Embedding communications staff in research teams to increase policy impact
Today, most policy research organisations have some degree of in-house communications support. Typically, this is a centralised team. However, in some organisations...
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Racism in think tanks — how and why it manifests and what we might do to address it
The Overseas Development Institute published a piece on racism in the international development sector and how to address it. However, there was very little on how...
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,...
Influencing a nudge-able audience
The world is nudging us all the time: stop signs, ‘wet floor’ signs, even the beeping sound your fridge makes when you leave it open too long. These nudges encourage us to think and act...
Denisse Rodríguez Olivari, co-founder of Voceras (video)
Denisse Rodríguez Olivari talks about her work on gender and policy through Voceras, an initiative designed to close the gender gap in Peruvian media. Voceras provides...
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...
New platforms for the voices of young people in Bolivia
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated many problems in different areas, all of which urgently require the population to speak out and propose solutions. This difficult...
Does paying attention to framing your research results help you to communicate them better?
Yes, it does. And as an experienced research communicator, I can say this with confidence. Over the years, there have been many occasions where I have not understood...
New Peruvian think tanks. Part one: LidLab
I have chosen four new – or relatively new – think tanks to write about. Each has a different business model and offers a different proposal, but they all promise to contribute to...
Cubicles are passé. And so are some skill types
As the world moves from complete lockdowns to ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdowns and ‘bio bubbles’, a lot has changed in the development sector. Think tanks, that are so integral to the...
Change is all about the narrative
2020 feels like an intense novel – you’re desperate to get to the end of the story and hope it will all work out, but right now you’re not so sure. The 2020 narrative is jam packed with...
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