Intellectual independence: how to protect and strengthen it?
Here are some ideas related to a piece of work I did on a recent trip to China. A key concern for many think tanks is how to protect and strengthen their intellectual...
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Chinese think tanks are more intellectually independent than you think
Most people I talk to about think tanks in China seem rather doubtful of the possibly of there being any 'real' think tanks there. How could they if they are all...
Should think tanks register as lobbyists?
This is an old post but still relevant to many think tanks: Lobby transparency spotlight falls on think-tanks. According to the anti fraud commissioner at the European Commission in...
A new think tank model for higher quality, independence and transparency
Lately there has been a rather lively discussion about the role and value of think tanks in the UK. George Monbiot, a journalist who often writes for The Guardian, has...
How important are the source and the motivation to pursue an idea?
George Monbiot, writing in the Guardian, argues that think tanks (many, not all) have become PR fronts for corporations and millionaires with pre-set positions and views....
When influence can be a bad thing: “think tanks are crushing our democracy”
George Monbiot has published a rather interesting commentary on Comment is Free about the damage that secretive think tanks can make on democratic institutions. I...
‘Think tanks are becoming bland’
Andy Williamson, writing for The Guardian offers an interesting view in the world of British think tanks. Does it offer a warning for think tanks elsewhere? According to Williamson, think...
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...
To go public or not to go public… How to decide if it is time to adopt a new communication approach?
Many think tanks face the difficult decision over what to do about these new ways of communicating that seem to be all the rage with their funders and other competing...
Independence, dependency, autonomy… is it all about the money?
'XYZ is an independent think tank....' We have all read this before. Some of us have written and talk about it when describing the think tanks we work (or worked) for. And...
Once again, think tank debate from India
In response to the rich debate that the launch of the Think Tank Initiative generated in India (partially, at least), Suman Bery, director-general of the National Council of Applied...
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'...
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