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There are a lot of rankings out there – universities, think tanks, countries, you name it. There’s also a lot of criticism of rankings, like this recent Twitter thread...
I was going to let it go this year. But after a quick read I found so many mistakes that it became a challenge not to write this at all. OTT and many others have been critical of the ranking...
The School of Public Policy and Management (SPPM), Tsinghua University released the 2016 Big Data Report on Chinese Think Tanks on January 7, 2017. This report provides a ranking system on...
Ranking things is a universal sport. Think tanks had never quite been the subject of attempts to assess, measure or rank their work. The problem is that when one...
Two think tank rankings have been published recently: one for Chinese think tanks and one for US think tanks. Both have been developed by think tanks themselves and both...
David Roodman and Julia Clark from the Center for Global Development have posted a very interesting reflection on the now unfortunately famous McGann think tank...
The Premio PODER to the think tank of the year in Peru has received applications and will be announcing a series of winners on 23rd October 2013 at a ceremony in...
Another year another index... but this time is one that I like. Prospect Magazine announced the winners and runner-ups of its awards for 2012. As in previous years, the...
Prospect magazine is looking for entries for their think tanks annual award. This year they have extended their reach to North America and Europe with two new...
This is a bit old news but i feel it is worth sharing reviews by other researchers on the think tank index produced by James McGann. Jan Trevisan, at the International Centre for Climate...
I have not been a fan of Jim McGann's think tank index. There are no surprised there. I think that the energy that goes into this could be used more productively...
An interesting review of James McGann's think tank's list from Africa is a Country: The ‘Top Think Tanks’ in the World The report also notes “… the rise of...