An interview with Peter Da Costa
And that's the 60-million-dollar question: how do you get to that point where everything we all do as actors and the system responds to what needs to be done… as opposed to what we, who are...
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How to promote evidence informed policy? Join the discussion
Broadly speaking, there was very positive reaction to the four ideas produced post-Bellagio. This article outlines the main contributions made to each of the main...
Winterschool for Thinktankers 2019 – Geneva
The Winterschool for Thinktankers is a unique opportunity for young and proactive individuals to develop their knowledge and understanding of think tanks and to prepare themselves to become future policy...
Where next for evidence and policy in post-Brexit Britain – according to British academics?
A series of speakers (and authors) at an academic event in June 2017 attempted to address "role of and responses to experts and expertise in the changing political...
Ministers reflect: Ricardo Labó, former deputy minister for mining
This interview has been edited from Ricardo Labó's representation at an event which brought together three Peruvian deputy ministers to reflect on their time in office....
All have to be critical and creative consumers of research
In "Critical context: Research can guide teachers, but it cannot determine what will work in their classrooms", published in the RSA Journal, Dylan Wiliam outlines all we...
Vice-ministros reflexionan
Este evento es organizado por On Think Tanks como parte de las celebraciones por sus 8 años. Invitamos a tres ex-viceministros para reflexionar sobre sus experiencias y, en particular, el rol que juega la evidencia...
Evidence-Informed Policymaking: New Evidence and Promising Practices
With the growing consensus that policymaking should be informed by evidence, efforts are multiplying to support evidence-informed policymaking (EIP) around the world. Results for Development,...
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...
Latin American Evidence Week: 10 emerging lessons
The 2017 Latin American Evidence Week (Semana de la Evidencia), promoted by On Think Tanks and a growing number of organisations across the region, delivered another great opportunity to...
Call for papers for the On Think Tanks Working Paper Series
On Think Tanks, Universidad del Pacífico and the Institute of Development Studies,have partnered to produce a series of Working Papers focused on the study of think tanks to give new...
Lessons from Latin America’s First Evidence Week
More than 1000 people participated in close to 30 events dedicated to celebrating, learning about, and strengthening the role that evidence plays in public policymaking...
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