Armenian think tanks are facing old and new challenges
Four and a half years have passed since I published the article ‘Are Armenian political elites opening up to think tanks?’ on the OTT platform. From a historical...
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Four and a half years have passed since I published the article ‘Are Armenian political elites opening up to think tanks?’ on the OTT platform. From a historical...
Think tanks are civil society organisations with a particular focus on conducting research to influence policy. But within this broad definition, there is a lot of diversity. Over the years,...
Post-COVID-19, the Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR)-Rwanda is running a project to provide timely evidence and policy recommendations to support Rwanda’s...
This is an important question given that policymaking is a critical activity of governments and impacts the lives of all people across the globe. Think tanks play an...
Well, I guess I wouldn't be wrong in saying that working in the Balkans is a synonym for dealing with perpetual crisis. Thus when a worldwide crisis hits, you are kind of...
Almost all think tanks aspire to use their insights and expertise to inform policymaking processes. And as a starting position, this is not problematic. However, a think tank may quickly find...
Since the pandemic started, the Julius Raab Foundation in cooperation with FASresearch has gone on a quest looking for answers to the following question: Which...
An important line of analytic development has been underway for a decade or more, with a new group of actors emerging. The primary differentiating characteristic of this emerging group is...
. Another blog, another mnemonic. I know. Sorry. But it helps me to remember, and may help others. The topic here is what changes for the policy role of think tanks...
Evidence generated by researchers sometimes falls on deaf ears with policymakers. This disconnect between research and policymaking has to be addressed. Otherwise,...
Robert Bosch Stiftung and Stiftung Mercator launched Research and Advice in Foreign and Security Policy: An analysis of the German Think Tank Space, authored by Christoph...
This SDG series shared opinions of the researchers from South Asia who were engaged in the IDRC initiated regional review of the SDG implementation process. A number of...