Six lessons from think tank directors on preparing for leadership roles
One of the interesting things we learned from a recent study with 45 think tank founders and directors from across Latin America, Asia and Africa, was that it’s common...
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Understanding the roles and functions of think tank executive directors: implications and recommendations
A new OTT working paper offers insights into what think tank directors do, how they achieved their role and what challenges keep them busy. The analysis focuses on the...
Understanding the functions and challenges of think tank leaders
Executive directors play a key role in a think tank’s success, credibility and ability to achieve impact. But while leadership has been a topic widely studied in the...
Think tank leadership: Functions and challenges of executive directors
Abstract This paper analyses the experiences of think tank executive directors (EDs). The analysis is based on 45 in-depth interviews with current and former directors...
COVID-19 and research systems: An urgent need for fresh thinking in the Global South
It’s spring 2020 in Myanmar and the global pandemic has begun. The international organisations that 'dominate' the Mynamese research policy field are operating at...
NAVIGATEUR –Who is navigating us towards Europe’s future?
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 evolving wave in think tank policy development
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...
OTT sector survey
The OTT sector survey will help understand how policy research centres, think tanks, and those related to think tanks and evidence informed policy, see the current context, the key challenges faced and the key issues...
AidData’s journey to build more equitable post-pandemic partnerships part four: The Checklist
In the final article of this four-part series on AidData’s experience and learnings from forming partnerships with two Africa-based organisations, we share a rough...
AidData’s journey to build more equitable post-pandemic partnerships part three: The challenges
In part three of this four-part series, we share some of our key findings and challenges surrounding North–South partnerships, informed by our own journey to build more...
AidData’s journey to build more equitable post-pandemic partnerships part one: The imperative
The global pandemic has brought inequalities in, and de-colonisation of, foreign aid to the front and centre. Researchers from the UK-based think tank ODI called the...
AidData’s journey to build more equitable post-pandemic partnerships part two: The search
In part two of this four-part series, we describe the initial steps we (a US-based international development research lab) have taken to identify new working partners in...
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