What is a Think Tank? Illustrating the Boundaries of the Definition
On Think Tanks has explored the nature of the label since its foundation and the discussion keeps on giving. Watch this video and learn about the boundaries of what a think tank is.
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Defining the Think Tank Label: An Ongoing Topic of Debate, Discussion and Analysis
What is a think tank? This is a question that keeps on giving. On Think Tanks has explored the label since its foundation, incorporating different analytical approaches,...
Think Tanks in Armenia: Who Needs their Thinking?
What does the think tank landscape in Armenia looks like? Yevgenya Paturyan provides insights into how connected these organisations are (you will be surprised). This is the third post from...
Lessons from the Peruvian think tank awards
This post offers some insights into the think tank community in Peru as seen by the judging panel of PODER'sThink Tank of the Year Awards. Winners of the Premio PODER will be announced at the...
The Think Tank Scholar: Tom Medvetz
Tom Medvetz presents a fresh and critical view of the role that think tanks play in a democracy, and how the level of the discussion they generate can, on a deeper level, reinforce the...
Cheikh Oumar Ba, Executive Director of the Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale (IPAR)
Dr. Cheikh Oumar Ba discusses the current trends, main challenges and prospects of Senegalese policy research. He talks about the role of new thinktankers and funding (and...
Donald Abelson, Professor at Western University
Donald Abelson discusses with Till Bruckner the role of think tanks in democratic societies, such as the US and Canada, taking into account the scope of their influence and the ethical issues...
An on the record discussion about think tanks (también en castellano)
José Luis Chicoma, Executive Director of Ethos Public Policy Lab, reflects on a recent gathering of Latin American think tanks. He puts forward 'a theory of the evolution...
More on think tanks in BRICS: South Africa
In this post, Clara Richards continues her exploration of think tanks from BRICS countries. It is the turn to South Africa. The post reviews a sample of think tanks in South Africa,...
Celebrating and learning about think tanks
The Premio PODER to think tank in Peru has provided an opportunity to celebrate the good work of think tanks but also to learn quite a lot about them. It has offered insights into the...
What is a think tank? Defining the boundaries of the label
The exact definition of think tanks eludes us. With more and more organisations using the label to describe themselves, how can we decide what is and what isn't one. The...
What think tanks do? A view from India
Neeta Krishna, Associate Professor, Father C Rodrigues Institute of Management Studies, writes about the functions and main activities of think tanks. This is the second of a series of three...
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