Greater policy impact: Stronger post-project engagement
Think tanks exist to improve the quality of decisions made by governments at all levels. Most are rightly concerned about their image as an organization that...
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Think tanks exist to improve the quality of decisions made by governments at all levels. Most are rightly concerned about their image as an organization that...
Raymond Struyk, author of Improving Think Tank Management, writes about the importance of think tanks' post-project engagement to measure their impact and influence. To be effective a...
Democratic elections facilitate the exchange of ideas in a country and are an important moment for public engagement in political processes. Elections present an opportunity for...
More and more organisations are putting an increasing emphasis on influencing policy (and not just delivering services). Staff working for these organisations are now...
Funders around the world have provided considerable support to (non-governmental) think tanks, assuming they are well placed to influence government policy by, amongst...
The Greek Philosopher Heraclitus once said that “the only thing that is constant is change”. And the international development industry is certainly obsessed with instigating it (and not...
Abstract This research study focused on evidence translators’ role in the evidence-informed policymaking ecosystem. We define evidence translators as individuals and...
It seems rather hard to come up with anything original to say in the field of evidence-informed policy – unless we consider the change from evidence-based to...
Abstract This research study focused on evidence translators’ role in the evidence-informed policymaking ecosystem. We define evidence translators as individuals and...
‘Morals’ is an unusual topic for me to take up, since I’m neither a philosopher nor clergy person. The narrative around evidence-informed policymaking tends to ring the bells of...
Across the world, the numbers of think tanks have surged as both thinktankers and their funders realise that, by promising at least part of the credibility awarded to universities and the...
What is the role of a think tank or social change organisation today? While this is unlikely to be a burning question for many, it is something we, at the RSA, regularly...