Learning from 2020: being global by engaging locally
2020 has been a difficult year. We have all had to deal with personal and professional challenges. We have all been affected – some more than others – by the pandemic...
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New Peruvian think tanks. Part one: LidLab
I have chosen four new – or relatively new – think tanks to write about. Each has a different business model and offers a different proposal, but they all promise to contribute to...
The first think tank state of the sector report
The Open Think Tank Directory was born to overcome the lack of centralised and publicly available information about think tanks and other policy research organisations. But it serves other...
Gustav Brauckmeyer, Executive Director, Equilibrium CenDE
Equilibrium CenDE caught my attention for two main reasons: its Latin America focus and its foreign founders. In Peru, it is not common to find researchers or research...
Diana Torres, principal researcher at URBES-LAB: on founding a new think tank
The URBES-LAB research group focuses on the analysis and production of critical theory and history of ‘the city’. The first time I came across URBES-LAB was at the...
Diana Thorburn, Director of Research at CAPRI
The Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) is a not-for-profit, public policy think tank dedicated to the production and dissemination of impartial, evidence-based knowledge to inform...
Transición de liderazgo en la Dirección Ejecutiva de un centro de pensamiento: Análisis, lecciones y recomendaciones de un estudio de caso
Esta publicación fue elaborada por Leandro Echt sobre la base de un documento de reflexión elaborado por Martha Farmelo, consultora independiente en fortalecimiento de ONGs, en base a su...
One key to the crisis: flexibility
Three months of running a think tank from my home office amid a global pandemic and mass protests has taught me a simple, paradoxical lesson: for a think tank to remain stable in a crisis it...
D. Dhanuraj, Founder chairman of the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR)
The Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) is an independent public policy organisation dedicated to in-depth research and scientific analysis with the objective of...
Letting the light in: how think tanks can be more nourishing places to work
Work is love made visible Kahlil Gibran Many thinktankers will find their work hugely satisfying. And equally, think tanks can be hugely fulfilling places to work as...
How to manage cross-cutting issues in a think tank
A cross-cutting issue in a think-tank is one which involves several departments or teams. Historically, poverty and globalisation have been examples. ‘Africa’ has been another....
WinterSchool for Thinktankers 2020 – Geneva
The WinterSchool for Thinktankers took place 2-8 February 2020, in Geneva, Switzerland. If you would like to register your interest in a future edition please complete this form. The WinterSchool for Thinktankers...