandemic has begun. The international organisations that 'dominate' the Mynamese research policy field are operating at...
How have southern think tanks responded to the pandemic?
. The pandemic imposed many unprecedented challenges on think tanks in the Global South. Amid lockdowns and uncertain cashflows, they found themselves overstretched...
AidData’s journey to build more equitable post-pandemic partnerships part four: The Checklist
In the final article of this four-part series on AidData’s experience and learnings from forming partnerships with two Africa-based organisations, we share a rough...
AidData’s journey to build more equitable post-pandemic partnerships part three: The challenges
In part three of this four-part series, we share some of our key findings and challenges surrounding North–South partnerships, informed by our own journey to build more...
AidData’s journey to build more equitable post-pandemic partnerships part one: The imperative
The global pandemic has brought inequalities in, and de-colonisation of, foreign aid to the front and centre. Researchers from the UK-based think tank ODI called the...
AidData’s journey to build more equitable post-pandemic partnerships part two: The search
In part two of this four-part series, we describe the initial steps we (a US-based international development research lab) have taken to identify new working partners in...
Gustav Brauckmeyer, Executive Director, Equilibrium CenDE
Equilibrium CenDE caught my attention for two main reasons: its Latin America focus and its foreign founders. In Peru, it is not common to find researchers or research...
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