Think tanks need to invest in their legitimacy: here’s how
By cleverly investing in their legitimacy, think tanks can firmly position themselves in their unique narrow sphere bordering all other opinion makers, and engage in...
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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...
Damien King, Executive Director at CaPRI (part 2 of 2)
Part 2 of 2. Funding challenges and CaPRI´s private sector model Damien King is the Executive Director at the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), as well as one...
Damien King, Executive Director at CaPRI (part 1 of 2)
Part 1 of 2: On Research, Communications and Credibility Damien King is the Executive Director at the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), as well as one of its...
De-constructing credibility: Factors that affect a think tank’s credibility
Abstract This paper explores the concept of credibility and its importance for think tanks. Credibility is paramount to a think tank as having it qualifies think tanks...
Are research centres and think tanks facing a credibility crisis? The view from around the world
To mark the end of the OTT Team meeting and to open the OTT Conference we will organise a public event in London in partnership with University of Bath and a local think tank. The main...
Russian think tanks and soft power
A new study on think tanks in Russia and how they are used to promote the country's (or, most appropriately, the leader's) interests abroad sheds a light onto an important function of think...
Daniel Kahneman explains how cognitive illusions skew our thinking (about think tanks’ influence?)
I've been rather silent lately because I have been travelling and I am now down with a cold.I apologise. I recently read this article by Daniel Kahneman on How cognitive...
Transparency should replace (strive to) impartiality in policy research
We have all heard so many times that policy research is not value free. Some critics go one step further by claiming that impartial analysis is rather a far-fetched ideal...
Independent thinking, but at What Price? – Brookings Institution
Peter Singer hits the nail on the head with an article on the ethics of think tanks and the threats that certain funding sources may create for think tanks'...